Diversity, Equity & Inclusion 3: Shundrawn Thomas – Leading the Way (Capital Allocators, EP.153)
Capital Allocators – Inside the Institutional Investment Industry
Ted Seides – Allocator and Asset Management Expert
4.7 • 841 Ratings
🗓️ 24 August 2020
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Shundrawn Thomas, President of Northern Trust Asset Management, where he oversees the $900 billion organization. Shundrawn joined Northern Trust Corporation in 2004 and rose to the leadership team in 2008. Over the last 8 years, he has hired and promoted much of Northern Trust Asset Management's executive team, whose fifteen members include nine women and minorities.
Shundrawn is deeply involved in diversity efforts across the industry and was named one of this year's Most Influential Black Executives in Corporate America and previously one of the Most Powerful Blacks on Wall Street.
Our conversation covers Shundrawn's early career and issues of race, the culture that drew him into to Northern Trust, and examples of unconscious bias. We turns to his values-based methodology to foster change across recruiting, mentorship, promotion, leadership and performance at Northern Trust, and we close with his perception of how the renewed interest in diversity provides an opportunity for businesses to take action.
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| 0:00.0 | Capital Allocators is brought to you by Ten East, an investment platform for sophisticated investors to access private markets. |
| 0:10.5 | Ten East brings benefits of having your own family office without the cost and headaches of doing so. |
| 0:16.8 | It's founded and led by Michael LaFelle, former deputy executive managing member of Davidson Kempner. |
| 0:24.2 | Michael and his investment team offer members the opportunity to co-invest by offering at their |
| 0:29.1 | discretion. Michael and his team source, diligence, and commit material personal capital to each |
| 0:35.3 | investment. The opportunities shared on the Ten East platform |
| 0:38.9 | offer exposure to private credit, real estate, niche venture and private equity, and other |
| 0:44.5 | idiosyncratic investments that typically aren't available through traditional channels. |
| 0:49.2 | The principles have over a decade track record of investing in these types of exposures |
| 0:53.5 | across more than 350 |
| 0:55.7 | transactions. Post-investment, the Tennis team conducts ongoing monitoring and reporting, |
| 1:01.8 | just as you'd expect from an institutional investment organization. I've known Michael for about a |
| 1:07.0 | decade, and after becoming impressed by the quality of 10 East offerings, its research |
| 1:11.6 | process, and high-quality investment team, I became an advisor to the organization, an investor |
| 1:17.1 | in multiple offerings. You can learn more and join me as a member at 10east.com. That's the number 10, |
| 1:25.4 | east.co. |
| 1:33.1 | Thank you. That's the number 10, east.co. Diversity, equity and inclusion, awareness, and action is brought to you by Northern Trust |
| 1:39.1 | Front Office Solutions. |
| 1:41.3 | Northern Trust's platform empowers asset owners with better operations and tech |
| 1:45.9 | support to allow investment teams and CIOs to meet their middle and front office needs. |
| 1:51.6 | Their blend of technology and service has resonated and generated a lot of interest from listeners |
| 1:57.8 | of the show. Diversity, equity, and inclusion is deeply ingrained in the culture at Northern Trust, |
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