Events
NextGen Event 2024
Our NextGen event connects junior Black finance professionals to industry peers, senior Black finance professionals, and allies across the finance industry. The aim is to support their professional development and career advancement. The inaugural NextGen event in 2024 featured, Special Guest, Raymond J. McGuire, President, Lazard in a fireside chat moderated by Sean Legister, MD, BDT & MSD.
Annual Signature Event 2023
Our 2023 Signature Event was a celebration of Black women in Finance. The event featured Special Guest, Thasunda Brown Duckett, President and CEO of TIAA. Dinner was catered by Guest Chef, Klancy Miller, co-founder of Red Rooster Harlem and author of “For the Culture: Phenomenal Black Women and Femmes in Food”. Melissa James, Vice Chairman, Morgan Stanley moderated a Fireside chat with Thasunda.
Annual Signature Event 2022
The CBLF Signature Event brings together Black leaders and allies in celebration of Black professionals’ contributions to finance and diversity across the space. Our inaugural Signature Event in 2022 featured Special Guest, Frank Baker, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Siris Capital. Dinner was catered by chef Marcus Samuelsson, award-winning chef, restaurateur and author. Milwood Hobbs, Jr. Head of NA Sourcing & Origination, Oaktree moderated a fireside chat with Frank.
