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Erika Karp is Managing Director and the Head of Global Sector Research for UBS Investment Bank. She is considered one of the most influential women in wealth management and in 2011 she was chosen as one of the 50 Top Women in Wealth by AdvisorOne. As a founding member of the UBS Executive Diversity Council, Karp is also a driving force behind UBS’ diversity agenda.

Education and Professional Career
Karp received her B.S in Economics from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and her M.B.A from Columbia University. Prior to joining UBS in 1999, Karp worked at Credit Suisse First Boston in Institutional Equity Sales. She began her professional career as an account representative for IBM Corporation. At UBS, Karp serves as Chair of the Global Investment Review Committee, managing the UBS Global Sector Research effort encompassing analysts and strategists around the world. She created and oversees the trademarked UBS “Q-Series” global research initiative which has been profiled in publications including Investment Dealer’s Digest, Euromoney, Thomson Extel and the Enhanced Analytics Initiative. Other key research products includes the “UBS Global I/O,” the “Global Portfolio Manager’s Spotlight” and the “Global Bear”.

Diversity and Sustainability
In addition to being a founding member of the Executive UBS Diversity Council Karp advises the All Bar None women’s network and was the business champion behind the creation of UBS Pride, the GLBT employee network. Additionally, Karp has served on the National Board of GLSEN and is on the Board of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, the world’s largest GLBT synagogue. Karp is a member of the Social Investment Forum, the UBS Corporate Responsibility Network, and a founding Board member of SASB (Sustainability Accounting Standards Board) She is a regular online contributor to Wharton Magazine and has also contributed to Forbes and Wall Street Week ). She frequently speaks on issues concerning the evolution of investment research, entrepreneurial selling, and diversity in the workplace, at events for The Milken Institute, SIF , Private Equity International and the Columbia Business School.

Personal Life
Karp lives on the Upper West Side of Manhattan with her partner Sari and their three daughters.