DPI plays an active leadership role in the private equity industry and contributes to developing the diverse manager ecosystem
- DPI’s ADP III was appointed as the first 2X Flagship Fund, as part of the 2X Challenge, which created a path for other Flagship funds to follow.
- Runa Alam has contributed to the development of private equity in Africa as a former Chair of AVCA (the African Private Equity Association), Chair of the AVCA Sustainability Committee, and a Vice Chair and Africa Council Member of EMPEA (the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association). Ms. Alam is also on the board of CARE, and on a Future Challenge Committee of the World Economic Forum on “Investing with the UN SDGs.
- Other team members also involved in number industry associations and ecosystem initiatives, both globally and in Africa, and particularly on Gender and DEI.
Industry Trade Associations
The Global Impact Investing Network is an industry initiative convening impact investors to facilitate knowledge exchange, highlighting innovative investment approaches, building the evidence base for the industry, and producing valuable tools and resources. DPI is a member since 2020 and has been participating in the benchmarking exercises conducted by the GIIN, in addition to using their Key Performance Indicators proposed identified in the Iris+ tool. DPI participate in the GIIN conferences and network initiatives, sharing its experience and feedback on implementation of the GIIN tools.
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DPI is an active member of the world’s largest ESG and impact organisation, the UN’s Principles of Responsible Investing (“PRI”) and follows the process of reporting information and then receiving a grade based on PRI’s opinion of DPI’s ESG work. The current grade is an “A”. We engage regularly with the secretariat of the PRI and participate in the different conferences and events held during the year. In 2021, DPI submitted its second PRI Report.
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Gender & Diversity Initiatives
Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA) is a trade association dedicated to engaging, empowering and connecting limited partners to maximize their performance on an individual, institutional and collective basis. The Diversity in Action Initiative unites both limited partners and general partners with the goal of encouraging market participants to actively advance Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. The initiative provides a platform for DPI to collaborate with a community of practitioners dedicated to DEI, driving to continuously evolve and refine best practice over time.
