#81: 'The Female Factor': why women CEOs outperform and how to invest in gender equality via an ETF with Patricia Lizarraga
Patricia Lizarraga is an experienced independent corporate board director, Audit Committee Chair, Risk Committee member and Financial Expert for NYSE listed companies. She is a Wall Street executive with over 25 years of international mergers & acquisitions, capital markets, private equity and valuation experience. Patricia founded Hypatia Capital in 2007, as a corporate finance advisory firm, and currently is an asset manager and sponsor of the Hypatia Women CEO ETF (NYSE: WCEO) and owner of the Hypatia Women Hedge Fund Index (HWIX) – Powered by Wilshire and the Hypatia Women CEO Index (HWCEO). Her current board experience includes John Hancock Group of Funds, where she serves on the Audit Committee, as well as Credicorp Ltd. (NYSE:BAP) and Banco de Credito del Peru, the largest financial services company and largest bank in Peru, respectively. We cover the following in our conversation: The Female Factor: why invest? The launch of the Hypatia Capital's Women CEO ETF (WCEO) How it came about and why invest in the ETF? How women and men can align their values with investing? Patricia shares her advice for women who are starting out on their investment journey And we talk about how to close the gender investing gap. ***