Nyt Diversitetsnetværk i Finansforeningen
Finansforeningen holder d. 19. januar et kick-off arrangement med henblik på at lancere et nyt Diversitetsnetværk, som skal arbejde med diversitet i vores del af finanssektoren.
Netværket er for alle, og det første fokus vil være på kønsdiversitet, men vi kommer også til at sætte fokus på andre områder som nationalitet, etnicitet, religion, seksualitet, alder, uddannelse, neurodiversitet etc.
Netværket arrangerer 2-3 årlige møder, primært som halvdagsmøder. Første arrangement (kick-off arrangementet) er gratis.
Initiativtagere til og udvalget bag Diversitetsnetværket er Camilla Jenkey, Chief Communications Consultant, Danske Invest, og Elizabeth Holmenlund, CFA, Vice President, Morgan Stanley.
Kick-off arrangement d. 19. januar 2023
Vi har inviteret Alexandra Morris, Investment Director, SKAGEN Funds, og leder af og initiativtager til Kvinner i frontfinans, og Mette Lindbæk, adm. direktør, Finance Society Norway (Forening for finansfag Norge), til at fortælle om Kvinner i Frontfinans og deres undersøgelser. Derudover vil Christian Heiberg, Head of Danske Bank Asset Management, og Trine Ahrenkiel, HR-, kommunikations- og marketingsdirektør, Nykredit, fortælle om, hvordan hhv. Danske Bank Asset Management og Nykredit arbejder med diversitet.
Hvorfor er diversitet vigtigt?
Der er mange rapporter, som viser, at høj diversitet giver bedre resultater. McKinsey udgav i 2020 en rapport med titlen ’Diversity wins: How inclusion matters’. En af hovedkonklusionerne var, at forholdet mellem diversitet i ledelsen og sandsynligheden for økonomisk fremgang er blevet styrket.
På landsplan ligger Danmark nr 2 lige efter Sverige i kønsdiversitet ifølge EUs Gender Equality Index fra 2021. Danmark ligger også højt på World Economic Forum’s gender equality index. Men denne lighed afspejler sig ikke i asset management-industrien i Norden. AMWatch skrev flg. i oktober 2021:
“Mixed-gender portfolio management teams have almost doubled in number over the past six years, but Norway and Denmark are still lagging behind the global average and are on par with India, Brazil and Mexico. In addition, although Sweden leads in the percentage of female fund managers in the Nordics, it clearly lags behind three Mediterranean countries, Citywire’s Alpha Female Report 2021 concludes.
According to the report, whilst 16 percent of fund managers in Sweden are women – the highest figure in the Nordic region, and the figure is 11 percent in Finland, in Norway and Denmark, just 6 percent of fund managers are women.
In the Mediterranean, teams are more mixed, with women making up 22 percent of fund managers in Spain, 21 percent in Italy and 18 percent in France.”
I det nye diversitetsnetværk i Finansforeningen er der således rig mulighed for at være med til at gøre en forskel for diversiteten i kapitalforvaltning i Danmark.
Kontakt os på mail@finansforeningen.dk, hvis du er interesseret i at høre mere om netværket.
CFA PL Credits
If you are a CFA Institute member, you are eligible to record 2 PL credits for your participation in this meeting.
Talere
Alexandra Morris, Investment Director, SKAGEN
Alexandra Morris has been Investment Director at SKAGEN Funds since September 2016 and leads a 22-person strong investment team. Within this role, Alexandra has ultimate responsibility for all SKAGEN’s fund teams’ investment decisions and results.
Alexandra has over 20 years’ experience within the investment industry from all sides of the investment table – as portfolio manager, broker, investor relations director as well as investment director. Alexandra previously worked at DNB Asset Management where she was the CIO. From 2004-2015, she was senior portfolio manager of two of Odin’s European mutual funds.
Alexandra has served on several boards, including Nordic Nanovector, a listed biotech company and as chairman of the nomination committee of Kongsberg Gruppen, a large defence company.
Alexandra is a Certified Financial Analyst and has a business degree from the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland. She also attended Nycomed’s International Management School.
Christian Heiberg, Head of Danske Bank Management
Christian Heiberg has been Head of Danske Bank Asset Management since February 2021. He started his asset management career in Danske Bank Asset Management in 2018 as Head of Investment Risk & Implementation after spending more than 20 years in Markets working with fixed income trading at SEB and Nordea. Prior to Danske Bank, Heiberg worked three years at Japanese bank Mizuho in London. Christian Heiberg has a master’s degree in Economics from University of Copenhagen.
Mette Lindbaek, Managing Director, Finance Society Norway
Mette is the Managing Director of Finance Society Norway, a society for investment professionals in the financial services industry. Our society was founded in 1968 and for more than 50 years our purpose has been to contribute to the public understanding of the function and importance of the capital markets in the Norwegian economy. We have a number of specialized courses in finance, including the CEFA-programme (Chartered European Financial Analyst) as well as courses in sustainable finance, corporate finance, credit analysis, valuation, etc.
Mette has worked in the financial industry for many years. Before joining the Finance Society Norway she was a director for Finance Norway, the industry organization for the finance industry. Previously she has worked for an asset management house and as a consultant. She holds a Master’s degree in international political economy from the London School of Economics.
Trine Ahrenkiel, Head of HR, Marketing and Communications, Nykredit
Trine Ahrenkiel has been the director of HR, Marketing and Communications at Nykredit since 2015 and has more than 20 years of experience with communication in the financial sector. Prior to Nykredit Trine was the head of Marketing and communications at Danske Bank where she worked with communication strategy, marketing and press relations.
Trine is a member of several boards, including Finanssektorens Uddannelsescenter, Finanssektorens Arbejdsgiverforening, Danish Society for Education and Business and Nykredit Mægler.
Trine further holds a Master’s degree in Corporate Communication from Copenhagen Business School and a Master’s degree in Danish and Religion from Copenhagen University.