WinPE

Women in PE (WinPE) was founded by Nupur Garg, a leading private equity investor among India’s top 100 women in finance, with the objective of closing the gender gap in investing. WinPE’s other highly successful initiatives include leadership skills training series, networking platform for young women in finance and technical masterclasses. Elaborating on the mentorship program, Nupur stated, “''Mentorship is acknowledged as one of the most powerful tools driving professional success. In the case of women, researchers find that mentorship can be a key success factor as women deal with workplaces largely dominated by men. At the same time, research shows that while 67% of women rate mentorship as highly important in their career advancement, 63% report they have never had a mentor''.”

About
Established in February, 2020, WinPE (winpeforum.com) is a pioneering not for profit for the enhancement of gender diversity within the investing ecosystem. WinPE is guided by an advisory board with luminaries like Ms. Anita M. George, Executive Vice-President and Deputy Head CDPQ Global; Ms. Zia Mody, Co-founder and Managing Partner AZB & Partners; and Ms. Renuka Ramnath, Founder, Managing Director and CEO of Multiples Alternate Asset Management.

WinPE aims to increase the participation of women as investors, capital allocators and recipients of investment capital through a suite of powerful flagship programs in varied formats that promote engagement, sensitization and positive action at multiple levels. WinPE will be leveraging the expertise of its Strategic Knowledge Partner, UN Women to bring in global best practices in gender equality.

Its members include leading global and regional firms A91 Partners, Apax Partners, Arpwood Partners, AZB & Partners, CDPQ, Everstone Capital, Gaja Capital, General Atlantic, Kalaari Capital, KKR, Lighthouse Advisors, MegaDelta Capital, Multiples Alternate Asset Management, Paragon Partners, Sequoia, SIDBI, Trilegal, True North and Warburg Pincus, amongst others.