A two-day invite-only gathering in London, running since at least its twelfth edition, that brings together senior professionals across private equity, private credit, infrastructure, and real assets to advance gender diversity and professional networks within institutional private capital.
The Women in Private Markets Summit is an annual two-day event held in London, organised by PEI Group, that brings together limited partners, general partners, placement agents, and service providers to discuss gender diversity, career progression, and professional development within private markets. Now in its thirteenth edition, the event operates on an invite-only basis and is structured around interactive working formats rather than a conventional conference programme. It occupies a distinct position in the EMEA private capital calendar as the field's principal European gathering focused on the representation and advancement of women across institutional finance.
The thirteenth edition of the Women in Private Markets Summit takes place on 2 and 3 December 2026 at Convene in London. As of the date of verification, the detailed programme, confirmed keynote speakers, and session titles for the 2026 edition had not been published on the official PEI Events website. The organiser's contact for programme enquiries is Hannah Ogunlowo at peievents.com.
December sits at the quieter end of the EMEA private capital circuit, when most fundraising conferences and LP-GP summits of the autumn cluster have concluded and practitioners are moving into year-end closing activity. Hosting the summit in this window gives it a less competitive slot than the dense September-to-November calendar anchored in Paris and Amsterdam. For attendees based in London or travelling from continental European financial centres, a two-day engagement in early December remains operationally feasible before year-end commitments intensify.
The event is built around interactive and discussion-led formats rather than large-stage keynote delivery. The documented components include:
The number of stages or thematic tracks operating in parallel is not publicly disclosed. Confirmed speaker names and specific session titles for the 2026 edition are not available as of the date of verification.
The summit's networking architecture is organised around a sequence of formats that increase in intimacy from open reception to closed investor-only session. Investor-only breakfasts are the most access-restricted component, limited to qualified institutional allocators, and function as the event's highest-signal LP contact environment. Roundtables and interactive working groups bring smaller cohorts together around defined topics, allowing substantive peer exchange that plenary formats do not permit.
Advance one-to-one scheduling and an official matchmaking application are not documented for this event. Whether a pre-event meeting request system exists is not publicly disclosed as of verification.
The programme addresses gender diversity, inclusion, and career advancement within private markets, framed against the institutional context of the LP-GP relationship, fund strategy, and professional progression. Specific session titles and confirmed thematic tracks for the 2026 edition are not published as of verification. Broad subject areas drawn from the event's positioning include private capital financing, fund management strategy, and the structural conditions that shape professional representation in institutional asset management.
The summit targets senior professionals at the intersection of institutional private capital and gender diversity. Its core audience is LP allocators and GP fund managers at established firms, accompanied by placement agents and service providers with a relevant institutional client base. The invite-only access model and the LP-heavy composition (200-plus LPs self-reported by the organiser) signal that the event is calibrated for professionals who already operate within the institutional private markets circuit, not those entering it.
Several profiles are a structural mismatch for this event. Emerging managers seeking first-time LP introductions will find the invite-only access model a meaningful barrier, as attendance is not open on a pay-to-register basis without qualification. Professionals working exclusively in public markets, hedge funds, or corporate finance will find limited strategic relevance in the programme and audience. Practitioners based outside Europe for whom a two-day London trip in early December generates high travel cost relative to expected meeting yield may find the geography unfavourable. Service providers seeking exhibition space or stand-based lead generation will find no documented exhibition component. Finally, individuals looking for a passive conference format with keynote-heavy programming are unlikely to find the interactive working group structure comfortable or productive.
The event is documented as promoting gender diversity within private markets, and its audience description includes both LP and GP professionals without an explicit gender restriction. The specific access conditions and eligibility criteria beyond the invite-only model are not publicly disclosed. Prospective attendees seeking clarification on eligibility should contact the organiser directly.
The 2026 gathering is the thirteenth edition, which positions the event's launch no later than 2014. The creation year is not publicly disclosed. Running thirteen editions indicates the summit has an established track record within the EMEA private capital diversity calendar, though the precise history of venue, scale, or format evolution across those editions is not documented in publicly available sources as of verification.
Convene is a premium meeting and event venue operator with a portfolio of purpose-built conference facilities. The London location hosts the summit, though the specific address of the Convene site used for the 2026 edition is not disclosed in publicly available information as of verification. Convene venues are typically configured to support breakout and working group formats alongside main plenary space, which is consistent with the summit's format architecture of parallel roundtables, breakfasts, and interactive sessions. The London location places the event at the centre of the European private capital professional community, within short travel distance of the fund management and institutional investor firms concentrated in Mayfair, the City, and surrounding districts.
PEI Group is a London-based commercial publisher and events operator specialising in private markets. It operates a portfolio of sector-specific conferences, summits, and forums across private equity, private credit, infrastructure, real assets, and venture capital, with events running across multiple geographies. PEI Group produces specialist publications alongside its events portfolio and is regarded within the EMEA circuit as a primary commercial organiser in the private capital space. Its founding year and portfolio size are not disclosed in publicly available sources as of verification.
Thirteen editions in, the Women in Private Markets Summit holds a structurally uncontested position: it is the European private capital circuit's dedicated LP-GP gathering for gender diversity, and its interactive format distinguishes it clearly from the keynote-and-panel mainstream of the autumn cluster.
The Women in Private Markets Summit operates on an invite-only basis. Qualified institutional investors (LPs) are eligible for complimentary attendance, subject to limited places. Delegate pricing for other participant categories is not publicly disclosed as of verification. The organiser does not publish an open ticketing page; registration and access enquiries should be directed through the official PEI Events event page at the address listed in the Resources section. Sponsor and exhibitor pricing is not documented.
The event offers complimentary places for qualified institutional investors, described as limited in number. Applications or registration requests for LP places should be made through the official PEI Events website or directly with the organiser. The specific qualification criteria for LP status are not detailed in public documentation as of verification.
No. The event operates on an invite-only access model. Attendance is not available on a standard open-registration basis. Prospective attendees outside the LP complimentary track should contact PEI Group to enquire about availability and eligibility.
The 2026 edition is confirmed for 2 and 3 December 2026 at Convene in London. The specific address of the Convene venue is noted on the official site as confirmed, but was not published in detail as of the verification date. The organiser's event page should be consulted for the current venue address.
Hannah Ogunlowo at PEI Group is the documented contact for the 2026 edition programme. Enquiries about the agenda, confirmed speakers, and session structure should be directed to PEI Group through the official event website.
| Official website | https://www.peievents.com/en/event/women-in-private-markets-summit/ |
| Register | https://www.peievents.com/en/event/women-in-private-markets-summit/ |
| Programme | not disclosed |