Name: Boundary Breakers Speaker Series: Fireside Chat with Keith Wetmore
Start: 2022-04-12T12:00:00Z
End: 2022-04-12T13:00:00Z

Diversity in Fund Finance Event

Boundary Breakers Speaker Series: Fireside Chat with Keith Wetmore

April 12, 2022

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EST

Virtual

Please join us for what promises to be an interesting and insightful fireside chat featuring a true “Boundary Breaker”, Keith Wetmore. Keith was the first openly gay Managing Partner/leader of one of the world’s largest law firms. We are fortunate to have Keith joining us to share his amazing personal story and career path, his thoughts on LGBTQ+ diversity in law and the finance industry, and to discuss ways to improve LGBTQ+ diversity, equity, and inclusion generally.

Speakers

Anastasia Kaup

Fund Finance Partners

Anastasia Kaup

Managing Director and Partner | Fund Finance Partners

Anastasia Kaup is a Co-Chair of Diversity in Fund Finance (US Region), as well as a Managing Director and Partner at Fund Finance Partners (FFP). FFP is an advisory firm that exclusively works with asset managers/fund sponsors and their portfolio companies to implement debt financing solutions that improve fund performance, administration, operations, and profitability. Immediately prior to joining FFP, Anastasia led the fund financing practice at a large global law firm. Anastasia’s advice to clients on the entire range of strategic and capital-related needs, throughout economic cycles, and at every level of the organizational structure, has always been practical and commercial, as well as legal.

Keith C. Wetmore

Major, Lindsey & Africa

Keith C. Wetmore

Managing Director | Major, Lindsey & Africa

Keith C. Wetmore is a Managing Director at Major, Lindsey & Africa, the leading global legal search firm, where he represents partners and groups in placements into top law firms across the country. He uses his deep knowledge of the legal market and his law firm management experience to guide partners and firms in making the right moves.

Keith served as chair and chief executive partner of Morrison & Foerster LLP from 2000–2012, serving four three-year terms, the longest tenure of any chair in the modern era. As such, he took the lead in setting policy and providing strategic direction to the 1,000-lawyer global law firm. During his tenure, the firm more than doubled its revenue to over $1 billion and tripled its net income without increasing attorney headcount. Often described as the first openly gay leader of a major law firm, Keith has been active in issues relating to LGBT attorneys in workplace and HIV/AIDS his entire legal career.

Keith also serves as an outside director on the board of North Highland, a midsized consulting firm, where he chairs the compensation and talent committee. He also serves on the board of the San Francisco SPCA, which he chaired from 2018-2021.