Category: Inclusion

Asset Owners Create a More Powerful Voice with Melanie Pickett

Asset Owners Create a More Powerful Voice with Melanie Pickett

Asset owners are becoming increasingly more complex and powerful in the way they manage their portfolios. They are coming together in ways they have not before, leveraging data to produce insights and focusing on investments that align with their core values. As the world’s largest, most sophisticated investors these changes have had a significant impact on the institutional investing industry at large. 

In this episode of the Faster Forward podcast, Melanie Pickett, Executive Vice President and Head of Asset Owners, Americas, at Northern Trust discusses the impacts of trends influencing asset owners today, and how she is helping move her organization faster, forward.

Melanie discusses:

  • Her professional journey to where she is now as Head of Asset Owners, Americas
  • How asset owners are becoming more powerful in the investment process
  • The importance of customizable, quality data to provide actionable insights
  • And more

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DE&I and Data with Kim Evans

DE&I and Data with Kim Evans

Organizations across the globe are focused on moving the needle in their diversity, equity, inclusion and corporate social responsibility efforts. 

In this episode of the Faster Forward podcast, Kim Evans gives us an inside look at her role as the Head of Corporate Sustainability, Inclusion and Social Impact at Northern Trust. Kim discusses how data can facilitate Sustainability and DE&I efforts and why these initiatives are so important. 

Kim discusses:

  • Her background and what DE&I means to her on a personal level
  • Trends in DE&I today
  • How data is used in driving DE&I efforts forward
  • Tracking and quantifying the impact of DE&I and corporate responsibility initiatives
  • How others can strive to move DE&I efforts faster forward either in their personal lives or for their organizations
  • And more

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