Comparison · 15 material differences
PEWIN vs TMA
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Verified September 2026
Invitation-only community
Verified September 2026 PEWIN
Senior women investment professionals in private equity, venture capital, private credit and value-added infrastructure or energy, on both the GP and LP sides
Professional association
TMA
Professionals working in corporate restructuring, turnaround and distressed business: turnaround practitioners, restructuring lawyers, lenders, investors, accountants, appraisers…
What the records say
- Maximum age at joining: PEWIN: No published maximum age at joining; TMA: NextGen membership is limited to new members aged 40 and under at the time of application.
- Role or title: PEWIN: Must hold the senior-most investment title available (managing director, partner, founder, chief investment officer or asset class head) or be a C-level or investor relations leader; TMA: No published role or title.
- Gender: PEWIN: Women investment professionals; TMA: No published gender.
- Industry restriction: PEWIN: Must work in private equity, venture capital, private credit and/or value-added infrastructure or energy; real estate and hedge funds are excluded; TMA: Work in or around corporate restructuring, turnaround and distressed business: practitioners, attorneys, accountants, investors, lenders, venture capitalists, appraisers, liquidators, executive recruiters and consultants.
- Annual dues: PEWIN: Not publicly disclosed: PEWIN publishes no dues, fees or pricing on any public page; TMA: $475 a year.
Side by side
| PEWIN | TMA | |
|---|---|---|
| Profile | ||
| Type | Invitation-only community | Professional association |
| Founded | 2008 (PEWIN's About page says the network was started by a group of twelve women and describes itself as 18 years old as of 2026; its New York chapter, the earliest listed, dates from 2008. Kelly Williams is the Founding Chair.) | 1988 |
| Headquarters | United States | Chicago, United States |
| Geographic footprint | Nineteen regional chapters across the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia; members in 30-plus countries | 54 chapters worldwide, 34 of them in North America; international chapters across Europe, Asia, Latin America, Africa and Australia |
| Members | 1,800as of September 2026 | 10,000as of September 2026 |
| Chapters | 19 | 54 |
| Primary audience | Senior women investment professionals in private equity, venture capital, private credit and value-added infrastructure or energy, on both the GP and LP sides | Professionals working in corporate restructuring, turnaround and distressed business: turnaround practitioners, restructuring lawyers, lenders, investors, accountants, appraisers and advisers |
| Typical member | Members hold the most senior investment titles available at their institutions: managing director, partner, founder, chief investment officer or asset class head, plus C-level and investor-relations leaders. PEWIN reports that 93% of members are at C-suite or partnership level, and that members' institutions manage more than $3 trillion. | TMA reports its membership as roughly 43% turnaround practitioners and advisers, 20% attorneys, 14% lenders and bankers, 3% investors and 20% other related professionals including receivers, appraisers, academics, government officials, judges and recruiters. Membership is individual only, not by firm. |
| Qualification | ||
| Maximum age at joining | No published maximum age at joining | NextGen membership is limited to new members aged 40 and under at the time of applicationAvailable for two years or until age 41, whichever comes firstverified September 2026 · source ↗ |
| Role or title | Must hold the senior-most investment title available (managing director, partner, founder, chief investment officer or asset class head) or be a C-level or investor relations leaderApplies to both GPs and allocatorsverified September 2026 · source ↗ | No published role or title |
| Gender | Women investment professionalsPEWIN describes itself as a network of the most senior women in private equityverified September 2026 · source ↗ | No published gender |
| Industry restriction | Must work in private equity, venture capital, private credit and/or value-added infrastructure or energy; real estate and hedge funds are excludedverified September 2026 · source ↗ | Work in or around corporate restructuring, turnaround and distressed business: practitioners, attorneys, accountants, investors, lenders, venture capitalists, appraisers, liquidators, executive recruiters and consultantsTMA does not publish a formal eligibility test for professional membershipverified September 2026 · source ↗ |
| Invitation required | Yes | No |
| Sponsor required | Yes | No |
| Application process | There is no open application. A current member nominates a candidate through PEWIN's member portal, and the nomination is reviewed against the seniority, tenure and asset-class criteria. PEWIN says the process typically takes two to three weeks. Candidates who do not qualify at the time can be renominated later if their experience or role changes. | An individual joins through my.turnaround.org, choosing a membership category and a local chapter. Discounted categories (NextGen, government or academic, and student) require verification and are subject to approval. Membership runs for twelve months from enrolment on an individual anniversary cycle. |
| Selectivity | Not publicly disclosed as a rate. PEWIN publishes hard eligibility criteria and requires member nomination, and reports that 93% of members hold C-suite or partnership-level positions. | Not publicly disclosed: membership is open to professionals in the field; only the discounted categories are described as subject to approval |
| Cost | ||
| Annual dues | Not publicly disclosed: PEWIN publishes no dues, fees or pricing on any public pageverified September 2026 · source ↗ | $475 a yearProfessional membership; includes membership of the member's local chapterverified September 2026 · source ↗ |
| Initiation fee | Not publicly disclosedverified September 2026 | TMA publishes two conflicting dues schedules on different pages; the Join & Benefits figures above are the ones consistent with its current chapter count. |
| Local chapter dues | Not publicly disclosed. No pricing of any kind appears on PEWIN's public pages. | No separate chapter dues for professional members: local chapter membership is included in the professional rateverified September 2026 · source ↗ |
| Event costs | Not publicly disclosedverified September 2026 | TMA publishes two conflicting dues schedules on different pages; the Join & Benefits figures above are the ones consistent with its current chapter count. |
| Membership term | Not documented | 12 months from enrolment, on an individual anniversary cycle |
| Structure | ||
| Meeting frequency | Regional chapter dinners and gatherings through the year, plus industry panels, LP spotlights and CIO roundtables | Local chapter programmes through the year plus TMA Annual, regional symposia and other conferences |
| Peer forums | Regional chapters and topic roundtables, including a CIO roundtable; no published small-group forum system | No confidential peer forums; members organise through chapters, committees and volunteer groups |
| Confidentiality | Could not be independently verified: no published confidentiality policy was found | Could not be independently verified: no published confidentiality policy was found |
| Time commitment | Not documented | Not documented |
| Organized as | Chapter-based, Event-focused | Chapter-based, Event-focused |
| Confidential peer forums | Partial | No |
| Local chapters | Yes | Yes |
| Virtual membership | No | No |
| Online community | Yes | Partial |
| Member directory | Yes | Yes |
| Events | Yes | Yes |
| Programming | ||
| Educational programming | Partial | Yes |
| Leadership development | Yes | Partial |
| Retreats | Not documented | No |
| Travel | No | No |
| Family programming | No | No |
| Spouse and partner programming | No | No |
| Next-generation programming | Partial | Yes |
| Investment discussions | Yes | Partial |
| Investment opportunities | Partial | Partial |
| Philanthropic component | Yes | No |
| Networking emphasis | High | High |
| Social emphasis | Medium | Medium |
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