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Future IM/Pact 2022 Review and Highlights

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Happy New Year! At Future IM/Pact, we are looking forward to an engaging and impactful 2023, with a full schedule of events and opportunities for our program participants and industry partners.

Looking back on 2022, Future IM/Pact has gone from strength to strength. We have welcomed hundreds of new participants and substantially extended our communication reach, resulting in more awareness and interest in the investment management industry than ever before.

As we know, investment management is one of Australia’s most male-dominated industries. The recent FSC survey shows women make up on average 27% of investment management teams and only 10% of the key decision-making roles. Although female participation is increasing, it is painfully slow.

At Future IM/Pact, we are working hard to accelerate the growth of women across the industry. By connecting university students and women in their early career with business leaders, learning opportunities and jobs, we helped place over 30 female interns, graduates and junior analysts last year.

Many of the successful candidates were from our Top Talent Group, an invite-only program for the brightest university students in the country. We more than doubled this group in 2022, offering invaluable access to industry leaders, mentoring programs, and intern and graduate positions. Find out more about the program.

Our annual Investment Competition attracted 180% more female participants last year, providing practical exposure to investments and networking opportunities. For the first time, many of our industry partners extended their internship prizes to runner-up participants as they seek to engage and nurture the exceptional female talent coming through our program.

We also launched our Early Career Program, offering women currently working in fields outside investment management unparalleled access to networking, development and job opportunities to help them to pursue a career within the industry. This year we are excited to expand the program with more in-person events and value for participants. View our 2023 program of events here.

For more stats on the impact we had last year, check out our 2022 Performance Report Snapshot here.

We look forward to building on Future IM/Pact’s success in 2023 and further supporting exceptional young women and diverse talent to pursue a rewarding career in investment management. Here’s to a great year ahead!

FI-Laila-Hage-Ali
Laila Hage-Ali
Program Director
Future IM/Pact

Laila has a rich marketing background with 17 years’ experience across a variety of industries to create meaningful, long-term connections between brands and their customers. At Future IM/Pact, Laila is responsible for all aspects of program delivery and industry partner management.

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