The NY Women in Finance Forum 2019 | City and Financial Global | 1 January 2019 | Bloomberg Headquarters, 731 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10022, USA

Board diversity is no longer a “nice to have,” it is a business imperative across gender, geography, ethnicity, expertise and professional background. I would also offer that lack of diversity can no longer be gotten away with by citing a lack of ‘supply’. We must recognize that it is clearly a matter of demand – and that precedent-setting demand must come from the very top of companies.

This high-profile forum builds on the success of the previous related events that City & Financial Global and its partners have held elsewhere in the world. For instance, the Vote 100 Women in Business Summit, held in London in July this year, at which a member of the British Royal Family, HRH the Countess of Wessex, the wife of Prince Edward, was a keynote speaker and participant.

This forum will celebrate and review the evolving role of women in the financial services sector in New York City and beyond and will enable the mixed audience of senior decision-makers to have an interactive discussion about:

The future of the financial services industry in a rapidly changing world
How Fintech, increased female investing power and social responsibility are reshaping the industry
Men as change agents and the drivers of female empowerment in their organization
Keeping diversity high on the business agenda despite all the other pressures firms are facing
The most critical issues facing fund management, hedge funds, banking and insurance and what the industry is doing to address them
Attracting the brightest and the best to pursue a career in the financial services sector in a competitive recruitment market

2019 Speakers

Amanda Pullinger
CEO, 100 Women in Finance

Martha Jaramillo
Chair, New York Education Committee

Helena Morrissey DBE
Head of Personal Investing, Legal & General Investment Management

Lauren Malafronte
Managing Director, Scotia Bank

Brian Chu
Senior Managing Director, Centerbridge Partners

Mona Aboelnaga Kanaan
Managing Partner, K6 Investments LLC

Dianne K.McKeever
Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer, Ides Capital

Anna Raytcheva
Founder & CEO, Sonya Capital Management

Carole Laible
CEO, Domini Impact Investments

Anna Nikolaevsky
Chief Investment Officer, Accel Capital