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Kenndal and Wils talk about diversity within venture capital and the private asset class, discuss how EQ25^3 is leveraging diversity as a vector of development and expansion, the social issues surrounding diversity and the challenges that underrepresented entrepreneurs face when seeking funding or access to resources. Kenndal and Wils also discuss ESG in depth and how CDPQ has become a leader in this domain, and Wils offers his advice and opinions on how companies can do a better job when it comes to diversifying and empowering their EDI committees to make meaningful impacts.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":70371,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"fund-type":[],"topics":[96],"class_list":["post-36972","podcasts","type-podcasts","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","topics-pender-ventures"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Wils Theagene - Caisse de d\u00e9p\u00f4t et placement du Qu\u00e9bec - PenderFund Capital Management<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/penderfund.com\/fr\/podcasts\/wils-theagene-caisse-de-depot-et-placement-du-quebec\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_CA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wils Theagene - Caisse de d\u00e9p\u00f4t et placement du Qu\u00e9bec\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Diversity as a vector of growth. 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