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TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 Contents 3 Charter International Women’s Day 4 DC 6 Toronto 8 New York 10 Congratulations to our Promotes!
Thank you to the following individuals for their contributions. Writers Courtney Bye Jennifer Dong Elana Benedikt Digital Producer Danielle Theroux Editor Jennifer Ren
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CHARTER OUR VISION Create an environment for women to connect, engage, inspire and celebrate each other. OUR MISSION Support the professional advancement of women by providing opportunities to grow networks, learn from each other and give back into the community. VALUES & PRIORITIES Ò Learning: professional development and advancement Ò Networking: expand connections and share experiences Ò Awareness: increase visibility and celebrate accomplishments Ò Community: give back and make a positive impact
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INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY: DC Capco DC was thrilled to host its first regionally focused International Women’s Day event by bringing together local, in-person speakers and clients from the DMV region to celebrate the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The event welcomed a record total of over 75 attendees, with over 45 Capco employees and 30 clients representing various DC-based accounts.
The newly formed regional Women@Capco DC group kicked off its 2018 programming with its IWD event. Be on the lookout for a variety of upcoming events including workshops and volunteer opportunities. If you are interested in getting involved, please reach out to Courtney.Bye@capco. com.
In the spirit of the 2018 IWD theme, #PressforProgress, we invited three local female leaders to join a panel discussion moderated by DC Associate Partner, Kendra Gray. The speakers shared their experiences on topics ranging from work / life balance to mentorship and challenges they have faced over the course of their careers. The closing panel question “How will you Press for Progress in 2018” challenged not only our speakers to share their goals in supporting gender parity, but also the general audience to identify how their individual roles play a critical part in the support of women both at Capco and at large.
DC Recap Written by Courtney Bye
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Featured Speakers (From left to Right) Laurie Redmond, Vice President of Single-Family Product Development at Freddie Mac Ms. Redmond is responsible for developing and managing a portfolio of business offerings, strategies and tactics in support of strategic corporate initiatives and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). Joy Cianci, Senior Vice President of Corporate Security and Facilities and MHA at Fannie Mae Ms. Cianci leads the company’s corporate security and facilities team, including its workplace strategy transformation initiatives, and oversees Fannie Mae’s program administration of the U.S. Treasury’s Making Home Affordable program. Stephanie Glashow, Senior Director Management at Capital One Investing Ms. Glashow thrives at the intersection of customer need and business opportunity, where compelling marketing programs are born. For the past 20 years, Ms. Glashow has built and developed teams that build differentiated brands, drive customer acquisition, and deepen relationships.
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INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY: CATO On the evening of March 8th 2018, CATO celebrated International Women’s Day (IWD) at the historic One King West in downtown Toronto. In recognition of this year’s IWD theme, “Press for Progress”, the evening’s agenda focused on topics surrounding the acceleration of gender parity. Now more than ever, there is a strong call to motivate and unite friends, colleagues, and whole communities to think, act, and be gender inclusive. In response to this, we had 150 of our CATO employees and clients join us at our event, celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women globally.
cluding that although progress as been made, a major gender gap continues to exist. Women make up 50% of the global labour supply and 70% of global consumption demand, but are still 15% to 25% behind men in economic participation and opportunity. These statistics act as a reminder for why it is important to continue to press for progress and why we must join together in support of gender parity.
Our featured keynote speaker was Vicki Saunders, a leading advocate for entrepreneurship and the founder of SheEO. She delivered an empowering keynote presentation that touched upon topics relating to women in entrepreneurship The evening kicked-off with an introducalong with the underlying challenges and tion from Suzanne Muir who gave us a roadblocks. Vicki has co-founded and run down of Capco Toronto’s diversity and ran four ventures in Europe, Toronto and inclusion efforts in the past year. Suzanne Silicon Valley. She was recently named set a celebratory tone by alluding to recent one of the 100 most influential leaders of progressive events such as the #MeToo 2015 from “EBW – Empowering A Billion movement and the Women’s March. She Women”, alongside Marissa Mayer, Melinalso provided an outlook of the current da Gates, Sheryl Sandberg, and Michelle state of women in financial services, con- Obama. Vicki has spoken regularly at CATO Recap Written by Jennifer Dong
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events around the world including: The World Economic Forum in Davos, Women of Influence Series in Canada, TEDx Conference, Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs events and the Tallberg Forum.
tive engagement. The evening closed with a cocktail reception where attendees had the opportunity to connect and network with others in the Fintech industry.
Stayed tuned for more events to come from W@C Toronto! We are looking forAfter the keynote, our very own Chris Ford ward to another exciting and successful hosted an interactive panel and Q&A ses- year ahead. sion. We were joined by Chantal Rossi Badia – Sector Lead, Business Development at Amazon, Andrew Turnbull – SVP, Small Business Banking at CIBC, and Glenda Crisp – SVP, Chief Data Officer at TD Bank. The panelists shared their insights and experiences in dealing with gender-related issues encountered during their professional careers. Their candid responses and dynamism encouraged a stream of questions from the audience, supporting constructive dialogue and posi-
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INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY: NY The 2018 theme for International Women’s Day (IWD), ‘Press for Progress,’ fueled awareness for gender equality and inclusion in the workplace. At Capco, the New York office celebrated IWD by inviting Jennifer Brown, author and diversity and inclusion expert and Bonnie Marcus, author and executive coach, to share their ideas on diversity in the workplace. Capco showcased how imperative it is for all employees to be actively involved with instigating change and striving for inclusion in our office environment. Empowered by IWD, Dan Schutzman, PC in North America, believes it’s important to “foster an inclusive and diverse workplace environment, which not only empowers employees to be themselves at work, but has also been proven to positively impact the overall performance of a company. I look forward to more events like IWD to continue these discussions to support increased awareness and change at Capco.” These speakers highlighted how their personal experiences inspired them to implement change in the workplace and
to advocate for others in creating a more inclusive office environment. Jennifer and Bonnie emphasized how bringing ‘your full self’ to work and creating a diverse environment fosters more innovation and creativity in project deliverables. These influential women showcased the benefits of being actively involved with ‘Press(ing) for Progress.’ Through this movement, employees and senior management can help create a gender-inclusive work environment. Inspired by these women, Raghvi Anand, SC in North America, expressed that “the speakers did an excellent job of facilitating dialogue that not only addressed how to promote and empower women in the workplace, but also highlighted how to create an inclusive environment for all employees that don’t bring their ‘full-self’ to work. Conversations like this will help drive real change in the workplace!” Capco’s dedication to celebrating IWD highlights our company’s drive for gender parity and diversity in the workplace. Senior leadership such as Guido Tambo-
NY Recap Written by Elana Benedikt
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rini, CEO of Capco North America, and So Jene Kim, Partner in North America, emphasize the importance of inclusion and diversity in the workplace truly is by leading active roles in diversity initiatives firmwide. With their positive influence in leading by example and Capco’s motto of ‘Be Yourself At Work’ (#BYAW), Capco is paving the way for driving change and inclusion in our workplace environment. According to So Jene Kim, “it’s critical for us to maintain our focus on Diversity & Inclusion (D&I), and events like IWD, where we celebrate and embrace the diversity of our workforce and our clients, keep the dialogue going and our community engaged. We want the engagement to grow from discussion to action, and I’m excited to see how Capco rises to the challenge of ‘Press for Progress’.”
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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEWEST PROMOTES Promotions require outstanding performance, hard work and dedication to the firm so we are happy to congratulate our colleagues in taking the next steps in their careers at Capco! Capco’s commitment to growth continues to create career development opportunities for its people and as a result, has separated Capco from its competitors and has made it a truly unique organization. So again, thank you for all your hard work and congratulations!
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