Gender Lens Investment Summit
2021 Program
View our 2021 program below that included dynamic and thought-provoking sessions and discussions.
| 9:00 – 9:10 | MC Welcome and Intro Manita Ray – Director, Capital Human |
| 9:10 – 9:15 | Acknowledgement of Country Carol Vale, Dunghutti Woman, Managing Director, Murawin and Game Enough |
| 9:15 – 9:20 | Global Provocations & Perspectives Suzanne Biegel – CEO, Catalyst at Large and Co-founder, GenderSmart Investing (UK) |
| 9:22 – 10:20 | Plenary Fireside Chat Intentionality: A dynamic conversation with Australian-based, international leaders pioneering the advancement of gender equality Moderated by: Catherine Fox – Journalist, author and advisor on gender equality. Julie Reilly – CEO, Australians Investing In Women; Giles Gunesekera – CEO, Global Impact Initiative; Kimberly Gire – Founder, Global Women Leaders Strategic Philanthropy and Chair, Board of Trustees, Centre for Global Equity (UK) |
| 10:22 – 10:25 | Morning Wrap-up |
| 10:25 – 10:30 | Lightning Talk |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Morning Tea |
| 11:00 – 11:05 | Global Provocations & Perspectives Rebecca Fries – CEO, Value 4 Women (USA) |
| 11:05 – 11:45 | Plenary Panel State of the field: Taking the pulse, overcoming barriers and identifying opportunity Sally McCutchan – CEO, Impact Investing Australia (moderator); Mary Delahunty – Head of Impact, HESTA; Julia Newton-Howes – CEO, Investing in Women; Jeremy Cleaver – EMIIF Investment Committee; |
| 11:50 – 11:55 | Panel Wrap-up |
| 12:00 – 12:45 | Plenary Panel Opportunity collides: Maximising impact and returns at the intersection of gender, climate action and Covid19 recovery Richard Brandweiner – Chief Executive Officer (Australia), Pendal Group (moderator); Manita Ray – Director, Capital Human; Ruth Lawrence – Senior Executive, KPMG Impact; Christine Madden – Vice President for Institutional Advancement , Criterion Institute |
| 12:45 – 12:50 | Lightning Talk |
| 12:50 – 12:52 | Talk & Panel Wrap-up |
| 12:52 – 1:45 | Lunch |
| 1:45 – 3:00 | Insight Circle – Innovation: Lessons from the Pacific’s pioneering commercial investment and other measures to drive the next frontier Angus Kathage, Assistant Director, Private Finance for Development, DFAT (moderator); Milissa Day – Representative (Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, FSM, Palau and RMI), IFC; Cameron Neil – Co-founder and Director, Red Hat Impact; Leata Alaimoana-Roberts, Impact Investment Manager, Pacific Trade Invest |
| 1:45 – 3:00 | Insight Circle – Gender lens investing in public markets: Risk and returns Kate Temby – Partner, Affirmative Investment Management (moderator); Tim Macready – CIO, Brightlight Impact; Jacqui Fox – General Manager, Capital Markets, NAB; Julia Bailey – Gender Specialist, Melior Investment; |
| 1:45 – 3:00 | Insight Circle – Investing beyond the low hanging fruit: New frontiers in gender lens strategy to diversify, build and measure real impact Rachel Etherington – Sustainable Investment Adviser, Crestone Wealth Management (moderator); Millie O’Brien – Investment Adviser, Evans & Partners (investor with Scale Investors); Shabnam Hameed – Operations Officer, Gender, IFC; Carol Vale – Managing Director, Murawin/Game Enough |
| 1:45 – 3:00 | Insight Circle – Instrument and measurement pioneering: What’s new, what’s working and what’s needed Maud Savary-Mornet – Senior Advisor for South East Asia, Global Impact Investing Network GIIN; Kristy Graham – Director, Private Finance for Development, DFAT (conversation lead); Simba Marekera – Executive Director & Head of Solutions, Brightlight; Rebecca Thomas – Executive Director, Impact Investing, Social Ventures Australia |
| 3:00 – 3:30 | Afternoon Tea |
| 3:30 – 3:35 | Global Provocations & Perspectives Joy Anderson – Founder and President, Criterion Institute |
| 3:35 – 3:37 | Afternoon intro |
| 3:37 – 3:42 | Lightning Talk Women are not hiding – they’re just not where you’re looking Nicole Denholder – CEO & Founder, Next Chapter Raise (Hong Kong) |
| 3:45 – 4:45 | Plenary Panel Scaling gender lens capital: Collaboration as key Rosemary Addis – Impact Strategist (moderator); Christina Hobbs – CEO and Co-founder, Verve Super; Shuyin Tang – Partner, Patamar Capital; Suzanne Biegel – CEO, Catalyst at Large |
| 4:45 – 5:00 | Wrap-up and Plenary Closing Remarks |
Note: Program is subject to change