Relative Return: How can financial services attract more women?



In this episode, Maja Garaca Djurdjevic speaks with Sarah Shaw, chief executive and chief investment officer at 4D Infrastructure, about how she set up her own asset management business and how the sector can work to attract more women.
Listen as they discuss:
- How to attract women to work in financial services.
- Shaw’s transition into infrastructure.
- The growing interest by super funds into infrastructure.
- How the sector fared during the COVID-19 lockdowns.
- The broader outlook for infrastructure.
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