PRESS RELEASEThe D. E. Shaw Group’s Marianna Fassinotti Named Recipient of
100 Women in Finance’s 2019 European Industry LeadershipAward to be presented at London Gala on February 12, 2020
London – 8 October 2019 – 100 Women in Finance (100WF), a global association of more than
15,000 professionals in the finance industry, announced today that Marianna Fassinotti will bepresented with 100WF’s 2019 European Industry Leadership Award at the organisation’s annual
London Gala on 12 February 2020 at Banqueting House, Whitehall, Westminster, CentralLondon.
Ms. Fassinotti is a managing director at the D. E. Shaw group and a member of its Asset-Backed
Strategies (ABS) investment unit. Ms. Fassinotti heads the Loans and Related Assets team within
the ABS investment unit, and serves as co-portfolio manager of the firm’s most recent
intermediate-duration distressed credit fund. She operates out of the firm’s London office.

Marianna Fassinotti, 100 Women in Finance European Industry Leadership Award Recipient, 2019

Each year, 100WF identifies a woman whose professional talent, business ethics and passion forinvesting help define and advance the industry’s standards of excellence. In 2019, 100WF’sfundraising theme is “Investing in the Next Generation,” and accordingly, in identifying its honouree,
the organization additionally emphasized the inspiration she would offer to the younger generation of
female investment professionals.
100WF CEO Amanda Pullinger stated, “Marianna, both professionally and personally, is an industry
leader whom the next generation will naturally see as a role model. Her credentials as a talented
investor are unquestioned, and the example she sets for all aspiring portfolio managers – women andmen – reflects our industry’s highest ideals and is worthy of emulation.”
Prior to joining the D. E. Shaw group in 2015, Ms. Fassinotti was a managing director at Siguler Guff& Company, LP, co-head of its distressed investment business, and co-portfolio manager of its
distressed opportunities funds. Previous to that, Ms. Fassinotti was an associate director at UBS AG
focusing on global distressed debt and special situations investments. She began her career as a
research associate in residential mortgage-backed securities at Lehman Brothers.
Ms. Fassinotti received her A.B. in government, magna cum laude, from Harvard University, whereshe was awarded a Harvard College Scholarship for academic distinction, and earned an M.B.A. fromthe Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth (USA), where she was an Edward Tuck Scholar.
“We congratulate Marianna on receiving 100 Women in Finance’s 2019 European Industry
Leadership Award, a well-deserved honour that speaks to her strengths and achievements as atalented leader and investor,” said Anne Dinning, a member of the D. E. Shaw group’s Executive
Committee. “The D. E. Shaw group is committed to building a firm that reflects the diversity of theworld in which we live and work, and we applaud 100 Women in Finance’s advocacy andempowerment of women in the global finance industry,” she added.
To view past 100WF Industry Leadership Award honourees, please see here.
Funds raised at the 100WF London Gala will benefit the organization’s Investing in the Next
Generation initiative, and specifically its UK program partner, Maths4Girls, a pilot programme
designed to encourage girls ages 11 – 14 to pursue maths to the A-Levels, and to inspire them
towards professional ambition via engagement with female role models from the finance industry.
The Maths4Girls programme is produced by Founders4Schools, a registered UK charitableorganization, in association with 100WF.
To purchase tickets or tables or inquire about sponsorship opportunities for the London Gala, pleasecontact the London Gala Committee.
To donate to and/or volunteer with Maths4Girls, please see here.

About 100 Women in Finance
100 Women in Finance’s more than 15,000 members strengthen the global finance industry byempowering women to achieve their professional potential at each career stage. Its members inspire,equip and advocate for a new generation of industry leadership, in which women and men serve as
investment professionals and executives, equal in achievement and impact. Through Education, Peer
Engagement and Impact, the organisation furthers the progress of women who have chosen finance asa career, and enables their positive influence over pre-career young women.
About Founders4Schools and Maths4Girls
Founders4Schools’s (F4S) mission is to inspire students, particularly in disadvantaged schools, and toprepare them for the world of work, by connecting them with professionals from successfulcompanies in their community and giving the young people a chance to develop social, employment
and life skills regardless of their parental networks or school resources.
Maths4Girls, a F4S’s programme in association with 100 Women in Finance, seeks to encourage girls
to consider a career in the finance industry and to continue with maths at school to A’level so that acareer in the industry is an option. Maths4Girls will connect educators with female professionals fromthe finance industry who will speak to girls in the classroom about their careers as well as theimportance of maths for work and as a life skill. Maths4Girls role models from 100WF’s membershipwill show a generation that girls’ success in advanced maths is possible, creating a larger pool of
qualified female candidates for careers in the finance industry and other sectors where maths skills
are required.
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