OPEN POSITIONS
1. Call for Advisors: Financed Focused Strategies for Tech Accountability
On behalf of a project funded by a coalition of foundations, Whistle Stop Capital is looking for skilled and visionary financial analysts to help guide a materiality analysis looking at human rights and privacy within the technology sector.
Time Commitment:
Advisors would be asked to complete approximately one hour of pre-reading and four one-hour calls between February 1, 2024, and June 30, 2024.
Goal:
The goal of this project is to identify and deploy finance focused strategies that effectively engage public equity tech companies to address privacy and its impact on human rights. The consultancy leading the project, Whistle Stop Capital, has worked with the Interfaith Center for Corporate Responsibility to conduct an extensive review of stakeholder needs and priorities as they relate to tech and privacy actions.
Whistle Stop's research team will now take the criteria identified by civil society organizations and map it to tech and communications companies, with the goal of identifying if or how these criteria may impact individual company performance and/or investor portfolio performance.
We are seeking advisors to aid us in identifying and prioritizing those actions where investor interests most tightly align with privacy and human rights within the tech sector.
Desired advisor qualities:
Experience analyzing the effects of non-financial elements on financial performance over time; if not direct experience, deep interest and a strong sense of how they would seek to pursue this analysis
Experience conducting or leading financial materiality (or dual materiality) assessments to drive investment research
Analytical skills and computer competencies, with an emphasis on quantitative analysis and comfort working with large data sets and qualitative data
Knowledge of securities markets, products, investor behavior and familiarity with multi-factor risk models and scenario analysis
Problem solver who views uncertainty as an opportunity to identify new solutions
Time Commitment:
Advisors would be asked to complete approximately one hour of pre-reading and four one-hour calls between February 1, 2024, and June 30, 2024.
Compensation:
An honorarium will be available. This can be awarded directly to the participant or may be allocated to a charity organization of their choosing, if they prefer.
Public Involvement:
The advisor's participation will only be made public with the explicit consent of the advisor. The existence of an advisory group will be made public.
Contact
Meredith Benton at Hello@whistlestop.capital
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Statement
Whistle Stop Capital, LLC is an equal opportunity employer that complies with EEOC rules and regulations and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of age, sex, sexual orientation, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage or citizenship, disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other legally-recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances.