Nominations are now open for PEI Group’s fourth Women of Influence in Private Markets list. The deadline for nominations is end of day Friday, May 24.
The annual program spotlights women who are making their mark in the alternative assets industry. This includes professionals working at fund managers, institutional investors and advisory firms who cover private equity, private debt, infrastructure, venture capital and real estate strategies.
Previous listees include the likes of Nancy Lashine, founder and managing partner of placement agent Park Madison Partners; Chiang Ling Ng, chief investment officer for Asia at Hines; Dell Family Office chief investment officer Alisa Mall; TPG’s Anilu Vazquez-Ubarri, who was recently promoted to the role of chief operating officer; Victoria Shigehira Sharpe, global head of real assets at HSBC Asset Management; and Artemis Real Estate Partners co-founder and co-CEO Deborah Harmon, to name a few.
Read about the professionals who have previously been included on the list here.
The following criteria will be considered:
- The nominee’s achievements in their career, their firm or the private funds industry to date, and particularly over the last 12 months;
- Evidence of innovation or game-changing actions;
- Evidence of leadership, impact or influence on others within the industry and beyond.
Achievements considered noteworthy might include, for example: a promotion; starting a mentoring program; playing an instrumental role in an innovative or significant deal; implementing an ESG policy; leading their fund’s investment activity in a new sector or region; taking identifiable steps to facilitate greater DE&I in their firm/portfolio companies/the wider industry; founding a new firm; helping their organization successfully navigate market disruption.
To be eligible, nominees must work in the private funds industry, namely private equity, private debt, infrastructure, venture capital or real estate. We welcome nominations for women working in a variety of roles at investment firms (such as on the investment team, IR, operations, marketing and portfolio support), LPs, as well as advisory firms (eg, law firms, placement agents, capital advisory firms). There are no age or geographical restrictions.
Individuals who have appeared in PEI Group’s 2021, 2022 or 2023 Women of Influence in Private Markets lists will not be eligible.
The Women of Influence list 2024 will be published in October by Private Equity International, Private Debt Investor, Infrastructure Investor, Venture Capital Journal and PERE.
How to submit your nomination
- Fill in the online nomination form.
- On the form, in less than 300 words, include details of what the person has achieved in their career to date, and particularly over the past 12 months, to make them worthy of being included in the list.
- Any information included in the nomination should be suitable for publication.
- Tell us which asset classes the nominee covers: private equity; infrastructure; private debt; venture capital; real estate; cross asset class. Choose the option that applies most closely – PEI Group’s editorial teams reserve the right to consider all entries for all categories.
- Tell us the profile of the organization the individual works for (GP/fund; LP/investor; advisory firm).
- Firms and PRs are welcome to submit nominations, with no more than a single nomination per firm for each primary asset class (private equity; infrastructure; private debt; real estate; venture capital; cross asset class).
- Submit your nomination by end of day Friday, May 24.
If you have any queries, please contact: womenslist@pei.group
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