Nominations are now open for PEI Group’s fifth Women of Influence in Private Markets list. The deadline for nominations is end of day Tuesday, 20 May 2025.
The annual programme spotlights women 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 Christine Bave, a partner and deputy head of sustainable finance in Apollo’s credit business; Claire Harwood, who was promoted to co-head of Permira Credit’s direct lending investment team in 2024; Eva Shang, the 28-year-old CEO and co-founder of Legalist; and Lisa Wong, head of private credit sustainability research at MetLife Investment Management, 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 programme; 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 organisation 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 previous Women of Influence in Private Markets lists will not be eligible.
The Women of Influence list 2025 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.
- 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 organisation 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 Tuesday, 20 May 2025.
If you have any queries, please contact: womenslist@pei.group
