TWF and Bloomberg lunchtime discussion

17
Oct
22/F Champion Tower, 3 Garden Road, Central
12.45–1.45pm, registration from 12.30 pm
Monday, October 17, 2016
Add to Calendar
Free Event
Registration Deadline: 16th Oct 2016

TWF and Bloomberg invite you to a lunchtime talk by Angela Sun, Head of Strategy and Corporate Development for Bloomberg L.P., on the Bloomberg Financial Services Gender-Equity Index (GEI). Angela Sun led the development of the reference index with an aim to showcase firms that have made strong commitment to gender equality. Launched in 2016, the Index include firms such as American Express, Bank of America, Barclays, BNP Paribas, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, HSBC, JPMorgan Chase, MetLife, Standard Chartered, State Street and UBS. She will discuss key findings from the Index and what firms are doing to effectively promote gender equality. 

About the Speaker:

Angela Sun is Head of Strategy and Corporate Development for Bloomberg L.P., working directly with Mike Bloomberg and the Management Committee. In this capacity, Angela oversees business development, acquisitions and partnerships spanning the company’s media, financial products, enterprise and data businesses, as well as strategic planning, performance management and company-wide initiatives. From 2008-2014, she served as Chief‐of‐Staff to former Bloomberg CEO and President, Dan Doctoroff, working with him to develop a new vision for the future of Bloomberg and implement one of the biggest shifts in the Company’s organization and growth strategy since its founding.

Prior to joining Bloomberg, L.P., Angela served as a Senior Policy Advisor in the Bloomberg Administration under Deputy Mayor Daniel L. Doctoroff, where she oversaw a citywide portfolio of economic development agencies and led urban planning and real estate development projects. She managed the City’s largest rezoning effort, the development of the Bloomberg‐Schumer Financial Services Competitiveness Plan, the divestiture of the NYC Off‐Track Betting business, and recommended policies for the FAA’s flight congestion proposal, among other initiatives. Angela also spent four years at the management consultancy, McKinsey & Company, where she was an Engagement Manager focused on the Financial Services and Healthcare sectors. Prior to McKinsey, Angela was an investment banker at J.P. Morgan and a Visiting Associate at the Henry L. Stimson Center, a non‐partisan international security and defense analysis think tank in Washington, D.C.

Angela graduated Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard College and holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and serves on the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights Advisory Council. Angela is also a Trustee on the Boards of the Museum of Arts and Design, Second Stage Theatre, and Women’s World Banking, the largest global network of microfinance institutions and banks dedicated to the economic empowerment of women. In 2013, Angela was selected as a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and in 2010, was named one of Crain’s New York Business Magazine’s “40 Under 40”. She’s also been recognized with the Traders Magazine Wall Street Women award (2012) and the Asian Women in Business Corporate Leadership award (2010). Angela has volunteered with the Harlem Children’s Zone, the Robinhood Foundation, and the Puericultorio Perez Aranibar orphanage in Lima, Peru. She lives in New York City with her husband, Ate, and daughter, Avery.

 

For enquiries, please contact us at events@twfhk.org

A light lunch will be provided. We are very grateful to Bloomberg for their generous support.


Event sponsored  by:

Registration Closed

Our online registration system automatically closes 24 hours prior to an event. If you are interested in attending, kindly email us at events@twfhk.org