>> ALRIGHT EVERYONE WE DO WANT
TO BRING IN OUR NEXT GUEST IS
SHE IS NO ROOKIE TO THE WORLD
OF IPOS SHE'S OVERT 25 YEARS
WORTH OF EXPERIENCE IN THE
BEAUTY FASHION AND RETAIL
INDUSTRIES, SHE LOVED IT
PASSIONATE BRANDON BIGGS TO ITS
IPO BACK IN 20 13 ACHIEVING A
1 BILLION DOLLAR MARKET TAP AND
SHE'S ALSO HELD EXECUTIVE ROLES
AT ESTEE LAUDER VICTORIA'S
SECRET AND WAS AT PLAY WARREN,
JUST TO NAME A FEW SO JOINING
US NOW IS JOE GRANT OF
C E. I'M HERE AT BRAND SIDE JOE
GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US THIS
MORNING, SEE YOU CRY I BELIEVE
THE INVESTMENT DIVISION THAT
FOCUSES
ON BRANDS WITH GLOBAL GROWTH
POTENTIAL TELL US MORE ABOUT
YOUR ROLE AND WHAT ARE SOME OF
THE COMPANIES IN YOUR
PORTFOLIO.
>> WELL THANK YOU KRISTEN, I'M
DELIGHTED TO BE ON CHEDDAR
TV TODAY.
>> LOOK I AM THE CEO OF YOUR AS
YOU KNOW BRANDS WE ARE YOUR
EYES NOSE 5TH INVESTMENT
DIVISION FOCUSED ON HIGH-GROWTH
CONSUMER BRAND I'M BASED IN NEW
YORK, BUT WE ALSO A TEAM BASED
IN PARIS FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT
DON'T KNOW YOUR EYES,
YOU KNOW WE ARE ONE OF THE
LEADING EUROPEAN INVESTMENT
FIRMS WE HAVE OVER 24 5 BILLION
IN ASSETS
UNDER MANAGEMENT. AND YOUR AS
YOUR BRAND'S WAS FORMED IN 2017
BASED ON THE TREMENDOUS SUCCESS
WE HAVE ACHIEVED WITH MONTCLAIR
AND FARFETCH
2 OTHER IPOS. AND
OUR CEO VIRGINIA MARK ON
DECIDED TO SET UP A FUND THAT
WAS SOLELY FOCUSED ON CONSUMER
BRAND SO I LEAD THE GLOBAL
FUND. WE WERE ALLOCATED
800 MILLION DOLLARS FROM
OUR BACK AND TO DATE WE HAVE
INVESTMENTS AND I'M PROUD TO
SAY 2 OF THESE ARE FEMALE
FOUNDER LEAD ONE IS NEST.
A FRAGRANCE LIFESTYLE BRAND.
MANY OF YOU MAY KNOW THEIR
NOMINAL CANDLES AND DIFFUSERS
AND IN ADDITION TO THAT WE HAVE
BANNED YEAR LED BY JENNIFER
BAND YEAR. WHICH IS A
MULTI-BRAND ACTIVEWEAR RETAILER
THAT REALLY FOCUSES ON THE
INTERSECTION OF FASHION FITNESS
AND WELLNESS.
>> AMAZING OUT WHAT QUALITIES
JAIL DO YOU LOOK FOR OR IN THE
BRANDS AND FOUNDERS THAT YOU
INVEST IN.
>> WELL FROM A BRAND
PERSPECTIVE OBVIOUSLY WE WANT
PHENOMENAL PRODUCT IT'S WHERE
THERE'S A VERY STRONG EMOTIONAL
CONNECTION TO
THE CONSUMER. IN ADDITION TO
THAT WE INSIST ON HAVING THE
BEST MANAGEMENT THAT'S
ESSENTIAL BECAUSE YOU CAN HAVE
A VISION AND YOU CAN HAVE A
STRATEGY BUT AT THE END OF THE
DAY IT ALL COMES DOWN
TO EXECUTION. AND WE WANT
FOUNDERS AND MANAGEMENT TEAMS
THAT WE COULD REALLY WORK
ALONGSIDE TO HELP DRIVE OUT.
CREATION. ACCELERATE GROWTH AND
OBVIOUSLY PROFIT IMPROVEMENT
AS WELL. GLOBAL GROWTH
POTENTIAL IS ALSO QUITE
IMPORTANT TO US YOU'RE A CEO
HAS 11 OFFICES ON 4 CONTINENTS
SO ACTUALLY GLOBAL REACH AND WE
CAN HELP BRANDS TO REALIZE
THEIR THEIR DREAMS BY EXPANDING
GLOBALLY HE'S ULTIMATELY WHAT
WE WANT TO DO IS TO BE ABLE TO
LEVERAGE OR PRIOR EXPERIENCE
AND OUR CAPABILITIES TO REALLY
DRIVE IMPACT FOR THE COMPANIES
WE
INVEST IN.
>> AMAZING, I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN
INVOLVED IN NUMEROUS IPOS
THROUGHOUT YOUR OWN CAREER AS
SOMETHING THAT WHEN MANY WOMEN
CAN ACTUALLY THEY SAY, BUT WHAT
DO YOU THINK ABOUT WHEN YOU SEE
THE RECENT RISE. AND WOMEN
LEAVING THEIR COMPANIES TO AN
IPO.
>> WELL I HAVE TO SAY KRISTEN,
YOU KNOW LEADING THE IPL
ADVANCE WAS DEFINITELY ONE OF
THE HIGHLIGHTS OF MY CAREER,
YOU KNOW BEING ON THE FLOOR
SAYING THE FROM 20 TO 29
GETTING THAT BILLION DOLLAR
VALUATION YOU KNOW RINGING THE
BELL HAVING MY KIDS THERE IT
WAS SUCH A MOMENTOUS MOMENT
EARLIER IN MY CAREER I WAS
INVOLVED IN THE IPO A BEST A
LOT THERE ARE ALSO A TECH
COMPANY CALLED HIM
AND WHERE I THINK IT'S TERRIFIC
TO SEE MORE WOMEN WHETHER IT'S
YOU KNOW BUMBLE AS YOU
MENTIONED YOUR YOU KNOW JULIE
WAINWRIGHT AND THE REAL REAL, I
THINK WOMEN REALLY BRING A
UNIQUE SKILL LEADING BUSINESS
IS A STRONG COMBINATION OF I Q
AND A WE ARE VERY VERY PROUD
TO SUPPORT BOTH FEMALE FOUNDED
AND FEMALE LET BUSINESS AS AND
IN PARTICULAR I'M REALLY PROUD
THAT I WORK FOR A FEMALE
AT BUSINESS. OUR COMPANY IS LED
BY BRIDGE ANYMORE GONE, IT'S
VERY RARE IN THE PRIVATE EQUITY
WORLD TO SEE A FEMALE CEO AND
SHE IS REALLY BEEN
A TRANSFORMATIVE LEADER AND
CHANGE AGENT DRIVING US TO THE
HEIGHTS THAT WE'RE SEEING NOW.
>> INCREDIBLE AND ALTHOUGH
THERE
ARE MORE WOMEN TAKING THEIR
COMPANIES PUBLIC NOW THAN EVER
WE DO KNOW THAT THE NUMBER IS
STILL
EXTREMELY SMALL. YOU GET MORE
WOMEN INTO THESE POSITIONS,
JOE.
>> LOOK I THINK THAT THERE'S A
LOT OF TALK
ABOUT IT OUR CITY AND INCLUSION
THE KEY THING IS TO WALK THE
TALK THERE HAS TO BE ACTIONS
THAT ARE REALLY TAKEN IN
COMPANIES IN ORDER TO
ENSURE IT THAT WOMEN ARE IN
LEADERSHIP CAN LEAD IPO I CAN
GO ON BOARD ROLES I HAVE TO SAY
FRANCE'S PROBABLY A BIT MORE
PROGRESSIVE THAN THE U.S. ON
THIS FRONT THERE IS A
REQUIREMENT IN FRANCE THAT 40%
OF WOMEN ON BOARDS MEAN
40% OF REPRESENTATION ON BOARDS
BE WOMEN. SO I'M ALSO ON THE
BOARD OF A COMPANY UNIFIER
DENTAL WESTFIELD WE WE HAVE
65 BILLION ASSETS UNDER
MANAGEMENT 89 CENTERS IN 12
COUNTRIES. AND WE HAVE CLOSE TO
50% FEMALE REPRESENTATION YOU
HAS
THAT SO I THINK IT'S WE HAVE
INSTITUTED A PROGRAM THAT
YOU'RE AS YOU KNOW
PLUS WHERE WE ARE VERY
VERY FOCUSED ON A BOLD
COMMITMENT TO ESG A DIVERSITY
AND INCLUSION IN THE WORKPLACE
HAVING 40% OF WOMEN NOT ONLY ON
BOARDS BUT ALSO IN
MANAGEMENT ROLES BOTH
CORPORATELY AS WELL AS OUR
PORTFOLIO COMPANIES AND OF
COURSE WE'RE ALSO FOCUSED ON
THINGS LIKE REDUCING CARBON
FOOTPRINT SO I THINK IT'S
CRITICAL THAT WE WALK THE TALK.
AND COMPANIES ALSO HAVE TO
THINK ABOUT PUTTING MENTORSHIP
PROGRAMS IN AND
GIVING SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS TO
WOMEN SO THAT THEY'RE READY FOR
THESE OPPORTUNITIES WHEN THEY
>> SO YOU'VE ALSO SERVED ON
SEVERAL CORPORATE BOARDS
THROUGHOUT YOUR CAREER HOW CAN
WE GET MORE WOMEN ON
THE PATCH TO THOSE POSITIONS
AND WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE
BENEFIT TO HAVING MORE GENDER
BALANCE SPORTS.
>> YES, SO YOU KNOW I'VE SAID
ON TO PUBLIC COMPANY BOARDS
OTHER THAN THE COMPANIES THAT
I'VE BEEN THE CEO LOT OF BEEN
THE CEO OF 2 PUBLIC COMPANIES
IN ADDITION TO BEING INVOLVED
IN 3 IPOS
SO ONE OF THE BOARD'S I WAS ON
AS A COMPANY CALLED HIM AND
WHERE IT WAS A TECH STARTUP
THAT WAS BASICALLY ALL GUYS.
TECH AND BC BUT THEY NEEDED
SOMEONE TO REPRESENT THE VOICE
OF THE CUSTOMER. AND WHEN YOU
THINK ABOUT PURCHASE DECISIONS
MOST PURCHASE DECISIONS ARE
MADE BY WOMEN SO I MEAN THAT
WAS AN INCREDIBLE BOARD I
JOINED IT WAS 30 MILLION WE SAW
THAT A SALES FORCE. A FEW YEARS
LATER
FOR 2 0.8 BILLION 11 TIMES LT
AND REVENUES AND I LED THE NON
GO THE COMMITTEE AND ALSO YOU
KNOW INCREASING WOMEN
REPRESENTATION ON THAT BOARD
AND AS I MENTIONED CURRENTLY ON
THE BOARD UNIT BY I THINK
WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT ABOUT
HAVING WOMEN ON BOARDS IS THAT
AN INCLUSIVE BOARDROOM PROVIDES
THE
DIVERSITY OF THOUGHT THAT IS
REALLY REQUIRED TO ADDRESS A
LOT OF THE COMPLEX ISSUES THAT
BOARDS FACE TODAY AND
ALSO HELPFUL IN ANTICIPATING
CHALLENGES AHEAD AS WELL AS TO
FINDING SAID YOU KNOW I THINK
AS I SAID EARLIER THAT
HE IS WE HAVE TO ESTABLISH
MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS WE HAVE TO
GIVE WOMEN SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS
SO THAT THEY ARE PAIRED FOR
THESE BOARD OPPORTUNITIES WHEN
THEY ARISE.
>> WHAT I SAID JILL DO YOU HAVE
FOR WOMEN LOOKING TO
CLIMB THAT CAREER LADDER YOU'VE
HAD SO MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND
MILESTONES IN YOUR OWN CAREER.
WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE
WOMEN.
>> SO YOU KNOW, THERE'S ONE
THING I LOVE TO SAY AND THAT
IS ASKED FOR WHAT YOU WANT SO
MANY WOMEN SIT I THINK IT'S
REALLY IMPORTANT TO
SPEAK UP TO ASK FOR WHAT YOU
WANT TO KNOW WHY ONE IT HOW
YOU'RE GOING TO
ACCOMPLISH IT AND MOST
IMPORTANTLY WHAT IS THE BENEFIT
THAT THAT THIS REQUEST IS
GOING TO AND SHE FOR THE
COMPANY BECAUSE WHEN YOU DO ALL
OF THOSE THINGS THE LIKELY
ANSW