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Private equity execs: Industry must do more to attract women

Women are deterred from taking jobs in private equity because of its old boy image, according to panelists at SuperInvestor

Hanneke Smits has co-founded Level 20, a group aimed at correcting the persistent gender imbalance at private equity firms
Hanneke Smits has co-founded Level 20, a group aimed at correcting the persistent gender imbalance at private equity firms

The private equity industry needs to do more to attract women into the profession, according to senior male private equity executives at the annual SuperInvestor Conference in Amsterdam.

Speaking at a panel on November 18, Hugh Langmuir, executive chairman of UK-based buyout firm Cinven, said that the lack of female executives at his firm and within the industry was a problem.

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