CFA - Key Persons
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- Government of British Columbia
Ada Litvinov began her career in the investment industry in 2001, after graduating with a B.Comm degree in Finance. Starting first in wealth management, then making a move to the buy side, she gained her CFA designation in 2005. She then joined Mawer, an award-winning independent investment management firm in Calgary, where she worked in both equity and fixed income investments until moving to the West coast in 2011.
At British Columbia Investment Management, one of the largest pension plans in Canada, she managed public equity investments across the globe on behalf of British Columbia's public sector pension clients. In 2018, Ada joined BC Public Services as a Senior Economist, providing expert advice and analysis in the provincial government. She previously served on the Board of Directors of CFA Society Calgary and chaired the Canadian Advocacy Council, receiving the CFA Institute Volunteer of the Year award in 2014 for her accomplishments as Chair of the Council. After moving to Victoria, she served on the Board of Directors of the Victoria CFA Society form 2013 until 2016. After leaving the CAC in 2016, Ada joined the CFA Institute Capital Markets Policy Council, where she has been an active contributor ever since.
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- Partner, Portfolio Manager, Brown Advisory, United States
Adrian Codirlașu, CFA, PhD, is a senior banker with over 18 years of experience in banking and financial markets and has held the CFA designation since 2006. He also holds the title of Doctor of Economics, with a specialization in international finance. Mr. Codirlasu has 5 years of experience as a Senior Options Dealer with ING Bank and 7 years of experience as a Risk Director within a Top 5 international bank operating in Romania, being in charge with managing financial risk (market and liquidity risk), operational risk and reputational risk. Previously, Adrian has been a Senior Economist in the research department of the National Bank of Romania for about 6 years. In addition, Mr. Codirlasu is an Associate Professor with DOFIN - Doctoral School of Finance and Banking for over 18 years and CEFIN - Center for Advanced Research in Finance, where he teaches subjects for MSc students such as econometrics, derivatives, fixed income, FX and money markets and risk management. For the last 12 years Mr. Codirlasu has been a member of the CFA Romania Board of Directors, as well as the association's President from 2009 to 2011 and from 2015 to present-day. For his volunteer activity, Adrian was awarded Volunteer of the Year EMEA East by CFA Institute in 2012.
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- Head of Portfolio Construction & Risk Management, Global Multi Asset Solutions, Santander Asset Management, Spain
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- Managing Partner and Leader of the EY EMEIA Financial Services Consulting
- Managing Partner, EMEIA Financial Services Consulting Leader, Ernst & Young LLP / Member of CFA Society United Kingdom
Alex Birkin is currently the Managing Partner and Leader of the EY EMEIA Financial Services Consulting business. He leads the practice that delivers business, technology, and people consulting services to banks, insurance companies, and wealth and asset managers.
Alex was formerly the EY Global Wealth and Asset Management Consulting Leader and EMEIA Wealth and Asset Management Industry Leader. He was responsible for the services EY delivers to the wealth management, asset management, alternatives, and asset servicing sectors (WAM) in EMEIA and for the consulting services globally. Mr. Birkin is a member of the EY Global WAM Executive Committee, Global Consulting Extended Leadership Team, and EMEIA FSO Leadership Team. Mr. Birkin joined EY in 1997 as a graduate and became a partner after eight years in 2005. He has been advising the wealth and asset management industry for over 20 years. Mr. Birkin provides advice and consulting services to boards and executive management teams in the industry across a number of disciplines including strategy, business model transformation, digital transformation, technology, transaction integrations, growth strategies, cost reduction, regulatory driven business change and risk management. Mr. Birkin's clients include global and boutique asset managers, private banks, wealth managers, alternative managers, and investor services firms based in EMEIA, the US, Asia, and Japan.
In addition to serving clients, Mr. Birkin has provided industry advice to the HM Treasury, investment trade associations, and regulators. He regularly publishes articles on industry trends, thought leadership on the next evolution of the industry, and is regularly asked to present at leading industry conferences in Europe, Middle East, Asia, and the US.
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- Chief Corporate Sustainability Officer, Blackrock, United States
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- Managing Director, Talent, People, and Culture, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan ( OTPP ), Canada
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- Associate and Policy & Strategy Lead, Barnett Waddingham LLP
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- Director, Investment Performance, Conning
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- Deputy Chief Risk Officer
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- Executive Director of the Council of Institutional Investors
Amy Borrus became executive director of the Council of Institutional Investors (CII) in July 2020. She joined CII in 2006 as deputy director and was interim executive director in 2015-2016. She serves on the boards of the CII Research and Education Fund and the Sinai Assisted housing Foundation. She also serves on the Best Practice Principles Oversight Committee, which will monitor principles underpinning services of leading proxy advisory firms.
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- Chief
- Chief Investment Officer of the Public Employees' Retirement Association of Colorado
Amy McGarrity, CFA, is chief investment officer of the Public Employees' Retirement Association of Colorado. Previously, she worked at William Blair as a global equity product specialist and held investment positions at Buck Consultants, Prima Capital Holding, William M. Mercer Investment Consulting, and Caxton Corporation. Ms. McGarrity is a member of the SEC Fixed Income Market Structure Advisory Committee and serves on the boards of the Colorado Secure Savings Plan and the Healthy Markets Association. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in finance from the University of Wyoming and a Master of Business Administration degree from Rider University.
Andrew Rome is the Chief People Officer of CFA Institute, responsible for overseeing the people and culture division of the organization. In this role, he provides strategic leadership to the people and culture staff, including talent acquisition, employee relations, culture and employee engagement, organizational development and people operations.
Rome has more than 20 years of human resources and employment law experience. He has been with CFA Institute for more than a decade, serving in various leadership roles. Most recently, he held the role of Senior Head, Talent and Employment Law at CFA Institute. His tenure includes critical work to implement and execute upon employment-related practices, policies and programs in alignment with business strategy and targets. Prior to CFA Institute, Rome held various legal positions at Media General, Inc., Williams Mullen, and the Circuit Court of Virginia.
Rome earned his Juris Doctor Degree from the University of Virgina School of Law. In addition, he's earned various specialist certificates for the betterment of his career including the SHRM SCP (Senior Certified Professional) Certification from the Society for Human Resource Management, a Brain-Based Coaching Certificate from NeuroLeadership Institute in New York, and is a Fierce Certified (LEAF) Facilitator.
He is based in Charlottesville, VA.
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- Managing Director, Portfolio Management Corporation / Member of CFA Society Toronto
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- Managing Director of ESG, PAG Polymer Capital Management
Anubhuti Gupta, CFA, is the Head of AXA-IM Singapore and Head of Investment for APAC, Rosenberg Equities. She is responsible for the Asian investment strategies and client outcomes and is a member of the global Rosenberg Management Committee and Investment Committee. Prior to her current role, she served as the Head of Portfolio Management, Director and Deputy Chief Investment Officer for the region since 2015 and initially joined AXA IM in 2005 as a Portfolio Manager. Anubhuti was an intern with a Singapore-based hedge fund before joining AXA IM. Anubhuti holds a MSc in Financial Engineering from the NTU Graduate School of Business and a BEng from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore. She also has a certificate in Computational Finance from Carnegie Mellon University Tepper School of Business. She is a holder of the Chartered Financial Analyst, Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst, and Certificate in Investment Performance Measurement designations.
She is a member of the CFA Institute Education Advisory Committee (2015 - Present), Executive Committee (2016 - 2019) & Advisory Board (2019 - Present) of Singapore Chapter of CAIA Institute and the Nominating Committee for CFA Institute Board of Governors (2020 - Present)
Ashraf El Khatib is the Chief Investment Officer, Private Equity, at Ekuity Holding-the investment arm of Kuwait's sovereign wealth fund Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA) in Egypt. Ashraf is responsible for direct and indirect investments. Before joining Ekuity Holding, Ashraf led 30+ transactions across the deal continuum in the Middle East & Africa (MEA) region and orchestrated the build-up of a leading modern micro-finance institution and a venture capital fund.
Ashraf is a former Vice President and currently a Board Member at CFA Society Egypt. In addition, he serves at the CFA Institute Education Advisory Committee (EAC). Ashraf has contributed as a speaker at investment conferences, including those hosted by the SuperReturn, Fund Forum, CFA Institute, and IE Business School among others.
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- Member of CFA Society Malaysia
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- Managing Director, Head of Sustainable Investing - Public Investments, Macquarie Asset Management, United States
Barry Gladstein oversees the responsible investment practices for Macquarie Asset Management's public investments and serves as Chair of the ESG Oversight Committee. Prior to joining Macquarie Asset Management in 2016, Barry spent five years as founding member and portfolio manager for Cross Ledge Investments, an SEC-registered investment advisor firm whose primary product was the Cross Ledge Long/Short Equity Fund. From 1995 to 2010, he worked at Delaware Investments in various investment and operational roles, leaving the firm as co-chief investment officer and portfolio manager/analyst for the firm's Emerging Growth team. Barry has a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business and a Bachelor of Science degree from Binghamton University. Barry is a certified public accountant, a CFA Charterholder, an FSA credential holder, and serves on the CFA Institute's ESG Technical Committee as well as the Investment Management Education Association's (IMEA) ESG Committee leadership group.
Benjamin Kwasnick has over 15 years of experience as a principal investor in US public equity markets, with a focus on SPACs, special situations, merger arbitrage, and other event-driven strategies. He is the founder of SPAC Research, an independent data service focused on US-listed Special Purpose Acquisition Companies. SPAC Research provides custom data solutions and analysis on the SPAC space, as well as a comprehensive data set and synopsis of all material events throughout each SPAC's life cycle.
Blair duQuesnay, CFA, is an investment advisor at Ritholtz Wealth Management and a member of the firm's investment committee. She is an active financial commenter whose writing has been published in The New York Times and on her personal finance blog, The Belle Curve. Ms. duQuesnay has spoken at the CFA Institute Annual Conference, Morningstar Investment Conference, and CFA Institute Wealth Management Conference. She is also a former president of CFA Society Louisiana, where she continues to serve on the board. Ms. duQuesnay holds a BBA degree in finance from the University of Georgia.
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- Partner
- Partner, Head of Dynamic Allocation Strategies Team, William Blair / Member of CFA Society Chicago
Brian Singer, CFA, partner, is the head of William Blair's Dynamic Allocation Strategies (DAS) team, on which he also serves as portfolio manager. He is also a member of the Investment Management leadership team. Before joining William Blair in 2011, Brian was the head of investment strategies at Singer Partners, LLC. Before that, Brian was the head of global investment solutions and the Americas chief investment officer for UBS Global Asset Management, where he was a member of the UBS Group's managing board and global asset management executive committee. Brian is extensively involved with the CFA Institute. He formerly served as a board member and chair of the CFA Institute board of governors. He is a member of the CFA Society Chicago and a former chair and member of the CFA Institute Research Foundation board of trustees, and in 2015, he received the CFA Institute's Distinguished Service Award, which recognizes CFA members who have made a significant contribution to the CFA Institute through their leadership, exceptional stewardship, and outstanding service. Brian has written extensively on global portfolio, currency, and performance issues, and co-wrote the seminal Determinants of Portfolio Performance II: An Update with Gary Brinson and Gilbert Beebower. In 2009 Brian was the lead author of Investment Leadership and Portfolio Management from Wiley Publishing. In 2018 the CFA Society Chicago awarded Brian the Hortense Friedman Award for Excellence, and in 2015 The Spaulding Group inducted Brian into the Performance and Risk Management Hall of Fame. Brian serves on the endowment investment committee for Exeter College at Oxford University; he is chairman of the "Free to Choose Network," which is inspired by the ideas of economist Milton Friedman; and he serves as a member of the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Keystone board. Brian received a B.A. in economics from Northwestern University and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business.
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- Member of CFA Society Switzerland
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- Director of Consulting, Mercer, United Kingdom
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- Managing Director, Responsible Investing, University Pension Plan Ontario, Canada
Brian Minns, CFA, is the Managing Director of Responsible Investing at University Pension Plan (UPP). He is responsible for integrating responsible investing (RI) into UPP's total portfolio approach and corporate practices. He oversees UPP's RI strategy, ensuring RI commitments are achieved through investment processes and stewardship practices and that UPP communicates openly and transparently about its RI practices as they evolve. Brian came to UPP after nearly a decade at Addenda Capital, culminating in his last position as Vice-President, Sustainable Investing. Prior to Addenda, he held positions in responsible investing with CPP Investments and Mercer. A veteran in responsible investing, Brian is Co-founder and Co-chair of the Canadian Responsible Investing Working Group, a member of the CFA Institute ESG Technical Committee and was Co-chair of the Reporting and Advisory Committee of the Principles for Responsible Investment. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst and hold a Master's in Environmental Studies from York University, the Sustainable Investment Professional certification from Concordia University, and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Queen's University.
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- Chairman of Committee
- Chairman of the ESG Working Group Responsible for the Certificate
Brishni Mukhopadhyay, CFA is the ESG Product Specialist and Co-Chair of the ESG Strategic Steering Committee for Western Asset Management, which is a Specialist Investment Manager of Franklin Resources, Inc, the holding company for Franklin Templeton Investments and its subsidiaries. Prior to this, Brishni worked at Lazard Asset Management, J.P. Morgan Asset Management and J.P. Morgan Investment Bank.
Brishni is currently the Chair of the ESG Working Group responsible for the Certificate in ESG Investing, having previously served as the Vice-Chair of the working group with CFA UK since inception in 2017. Brishni holds a M.S. in Operations Research (Finance) from Columbia University, M.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Sheffield and is a CFA charterholder.
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- Member of the ESG Technical Committee
- Chairman / Managing Director, Head of Sustainability in Active Equities, UBS Asset Management, United States
- Head of Global Sustainable Equities at UBS Asset Management
Bruno Bertocci is head of global sustainable equities at UBS Asset Management, where he led the development of the team's positive screening process. Previously, he managed the global equity investment group at Stein Roe & Farnham and worked as a regional portfolio manager and global equity portfolio manager at Rockefeller & Co. Mr. Bertocci represents UBS on committees that include the US Social Investment Forum, the Institutional Advisory Group for the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board, and the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures. He is also a member of the UBS Sustainability Council. Mr. Bertocci holds an AB degree from Oberlin College and an MBA degree from Harvard Business School.
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- Senior Director in the Global Industry Standards Department
- Senior Director, Global Industry Standards, CFA Institute, United States
Chris Fidler is a Senior Director in the Global Industry Standards department at CFA Institute. Mr. Fidler leads the promotion of CFA Institute industry codes and standards globally and helps to identify areas where new standards are needed. He currently leads the development efforts for the CFA Institute ESG Disclosure Standards for Investment Products. Prior to joining CFA Institute, Mr. Fidler was a management consultant at Thought Logic Consulting, LLC, and served in a number of management roles at Capital One Financial Corporation. Mr. Fidler holds a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering from the University of Illinois and a Master of Business Administration from the Darden School of Business at University of Virginia.
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- Managing Director, Education
Chris Wiese, CFA, leads a dedicated and talented team to develop current and future investment management professionals by overseeing all credentials, certificates, and other professional learning products.
Previously Chris was Senior Head, Learning Experience & Assessment Development (LEAD), and oversaw the development of curriculum and exams for all CFA Institute programs and levels. Additionally, Chris spent several years leading the Curriculum and Learning Experience department, followed by two years leading Exam Development before these groups merged to form LEAD, to assure a more seamless, integrated candidate experience.
Prior to joining CFA Institute, Chris held various roles at Strong Investments. He holds an MBA from Marquette University, a degree in Finance from University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and is a CFA charterholder.
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- Founder and Managing Partner, ESG Portfolio Management, Germany
Christoph M. Klein, CFA, is founder and managing partner at ESG Portfolio Management. Previously he served as a portfolio strategist, managing director, and head of ESG credit at Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management. Prior to his current role, he served as partner and head of fixed income credit at TriPoint Asset Management. Mr. Klein also worked as a multi-strategy portfolio manager for credit hedge funds at CPM Advisors and as an analyst and portfolio manager for corporate and convertible bonds at Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management. He has served as a visiting scholar at Salomon Center for the Study of Financial Institutions at New York University. Mr. Klein began his career as a private banking investment strategy analyst at Deutsche Bank. He was a member of the UN PRI Fixed Income Working Group and serves as an instructor for ESG seminars for Moody's Analytics. Christoph received his diploma in business administration from the University of Trier.
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- Partner, Financial Services, Ernst & Young LLP
Chris is a New York-based Partner in the FSO Assurance practice of Ernst & Young LLP. He has over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry servicing Wealth and Asset Management (WAM) clients. Chris focuses much of his time working with investment advisors, regulated investment companies including exchange traded funds, non-registered funds and service providers. He also leads the firm's WAM Assurance ESG go-to-market strategy focusing on value-added services and providing various limited assurance reports. Chris has a BA in Economics / Accounting from the College of the Holy Cross. He is a CPA licensed in Massachusetts and New York.
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- Member of CFA Society Calgary
Chris Hooper, CFA, is the Chief Investment Officer at Alberta Indigenous Opportunities Corporation ("AIOC"), a $1 billion corporation that supports Indigenous participation in major projects. As CIO, Chris is responsible for leadership of the investment group, including screening and providing direction on promising projects, recommending transactions for approval to the Investment Committee and the board of directors, and leading the AIOC team on consummating approved transactions.
Prior to AIOC, Chris was a Managing Director at a Canadian private equity firm that invested over $3 billion into growth companies in the energy space. He has also worked at AIMCo. in the Private Equity and Infrastructure groups. Chris holds a Bachelor of Commerce, with Distinction, from the University of Alberta School of Business, is a CFA Charterholder, a past President of the Calgary CFA Society, and holds the ICD.D designation.
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- Chief Investment Officer of the California State Teachers' Retirement System
Christopher J. Ailman is the chief investment officer of the California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS). He serves on several boards and advisory boards, including the International Corporate Governance Network, the Pacific Pension Institute, and Milken Institute Global Capital Markets. Mr. Ailman received the Institute for Fiduciary Education Leadership Award and the Richard Stoddard Award for service in the investment of public pensions. Previously, he served as the CIO for the Washington State Investment Board, the Sacramento County Employees' Retirement System, and the County of Sacramento. Mr. Ailman has a bachelor of arts in business economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
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- Director, Private Asset Management, Baird, United States
- Member of Committee
Christopher K. Merker, PhD, CFA, is a director with Private Asset Management at Robert W. Baird & Co. He also serves as the part-time director of the Sustainable Finance and Business program at Marquette University. He is a past member of the CFA Institute ESG Working Group, responsible for development of the global ESG investment product disclosure standards and a member of the CFA Institute ESG Advisory Panel. He publishes the blog, Sustainable Finance, and is co-author of the book, The Trustee Governance Guide: The Five Imperatives of 21st Century Investing. Chris received his PhD from Marquette University and MBA from Thunderbird, School of Global Management.
Clarisse specializes in responsible investment, with both executive and non-executive experience. She has worked for asset owners, managers and universities across Europe, Asia and the Americas. Clarisse sits on the S&P's Global Sustainable Finance Scientific Council and UK's Prosperity Fund's Brazil Green Finance Committee. She is the academic advisor of the CFA's ESG Investing certification and supports academic programming for the University of Cambridge and ESSEC Paris-Singapore. Clarisse holds a MSc on sustainability from HEC Paris.
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- Managing Partner, Albamen Capital Partners, Hong Kong SAR
Corey Cook, CFA, has more than two decades of experience in financial services, technology, and consulting as a senior executive and board director. Currently, he is an independent consultant, a Trustee of Goodenough College, and an Advisor with the UK Pensions Ombudsman where he assists members of the public with pension disputes.
Mr. Cook was formally the Chief Administrative Officer in Europe for RBC Global Asset Management, where he led the implementation of MiFID II. He is both a Chartered Financial Analyst and a member of the Chartered Institute of Information Security. Mr. Cook holds a MSc in Management from the London School of Economics and a BA in Economics from McGill University in Montreal, Canada.
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- Partner, ESG Advisory, ACA Group
Crista DesRochers, CIPM, joined ACA Group's ESG team from the Performance Services team, where she provided Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS®) consulting and verification services to investment managers across the globe. She brings more than 15 years of investment management consulting experience to the ESG team and specializes in ESG assurance-related services. Crista is an active volunteer with CFA Institute. She is currently a member of the GIPS Standards Technical Committee and the ESG Verification Subcommittee, and a former member of the United States Investment Performance Committee (USIPC). Crista earned her BA in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance from Washington State University and is a member of CFA Institute and CFA Society of New York.
Cristina Brízido, CFA, is Chief Investment Officer at the asset management company of Caixa Geral de Depósitos Bank (CGD). She leads an investment team responsible for the design, implementation, and management of investment solutions for individual and institutional clients. Previously, Brízido was the Head of the Wealth Management unit. Prior to that, she was an Equity Analyst since joining the firm in 2001. Brízido has been involved in the financial services industry for over 15 years and has leveraged expertise on a variety of investment areas such as: portfolio management, wealth management, manager selection, and alternative investments. Brízido graduated with an Economics degree from Nova School of Business and Economics (Nova SBE).
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- Member of CFA Society Switzerland
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- Member of the Contact the Governance Committee
- Member of the Governance Committee
- Director, GW & K Investment Management / Member of CFA Society Boston
- Governor / Director, GW & K Investment Management / Member of CFA Society Boston
Dan Fasciano, CFA is a Director at GW&K Investment Management, a $58 billion asset manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. In his role, Dan is responsible for strategic leadership and growth of GW&K's private wealth management practice.
Before joining GW&K in June 2021, Mr. Fasciano spent more than 10 years at BNY Mellon Wealth Management, most recently as National Director of Portfolio Management where he was a member of the firm's Investment Strategy Committee and chaired its National Account Review Committee.
Prior to BNY Mellon, Mr. Fasciano served as the Treasury Director for the State of Florida and Head of the U.S. Investment office for UK-based Aviva Investors.
Mr. Fasciano formerly served as the chair of the CFA Institute Presidents Council and as the Presidents Council representative for the Eastern United States. He is a past board member and chair of CFA Society Boston. He received his BA from the University of New Hampshire and his MBA from Boston University. In addition to the CFA designation, Dan also maintains the Chartered Market Technician (CMT) and Charted Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) designations.
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- Senior Vice President, Wilshire Associates Incorporated, United States
Daniel E. Ingram has 13 years of financial services industry experience. Based in Santa Monica, California, Daniel helps advise institutional asset owners on how to protect and grow long-term capital by integrating Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) risks and opportunities into investment decisions. Daniel facilitates educational workshops, designs ESG policies, sources high-performing investment products and conducts portfolio impact analysis. He is the Chair of Wilshire's ESG and Diversity Committee and a member of the CFA Institute's 2020 ESG working group responsible for defining an industry standard. Before re-locating to the USA from the UK, Mr. Ingram worked in-house as the Head of the Responsible Investment for the BT Pension Scheme, the UK's largest corporate defined benefit plan. Previously, he worked at Hermes Investment Management as a senior corporate governance analyst and as a policy analyst at Her Majesty's Treasury on a number of high-profile reviews, including the landmark Stern Review of the Economics of Climate Change. Mr. Ingram is an MA from University of Dublin, Trinity College, holds a post-graduate certificate in Sustainable Leadership from the University of Cambridge, and the Fundamentals of Sustainability Accounting (FSA) Credential.
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- Deputy Executive Director, New York City Board of Education Retirement System, United States
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- Director, Performance and Product Data, Lord Abbott & Co
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- Member of CFA Society Edmonton
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- Head of Portfolio Management, SingAlliance
Daryl is a Singaporean with more than two decades of experience in the wealth and investment management industry.
He started his career in 2002 with Providend, a Singapore independent financial advisory firm, managing clients' investment portfolios before eventually taking on the role of Chief Investment Strategist.
In 2010, Daryl joined REYL Singapore, a subsidiary of the independent Swiss banking group REYL & CIE, as Head of Portfolio Management and Chief Investment Officer. He was responsible for managing the investment portfolios for REYL's Singapore-based clients and providing Asian coverage for REYL & CIE's private banking investment team based in Geneva.
Daryl graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Law and was called to the Singapore Bar. He holds an MBA, majoring in Finance, from the Asian Institute of Management in the Philippines. Daryl is a CFA charterholder and an active volunteer with CFA Singapore, where he co-chairs the Advocacy Committee. In addition, Daryl is also a member of the SGX Listings Advisory Committee.
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- Chairman of the Technical Committee
- Member of the ESG Examination Subcommittee
- Investor Trust Services Leader, PwC Switzerland, Switzerland / Member of CFA Society Switzerland, CFA Society Liechtenstein
- Technical Committee Chair / Investor Trust Services Leader, PwC Switzerland, Switzerland / Member of CFA Society Switzerland, CFA Society Liechtenstein
Dimitri Senik, CFA, leads the Investor Trust Services at PwC Switzerland. Mr. Senik provides assurance services to investment managers and investors with respect to investment process and governance, investment performance and risk management, GIPS compliance, and ESG Investing. He is a member of the Investment Committee of the Pension Funds of PwC Switzerland. Mr. Senik has been a long-standing volunteer in the standard-setting bodies for the GIPS standards and currently chairs the GIPS Standards Technical Committee. He is also a member of the GIPS Standards Expert Group of the Asset Management Association Switzerland. Mr. Senik chairs the ESG Verification Subcommittee of CFA Institute, which is currently engaged in the development of the new ESG Disclosure Standards for Investment Products. He holds a degree in international economics and is also a Chartered Certified Accountant.
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- CEO
- President
- Chairman of the Board, Who 's Good / Member of CFA Society Korea
- Founder, Zebra Investment Management
As a CFA charterholder and an active volunteer at CFA Institute, Professor Lamba has been involved with reviewing and writing candidate curriculum material for several years. He has previously served on the CFA Institute's Disciplinary Review Committee and as a founding member of the CFA Institute's Asia-Pacific Research Exchange Society Engagement Committee. Professor Lamba has a BA (Honors) in Economics from the University of Delhi, an MBA in Finance from the University of Michigan, and a Ph.D. in Finance from the University of Washington.
Dr. Bruce Wonil Lee is the CEO and president of the value in action team at Allianz Global Investors in Seoul, Korea. Previously, Mr. Lee served as the CIO for Hana Allianz Asset Management also in Seoul, and Investment Director of Nicholas Applegate Capital Management, Emerging Markets, based in San Diego, United States. He has also held senior positions at Soloman Smith Barney, Credit Lyonnais, and Daishin Securities, Daishin Investment Trust Management Co. Limited. Mr. Lee has received many accolades including best Korean CEO of the Year in 2011. He is a CFA charterholder and holds a PhD from Rutgers University, an MBA majoring in finance from Seoul National University, and a BA of foreign studies from Hankook University.
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- Chairman of the Governance Committee
- Member of the Contact the Governance Committee
- Advisory Council of Lovell Minnick Partners LLC
- Chairman / Advisory Council Member, Lovell Minnick Partners
- Governance Committee Chair / Advisory Council Member, Lovell Minnick Partners
- Governor / Advisory Council Member, Lovell Minnick Partners
Dr. Heinz J. Hockmann is a member of the Advisory Council of Lovell Minnick Partners LLC, a private equity company and buyout manager focusing on financial services and business services.
Heinz was an executive officer at Commerzbank AG in Germany for nearly twenty years and was a Member of the Management Board of the Bank with responsibilities for asset management, private banking, and investment banking. Earlier in his career at Commerzbank, he formed its asset management business for international institutional clients and later built the bank's global asset management platform. Afterwards, he ran the Management Board of Westfalenbank AG, a midsize bank for corporate and private clients, investment banking, and asset management. He then joined Fortis Investments and developed its asset management business in Germany, Austria, and Eastern Europe.
In 2008, Heinz co-founded Silk Invest, an investment management company headquartered in London and specialized in frontier markets with offices in various African and Middle Eastern countries. He serves on the Board of Silk Invest as well as the boards of several German companies in the financial services sector including WWK, a major German insurance company.
Heinz holds a master's degree from Bochum University, where he also received his PhD in 1983. He is a lecturer for Investment Banking and Commercial Banking at the Justus-Liebig University in Giessen.
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- Better Finance
- Research and Policy Officer at Better Finance
Edoardo Carlucci is Research and Policy Officer at Better Finance. He obtained his Bachelor degree in Economics, Finance and Management with Law at Sapienza University of Rome, with a thesis on "Shareholding and Interlocking Directorates in the Italian Corporate Governance". In 2014, he graduated at the ULB University obtaining the Master Degree in European Studies with Economic Specialization. He wrote an analytical thesis on the "Fragmentation of the European Financial Markets".
He previously worked in the European Institutions and Civil Society Organizations dealing with various aspects of economic issues and policies such as EU Internal Market, EU Competition Policies, Public Procurement and SMEs. He also worked on research projects and analysis as European Economic Forecasts. At Better Finance, Edoardo is responsible for various policy and research areas such as Sustainable Finance, Fintech, Financial Reporting and Corporate Governance.
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- Partner
- Key Partner of the Firm 's National Transaction Services Practice Group
Edward Hackert is a Partner in the Assurance Services division of Marcum LLP. He has more than 25 years experience working with public and private companies in the areas of accounting, auditing, advisory services, corporate taxation, mergers and acquisitions, capital financing transactions and business restructuring. He has developed a reputation for successfully guiding clients through the intricacies of complex accounting and reporting issues; closing mergers, acquisitions and capital financing transactions; and completing business restructuring cases.
Mr. Hackert is also a key Partner of the Firm's National Transaction Services Practice Group. He provides due diligence, deal structuring and buy-side representation services that help clients identify and minimize critical financial risks. His findings often benefit clients through final deal negotiations and structuring opportunities.
Mr. Hackert primarily works with mid- to small-cap companies involved with mergers and acquisitions and capital financing transactions. He also advises private companies going public on capital raising strategies, reverse mergers, initial public offerings and the securities registration process. Mr. Hackert is often involved in the Firm's initiatives to provide exception client services and has significantly contributed to the implementation of policies for the effective handling of derivative financial instruments and FIN 48 and best practices for '34 Act Filings. In addition, he was one of the select few who participated in Marcum's Emerging Leadership Program, a top-level training program. Mr. Hackert joined the Firm in 2004.
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- Chairman / Managing Partner, Alpha Governance Partners / Member of CFA Society Switzerland
Eelco Fiole, CFA is the managing partner of Alpha Governance Partners (founded 2015) a fiduciary services partnership with partners serving as risk governance specialists in complex investments, sustainability, blockchain, and fintech, across Europe, North America, and Asia. He is also an adjunct professor of finance ethics at the Universities of Lausanne and Neuchatel. With over 25 years in the finance industry, Dr. Fiole has 15+ years of board, COO, and CFO experience in the alternative investment, wealth, and blockchain spaces. Previous firms include ABN AMRO, UBS, Credit Suisse, and PwC. He is an eternal student holding degrees and designations in various domains, including economics (PhD, Basel), ethics, and blockchain. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Directors, volunteers in various capacities, and regularly speaks on governance, ethics, and risk.
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- Director, Sustainable Finance, London Stock Exchange Group, Switzerland
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- Member of CFA Society Toronto
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- Chief
- Executive Vice President
- Investment Officer
- Executive Vice President and Chief Responsible Investment Officer, Calvert Research and Management, United States
Emily Chew is Executive Vice President and Chief Responsible Investment Officer, Calvert Research and Management. Ms. Chew is responsible for overseeing Calvert's Research and Engagement departments and works to develop and support Calvert's strategies in data and technology, client solutions, thought leadership, and product development execution. She co-chairs the Morgan Stanley Investment Management Sustainability Council, and previously served as Global Head of Sustainability for Investment Management. Before joining Morgan Stanley in 2020, Ms. Chew was Global Head of ESG Research and Integration for Manulife Investment Management in Hong Kong and Boston, where she built an ESG investing program for public markets investments encompassing research, investee stewardship, thought leadership and thematic product development. Previously, she was Head of Asia-Pacific ESG Research for MSCI Inc. Ms. Chew is a member of the CFA Institute ESG Technical Committee, which is developing a new global ESG disclosure standard for investment funds. She has also served as rotating chair of the Steering Committee of the Climate Action 100+ investor engagement initiative and chair of the Asian Investor Group on Climate Change. Ms. Chew holds an MBA from the University of Oxford, and Bachelors of Laws and Arts (honors) from the University of Melbourne.
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- Global Head of Data Strategy at EVestment
- Global Head of Data Strategy, EVestment, United States
Erika Spence is the Global Head of Data Strategy at eVestment, a Nasdaq business unit. Her primary role is to determine strategic ways that eVestment can increase the depth, breadth, and quality of the data our users depend on to make investment decisions. Prior to joining eVestment, Erika spent seven years at Cambridge Associates, LLC, where she was a member of the management team for the Manager Information Group and, later, a Senior Project Manager in CA's Capital Markets Research Group. Erika graduated from UCLA in 2006 with a degree in Political Science.
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- Member of CFA Society Cyprus, CFA Society Greece
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- Columnist for Financial Times
Fan Huang CFA, CPA, is currently Executive Director, Head of China Index Business with MSCI. before this role, he led the Private Banking unit for United Oversea Bank (China) LTD. Prior to his UOB (China) position, he was the Head of Private Banking with Bank of Ningbo. Before joining Bank of Ningbo, he ran the Asset & Wealth management business for Deutsche Bank in China for 9 years. He had also worked for HSBC, CIBC, TD Canada Trust, and other local Asset management companies.
He is a senior practitioner in the Asset & Wealth management segment of the financial industry with over 25 years of experience. Before and concurrent with his career in Finance, he has been conducting academic teaching and researching, and is a leader of campus finance laboratories with various reputable local universities.
Mr. Huang is a columnist for Financial Times (Chinese Version), Forbes (Chinese Version) and other local mainstream financial medias. He has also have published two popular Chinese books: "Growing the wealth through easy ways" and "Effective Equity Investment Strategy to Surfing Market Turbulence".
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- Director in the Responsible Investment Team at BMO Global Asset Management
- Member of Committee
Fionnuala O'Grady is a Director in the Responsible Investment team at BMO Global Asset Management (a part of Columbia Threadneedle Investment). In her role she is focused on ESG integration strategy and delivery. Fionnuala previously worked at Franklin Templeton as an ESG analyst also supporting ESG integration across asset classes. Prior to this she was employed by Threadneedle Investments from 2011 as a Governance and Responsible Investment Analyst focused on ESG research, engagement and proxy voting.
Fionnuala has served in an advisory capacity to the CFA Certificate in ESG Investing since 2019. She holds a BSc in International Development and Food Policy from University College Cork and an MSc in International Accounting, Finance and Strategy from the University of Sussex.
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- Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences, Harvard University, United States
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- Audit and Finance Committee Chair and Nominating Committee Chair / Director, Fortress Capital Asset Management / Member of CFA Society Malaysia
- Chairman / Director, Fortress Capital Asset Management / Member of CFA Society Malaysia
Geoffrey Ng, CFA, is a director at Fortress Capital Asset Management, a Pan-Asian investment management company. He has over two decades of investment management and leadership experience. Previously, Mr. Ng served as chief executive officer and executive director at Hong Leong Asset Management; senior vice president, global emerging markets, at Dubai Investment Group; and chief investment officer at Pacific Mutual Fund. Mr. Ng is the independent non-executive chairman of Kronologi Asia Berhad, where he previously served as an independent non-executive director and is a member of the Audit, Nomination, Remuneration, and Share Grant Plan Committees. He holds the Certified Financial Planner designation and earned the Fintech: Future Commerce certification from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a CFA Institute Investment Foundations Certificate. Geoffrey has served on the Education Advisory Committee (vice chair and chair of the Practice Analysis subcommittee) and Council of Examiners, as well as vice president and treasurer for CFA Society Malaysia. Mr. Ng earned a Bachelor of Commerce (high honors) with a double major in accounting and finance from the Sprott School of Business at Carleton University. He is a CFA charterholder, holds a CFP certification, and has completed the MIT Fintech: Future Commerce program by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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- Member of CFA Society Minnesota
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- Director, LNG Capital LLP
George Spentzos, CFA, FSIP, is a Director at LNG Capital, Board Member at CFA Institute and non-executive director at NOW Bank. Most recently, he was managing director at Société Générale in London. Prior to that, Spentzos ran the Portfolio Advisory Group at Credaris, a UK-based asset manager. Prior to that, Spentzos was head of structured credit at Brevan Howard Asset Management after having worked for three years at another hedge fund, Cheyne Capital, where he managed a $1.3 billion long/short credit fund. He started his financial career at Nomura International, where he traded credit derivatives and corporate bonds for the bank. Before completing his MBA, he spent ten years at Amoco Petroleum (Canada, USA) in a variety of chemical engineering and business development roles. For the past 15 years, Spentzos has been an engaged CFA Institute member. His volunteer efforts include working on the Council of Examiners with a two-year term as chairman, authoring CFA curriculum, and serving his local member society in a number of board capacities including chairman. He is also a fellow of the CFA Society United Kingdom. Spentzos earned an undergraduate degree in chemical engineering from the University of British Columbia and an MBA in finance (Beta Gamma Sigma) from the University of Denver. He is also an Executive Advisory Board member of Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver.
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- Member of CFA Society Sacramento
Geraldine Jimenez, CFA, CalSTRS Director of Investment Strategy and Risk, is responsible for implementing and monitoring CalSTRS overall investment portfolio's strategy and risk profile focusing on the strategic portfolio positioning to meet the long-term liabilities. Geraldine serves on the CalSTRS Asset / Liability team reviewing and setting the strategic asset allocation, chairs the Risk Allocation Committee setting shorter term portfolio positioning, and is part of the CalSTRS leadership team reporting to the Deputy Chief Investment Officer.
Ms. Jimenez's Investment Strategy and Risk team is comprised of three components- Total Fund Portfolio Management, Risk Management and Innovative Strategies- and provides a single dedicated team looking at the overall risks, investment opportunities and collaborative partnerships.
Prior to this position, Ms. Jimenez was the portfolio manager leading the CalSTRS Investment Engagement Unit. In this capacity, she responded to stakeholder priorities and worked with the Teachers' Retirement Board, senior investment team and executive staff to research investment information on external issues such as legislation or environmental, social and governance issues.
Before joining CalSTRS in 2015, Ms. Jimenez spent over 25 years at the California Public Employees' Retirement System with substantial time working in the global equity markets and managing the affiliate funds. She holds a Bachelor of Science in business administration, with a minor in economics from California State University, Sacramento. She is actively involved with the CFA Institute as a Chartered Financial Analyst, as a member of the Standard of Practice Council, and as the past President of the CFA Society of Sacramento. She is a board member for a California non-profit organization providing services to at-risk kids.
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- CEO, Lion Global Investors Ltd / Member of CFA Society Singapore
Gerard Lee, CFA, is CEO at Lion Global Investors. Previously, he served as chief investment officer of Temasek's Fund Management Division and CEO of Fullerton Fund Management Company. Mr. Lee has also served as deputy chief investment officer at Deutsche Asset Management Singapore, head of fixed-income sales at SBC Warburg Singapore, and head of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation's New York City office. He is an IBF Distinguished Fellow, and he has a bachelor of science degree (honours) from the National University of Singapore.
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- Member of CFA Society South Africa
Godfrey Marozva, Ph.D., CFA, is a Full Professor in the Department of Finance, Risk Management and Banking in the School of Economics and Financial Sciences at the University of South Africa. He has been with the University of South Africa since 2010. Godfrey is also an Adjunct Professor at the University of Cape Town-Business School. He holds a Ph.D. in Finance (South Africa), an MSc in Banking and Financial Services (Zimbabwe), he is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Charterholder (USA), and a holder of a BCom Hons in Finance and Banking (Zimbabwe). His skills and experience are essential in fostering the University's academic programmes in finance, investments, and financial markets in general.
Prior to joining the University, Godfrey worked in a quoted financial institution as a Treasury Manager/Fixed Income Portfolio Manager for 7 years. Godfrey has previously facilitated on FinTech and Digital Disruptions for Standard Bank and Nedbank. Since 2020, Godfrey has been a Captain in grading CFA Level III exams. Godfrey has managed to supervise several Masters' and Ph.D. students to completion. He is multilingual and fluent in English, Shona, and Zulu.
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- Chairman / Vice President, Performance Practice Leader, Fairview Performance Services
- Performance Practice Leader at Fairview Performance Services
- Vice President, Performance Practice Leader, Fairview Performance Services
Greta Nathan is the performance practice leader at Fairview Performance Services where she is responsible for establishing and maintaining the company's products and services. She has over 25 years of industry experience and has performed Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS®) verification and consulting services in each of her previous positions. Ms. Nathan was most recently with ACA Performance Services, where she worked with some of the firm's largest, most complex global clients. Previously, she worked at Vincent Performance Services LLC and at CAPS, Inc. Ms. Nathan began her career as an audit manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, providing audit and other services to a range of investment management firms. She serves as Chair of the GIPS Standards United States Investment Performance Committee (USIPC) and member of the Global ESG Disclosure Standards Verification Subcommittee. Ms. Nathan earned a BS in mathematics and an MBA in accounting from Union College.
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- ESG Practice Lead, GMO LLC, Singapore
Mr. Shah leads the ESG practice at GMO and is responsible for building GMO's ESG capability across investment product areas and asset classes. He was a member of the CFA Institute's inaugural global ESG working group (FY20) which aimed to develop an industry standard for the classification and disclosure of ESG investment products and has subsequently been selected as a member of its ESG verification subcommittee (FY21). Prior to joining GMO in 2017, he led a global team of analysts focused on ESG ratings and thematic research at Sustainalytics. Previously, he was an ESG Ratings associate at MSCI and, as a senior climate change consultant with Ernst & Young, has helped register a wide variety of projects with the UNFCCC under the Clean Development Mechanism defined in the Kyoto Protocol. During 2015 and 2016, Mr. Shah was voted #1 "research firm analyst who understands the challenges & opportunities facing companies" in the global Independent Research in Responsible Investment (IRRI) Survey. He earned his Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics from University of Mumbai and holds a post-graduate diploma in management - e business (finance) from We School, Mumbai. Mr. Shah holds the Fundamentals of Sustainability Accounting (FSA) credential issued by SASB, Sustainability and Climate Risk (SCR) credential by GARP, and the CFA charter.
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- Program Administrator, DRC
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- Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences, Harvard University, United States
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- Managing Director, DPG Deutsche Performancemessungs
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- Senior Lecturer in Finance at the University
Senior Lecturer in Finance at the University of Stirling and Director of the MSc Finance
Isaiah Schulze, CFA is a Managing Director for the frontier and emerging markets investment platform of Cerberus Capital Management, a global leader in alternative investing with approximately $55 billion in AUM. Isaiah's focus is on the underwriting and execution of private equity deals in geographies across Asia and Africa, with a particular emphasis on ESG and impact measurement. Isaiah joined Cerberus in 2018 when Cerberus acquired SGI Frontier Capital where he was a Senior Partner from 2013 to 2018.
Isaiah graduated magna cum laude from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. He is proficient in Mandarin Chinese and has achieved the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. In addition, he serves on the CFA Education Advisory Committee. Isaiah has contributed as a speaker at investment conferences including those hosted by JP Morgan, Private Equity International, EMPEA, and CFA Society New York, among others. Isaiah lives in NYC and enjoys amateur triathlon training in his free time.
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- Member of CFA Society Cleveland
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- Member of CFA Society Hong Kong
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- Director Performance Analytics, Newton Investment Management North America, LLC / Member of CFA Society Boston
James Ryans, CFA, is the Chief Financial Officer of Social Capital, as well as for six SPACs currently sponsored by Social Capital. He is also a professor of accounting at London Business School. Mr. Ryans was previously an Independent Director at Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc., an Independent Director at Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. I and Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. III.
He received his undergraduate degree from The University of Waterloo, an MBA from the University of Michigan and a doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley. He is a member of the CFA Society of the UK.
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- Member of CFA Society Hong Kong
- Member of CFA Society Phoenix
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- Co - Head of Responsible Investment at Man Group
- Co - Head of Responsible Investment, Man Group, United Kingdom
Jason Mitchell is Co-Head of Responsible Investment at Man Group and co-chairs Man Group's Stewardship and Active Ownership Committee. He has held this position since July 2018. Jason worked at Man GLG from 2004 to 2008 as a portfolio manager. Between 2008 to 2010, he advised the UK government on on infrastructure development across Sub-Saharan Africa. He returned to Man GLG in 2010 as a portfolio manager, before becoming a sustainability strategist across Man Group in 2017. Prior to Man GLG, he was a Vice President at Andor Capital Management and an investment research analyst with Pequot Capital Management. Besides having managed environmental and sustainability strategies, he speaks and publishes widely on responsible investment. Jason's articles and comments on sustainable investing have been quoted in a number of top-tier publications, including Institutional Investor, Wall Street Journal, CNBC Squawk Box, Responsible Investor, Aftenposten, Global Times, AIMA Journal and Investment Europe. He has written widely on the European refugee migrant crisis. He also hosts the award-winning podcast series, A Sustainable Future. Jason serves on the EFRAG (European Financial Reporting Advisory Group) Lab Steering Group, SASB (Sustainable Accounting Standards Board) Investor Advisory Group, the CFA Institute's ESG Technical Committee, the Alternative Investment Manager Association's (AIMA) Responsible Investment Committee and the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) Academic Advisory Committee. He chaired the PRI Hedge Funds Advisory Committee from 2014 to 2018. He is a contributing author to: CFA UK's Certificate in ESG Investing Textbook (Ed. 2, 2020); Responsible Investing: A Guide to Environmental, Social, and Governance Investments (Routledge: 2018); Sustainable Investing: Revolutions in Theory and Practice (Routledge: 2017) and Evolutions in Sustainable Investing: Strategies, Funds and Thought Leadership (Wiley Finance: 2012). Jason holds a MSc in International Political Economy from the London School of Economics and a bachelor's degree in English literature and classics. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts and the British- American Project. He was named one of Institutional Investor's 2011 Hedge Fund Rising Stars.
Since 1996, Jay R. Ritter has served as the Joseph B. Cordell Eminent Scholar in the Department of Finance at the University of Florida. Prof Ritter is known as "Mr. IPO" for his work on initial public offerings. During 2014-15, he served as president of the Financial Management Association. He received his BA, MA, and PhD (1981) degrees in economics and finance from the University of Chicago.
Research Interests include: Initial Public Offerings, Asset Pricing, Valuation, Investment Banking, Capital Structure He has written extensively on SPACs and IPOs.
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- Chief Investment Officer at IRIQIV
- Member of CFA Society New York
Jayesh Bhansali is the chief investment officer at IRIQIV, a multi-family office. He currently serves as an independent director for VanEck Mutual Funds and as an independent advisor to Connecticut Public Broadcasting Retirement Plan. Additionally, he serves as an independent trustee for the Judge Baker Children's Center, a Harvard Medical School affiliate that focuses on children's mental health. He also serves in a similar capacity at Under One Roof, which is dedicated to offering quality affordable housing for elderly people.
Previously, he served over two decades as the managing director, Lead Portfolio Manager for General Account's Fixed Income Immediate Annuity portfolio and Head of Quantitative Fixed-income Portfolio Management and Global Derivatives at TIAA with $70 bln in combined AUM. During his tenure at TIAA, he was a member of the core Chief Investment Officer team to the General Account ($240 bln. in AUM), where his responsibilities ran the gamut of strategic and tactical asset allocation, portfolio construction, risk budgeting, ALM, tail risk management as well as capital optimization decisions. Prior to TIAA he worked with Citibank / Citicorp's Analytics & Information Technology Solutions Group and in investment banking division with ICICI, respectively.
He has presented at various institutional investors' conferences both in the US and overseas, on contemporary topics such as managing systemic risk, the alpha / beta optimization, asset allocation under uncertainty, smart beta strategies, harvesting volatility risk premia, and longevity risk management. He also chaired a thought leadership roundtable on "ETFs Systemic Risk: Fact or Fiction?" jointly organized by the CFA Institute, CFA Society of New York and NASDAQ.
He is a member of the CFA Institute's Standards of Practice Council, which is responsible for fostering the integrity of the capital markets through the development of professional standards. Mr. Bhansali has taught at Columbia Business School as an adjunct professor of finance and currently is an adjunct faculty member at Fordham University's Gabelli Business School. He holds the CFA and CAIA designation. Mr. Bhansali has earned a MS in financial engineering from the NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering. He is a former Chartered Accountant and Cost Accountant from India. He is also an avid follower of the ancient Vipassana meditation practice over the past 25 years.
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- Senior Vice President, Lazard Asset Management
Jed Schneider, CIPM, is responsible for compliance with the GIPS standards and performance reporting at Lazard Asset Management. Mr. Schneider has over 25 years of experience in the performance measurement industry and investment operations. Before joining Lazard, his roles have included Head of Performance Reporting for J.P. Morgan's U.S. Private Bank division and Senior Verifier at The Spaulding Group, where he conducted verifications and performance attestations. He also spent time at Morgan Stanley and U.S. Trust managing performance measurement teams and was a statistician for Consumer Reports magazine, responsible for data analysis on all product testing. Mr. Schneider is a former co-chair of the Performance and Risk Committee of CFA Society New York and an active volunteer supporting the GIPS Standards and the CIPM Program. He holds the FRM® (Financial Risk Manager) designation and has a B.S. in Applied Mathematics from Stony Brook University and a M.S. in Statistics from Baruch College.
Jennie Dong is Head of SPACs in NYSE's Capital Markets Group. She is responsible for leading new business development and execution for both SPAC IPOs and business combinations. She advises SPAC sponsors and their advisers from inception through the business combination, with a focus on NYSE support through the full lifecycle. Prior to joining the NYSE, she held various roles in investment banking where she advised clients on equity financing.
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- Member of CFA Society Argentina
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- Member of the ESG Technical Committee
- Head of Equities, NN Investment Partners, the Netherlands
Jeroen Bos, CFA, CAIA is Head of Specialised Equity & Responsible Investing at NN Investment Partners (NN IP) and part of its Management Team Investments. His portfolio of responsibilities includes a variety of Global and Regional Sustainable & Impact Equity Funds, as well as a range of Global & European Equity funds. Jeroen is also a member of NN IP's ESG Board, chair of the Proxy Voting Committee and has been instrumental in the development of ESG integration at NNIP in the last decade. His previous roles at NN IP included Head of Global Equity Research as well as Senior Portfolio Manager on several Global Equity & Thematic Funds. Before joining NN IP, Jeroen was a Director at UBS in New York in the Technology Equity Research Team. Prior to UBS, he was a Vice President at JP Morgan in London and a Senior Equity Analyst at MeesPierson/Fortis in Amsterdam. Jeroen is also a Board Member of CFA Society VBA Netherlands as well as a Board Member of the Work with Nature Foundation, a non-profit organization protecting Costa Rica's rainforest. Lastly, he is on the investment committee of the Pension Fund for the Rail & Public Transport sector in the Netherlands.
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- Canada / Investment Counsellor, Burgundy Asset Management Ltd
Joanna Chang, CFA, is an Investment Risk Specialist at the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). She provides advice and guidance on investment risk matters relating to regulated institutional asset owners such as pension funds and insurers. Australian pension fund assets under APRA regulation total around $A2 trillion. Ms. Chang's area of specialisation is investment risk governance covering key aspects of the investing process from investment objective and strategy formulation through to implementation. Her scope of work covers all asset classes from fixed interest and listed securities through to alternative assets. She regularly engages with both domestic and overseas peer regulators, industry bodies and investment service providers on investment related matters. This has included working with the UK Financial Conduct Authority on policy initiatives. In addition, she has recently served as a Technical Advisor to the Australian House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics. Ms. Chang's current areas of focus include climate change financial risks. She is regularly sought out as a conference speaker on this topic and was also involved with the work of the Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative.
Prior to joining APRA, Ms. Chang held several roles within Westpac Banking Corporation's institutional division across financial markets trading and corporate advisory areas.
Ms. Chang's volunteer work with CFA Institute includes exam question reviews and engagement on online member education initiatives. She holds a Commerce degree majoring in Accounting and Finance from Macquarie University (Sydney) and a GARP Financial Risk Manager designation.
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- Chief Advisor for Research and Strategy, Cboe Vest / Member of CFA Society South Carolina
Joanne Hill has over 25 years of experience in research and strategy with an emphasis on indexes, options and quantitative investments. Prior to joining CBOE Vest, Dr. Hill worked with ProShares for 8 years, as Head of Institutional Investment Strategy, focusing on ETF research and education, and spent 17 years at Goldman Sachs, where she was a Managing Director leading global equity index and derivatives research and advising institutional investors on strategies using index and risk management tools.
She heads the research committee for the "Q" Group and the CFA Institute Research Foundation where she is also a board member. She also serves on the editorial board of the Financial Analysts Journal, Journal of Alternative Investments, and Journal of Index Investing.
Money Management Executive named Dr. Hill one of the ten inaugural recipients of the Top Women in Asset Management Awards. She was a Founding Member and Co-President of Women in ETFs and currently serves on their board. She is a member of the Investment Committee of the Montgomery County Public School Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution pension plans. Prior to her career on Wall Street, Dr. Hill was on the faculty of the University of Massachusetts (Amherst) and she has a Ph.D. in Finance from Syracuse University.
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- Partner in Goodwin 's Technology
Jocelyn Arel is a partner in Goodwin's Technology Companies practice and leads the firm's Special Purpose Acquisition Companies ("SPAC") practice, Jocelyn has nearly two decades of SPACs transactions under her belt and is known for her innovative work for clients ranging the private equity, life sciences, technology, financial services and real estate industries.
She advises clients in all aspects of the SPAC lifecycle, including the initial public offering ("IPO") process; the business combinations or "SIPO transactions"; and structing the debt and equity financing transactions that are often needed to facilitate the closing of SIPO transactions. In addition to her extensive knowledge of the legal issues related to SPACs, Jocelyn has a deep understanding of business, financial and marketing issues that affect the success of SPACs.
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- Managing Director at CoinDesk Indices
Jodie M. Gunzberg is Managing Director at CoinDesk Indices. She leads index product management and strategy, as well as serves as the company's public facing spokesperson. Prior to joining CoinDesk Indices, Jodie was the Chief Institutional Investment Strategist, Wealth Management at Morgan Stanley. She served as head of the Graystone Investment Office supporting the investment needs of Graystone Consulting, which include the supervision and guidance of the Graystone Discretionary program. Jodie was also responsible for creating institutional model portfolios for ultra high net worth, pensions, endowments and foundations, and managed a robust platform of thought leadership aimed exclusively at the needs and concerns of institutional clients.
Previously Ms. Gunzberg was the Managing Director and Head of U.S. Equities at S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) where she was responsible for the product management of S&P DJIís U.S. Equity indices, including the S&P 500 and The Dow, the most followed equity indices in the world. Ms. Gunzberg had joined S&P DJI in 2010 as Director of Commodities product management. Prior to that, she spent several years in investment consulting at Ibbotson and Morningstar, and was the chief investment strategist for Marco Consulting, where she advised roughly 350 Taft-Hartley plans with $85 billion in assets. Ms. Gunzberg started her career as an actuarial associate at New York Life Insurance Company and subsequently worked as a quantitative analyst and portfolio manager on the buy-side. She managed real estate at Equity Office Properties, fixed income at ABN AMRO Asset Management, and equities and hedge funds at Driehaus Capital Management and Aragon Global.
Ms. Gunzberg is a CFA charterholder, as well as a member and curriculum consultant of the CFA Institute. She is also a former member of the Board of Directors for CFA NY and CFA Chicago, and founded the CFA New Jersey Group of CFA NY. Ms. Gunzberg currently serves on the Advisory Board for the Department of Finance of Hofstra University and on the Industry Advisory Council and Editorial Advisory Board for the Global Commodities Applied Research Digest at the University of Colorado Denver Business School's J.P. Morgan Center for Commodities. She received her M.B.A. from the University of Chicago, Booth School of Business, and earned a B.S. in Mathematics from Emory University.
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- Member of CFA Society Hungary
- Member of CFA Society Netherlands
As former head of Commonfund Institute, John Griswold directed investor education and market research activities for Commonfund, a nonprofit investment management company. Mr. Griswold joined Commonfund in 1992. After founding the Commonfund Institute in 1999 he initiated and supervised the Commonfund Benchmarks Studies of the performance of educational endowments, foundations, operating charities, and healthcare institutions which collectively survey the investment performance and practices of hundreds of nonprofit institutions annually.
In addition, he has spoken at numerous nonprofit and investment industry conferences in the U.S., Europe, Asia, and Canada. He retired from Commonfund at the end of 2016. Mr. Griswold has authored articles and book chapters on endowment management, board governance, and the management of investment committees. He has lectured at the annual Pension Trustee Workshop organized by the Council of Institutional Investors and CFA Institute.
Mr. Griswold is a graduate of Yale University and attended the Columbia University Graduate School of Business. He has served on many boards and is currently a member of several nonprofit boards, including the board of trustees The Boys and Girls Clubs of America, the Greenwich Roundtable (chair), and Grab the Torch. He is a board member of three for-profit startup firms: The Herbst Group (Chairman), Modern Guild, and HR Moneyball.
Joseph Brady, Executive Director, joined the North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc. ("NASAA") in 2005 as associate counsel. In 2011, he was appointed General Counsel and in May 2015 was named as NASAA's Executive Director. NASAA members include the state securities regulators in the U.S., provincial and territorial securities regulators in Canada, and the CNBV of Mexico.
As Executive Director, Mr. Brady is responsible for oversight of NASAA's professional staff who work closely with NASAA members in carrying out the Association's century-old mission of investor protection. During his time at NASAA, Mr. Brady's responsibilities have included supporting NASAA's representative on the Financial Stability Oversight Counsel, preparing and reviewing amicus briefs, supporting rulemaking by various committees including the NASAA Broker/Dealer and Investment Adviser Section Committees, and participating in initiatives carried out by NASAA's CRD Steering Committee.
Prior to joining NASAA, Mr. Brady served as chief counsel to the Securities Division of the Mississippi Secretary of State. In this role he managed enforcement cases brought by the division and represented the Secretary of State in matters before state courts and administrative tribunals.
Mr. Brady is admitted to the bars of Mississippi (inactive) and the District of Columbia and is a graduate of the Mississippi College School of Law and the University of Southern Mississippi.
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- Head of Performance Measurement and Risk Analysis, KBI Global Investors / Member of CFA Society Ireland
Joseph Kavanagh, CFA, has managed the performance measurement department at KBI Global Investors since 2000, and is responsible for the production of investment return analysis, attribution analysis and market risk analysis to the business. Joe attained his CFA charter in 2004, and is a past President of CFA Society Ireland. He is a consultant to CFA Institute on their global CIPM Program, a professional examination program for performance and manager selection professionals. Joe is a global leader in performance presentation standards and has worked within the governance structure of the GIPS standards since 2011. From September 2016, Joe had been a member of the GIPS Technical Committee which is responsible for the technical oversight of the GIPS standards. He rotated off this position in September 2021 following completion of his five-year term.
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- Member of CFA Society Bahrain
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- Manager - Investment Industry, Kreischer Miller
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- Co - Chair
- Co - Founder of Rosetta Analytics
Julia K. Bonafede, CFA, is Co-Founder of Rosetta Analytics, an asset management firm that uses proprietary deep learning and deep reinforcement learning models to manage investment strategies. Previously, Ms. Bonafede served as President of Wilshire Consulting and was a member of Wilshire's Board of Directors and Wilshire Consulting's Investment Committee. She was listed as a top Knowledge Broker in Chief Investment Officer magazine's annual list of the world's most influential investment consultants in 2015. She is a member of CFA Institute and is a founding member of the United Kingdom Society of Investment Professionals. She currently serves on the CFA Institute Standards of Practice Council and the Advisory Board of the Financial Data Professional Institute of CAIA Association.
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- Head of ESG, Japanese Equity Investment, Invesco Asset Management
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- Vice President, Americas Client Operations, Pacific Investment Management Company, LLC
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- Senior VP, Head of East Coast Listings and Capital Services
Based in New York, Karen Snow, Senior VP, Head of Each Coast Listings and Capital Services, Nasdaq, leads the strategic direction to attract new company listings and grow Nasdaq's IR Intelligence business. Karen brings a unique perspective to our team that is instrumental in solidifying Nasdaq's close partnership with companies as they look to successfully raise capital in the public market.
Her deep experience and knowledge of the investment community is a tremendous asset as Nasdaq continues to reignite the U.S. capital markets by proactively addressing challenges faced by companies seeking to go public.
Karen joined Nasdaq in December of 2018 after 18 years at Credit Suisse, where she was most recently the Head of NY Equity Sales and Managing Director, leading a team of 20 executives in diverse areas such as Strategic Planning, Account Management, Training & Development, and Compliance. In addition to her 13 years in Equities at Credit Suisse, Karen spent 5 years in investment banking where she worked on multiple IPOs, High Yield Financings, Bankruptcies and M&A situations. Karen received her BS with honors from Babson College and her MBA from the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University. She is a Trustee of the Packer Collegiate Institute, and as also on the board of the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy.
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- Senior Manager
- Manager for Capital Markets Policy AMER
Karina Karakulova, Senior Manager for Capital Markets Policy, leverages her prior experience in government affairs, public policy and investment management (Series 7, 66) to help formulate policy positions, engagement, and research that advance market integrity, investor protection and industry professionalism. Karina holds a master's degree in financial mathematics from the Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering and bachelor's degrees in economics and mathematics from St. Mary's College of Maryland. She is the author of the weekly DC Policy Corner newsletter.
Karina Litvack serves on the boards of Italian Oil & Gas major Eni S.p.A., where she chairs the Sustainability & Scenarios Committee and serves on the Remuneration Committee; and CFA Institute, home of the professional qualification for investment management professionals, where she chairs the ESG Working Group of the Investment Subcommittee and serves on the Governance Committee.
Since the passage of the Paris Agreement at CoP21 in 2015, Karina has also been working to build a global network for fellow board directors to share experiences, engage with technical experts and stakeholders, access specialized training, and help to drive more effective climate transition strategies in the boardroom. Under the auspices of the World Economic Forum, she cofounded the Climate Governance Initiative (CGI), home of the WEF Principles for Effective Climate Governance for Non-Executive Directors, where she chairs the Governing Board. The CGI operates through a network of 17 national and regional Chapters in APAC, EMEA, and the Americas, often in collaboration with local institutes of directors.
Previously, Karina had a 25-year career in finance, latterly running the governance and sustainable investment activities of UK asset manager F&C Investments, which his now BMO Global Asset Management, a unit of the Bank of Montreal.
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- CEO, Girls Who Invest, United States
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- Vice President, Investment Risk, TD Asset Management
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- President and CEO, Columbia Investment Management Company, United States
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- Manager
- Vice President
- Vice President and Manager, Performance, Wellington Management Company LLP
Kristen L. Murray is Vice President and Manager, Performance, at Wellington Management and is the Composite Team manager within Performance. For more than ten years, Ms. Murray has had oversight responsibilities for the firm's policies and procedures for compliance with the GIPS standards, including composite management and analysis. She works closely with the Investment Products & Fund Strategies Group, Legal and Compliance, and the Global Relationship Group to interpret new guidance statements and address client solutions. She is a member of the firm's Composite Working Group and Composite Oversight Group. Ms. Murray joined the firm in 2005 as a trust administration analyst, overseeing the Wellington Trust Company pools until 2010. Prior to joining Wellington Management, she held a variety of fund accounting positions within State Street Corporation. Ms. Murray earned her BA in economics from the University of Rhode Island.
Kurt N. Schacht, JD, CFA, is Head of Advocacy for CFA Institute. He is responsible for all aspects of policy advocacy, regulatory affairs and legislative outreach, focused on advancing investor protection, financial market transparency and fairness. Kurt serves on a range of stakeholder advisory groups engaged on investment management policy issues and was the former chair of the SEC's Investor Advisory Committee.
Prior to joining CFA Institute Kurt served as Chairman of the Investor Advisory Committee for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. He has been involved in the investment management business since 1990, serving as chief operating officer for a retail mutual complex in White Plains, NY, general Counsel and COO for a Manhattan based hedge fund, and as chief legal officer for the State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB) in Madison, WI.
Lautaro Veliz Espeche, CFA is Vice president and CIO for BBVA Argentina Asset Management, leading a team responsible for the management of mutual funds for individual and institutional investors. He is part of the Board of Directors of the Mutual Funds Association in Argentina (CAFCI) and in the past he was Vice president and Secretary.Prior to become CIO of the company, he was Analyst with focus on the Latam Financial Sector. In addition, Mr. Veliz Espeche teaches Fixed Income in Master of Finance at Universidad Del Cema, where he is finishing its PhD. He became a CFA charterholder in 2012 and is a graduate of the London Business School Senior Executive Programme.
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- Member of CFA Society Shenzhen
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- Senior Director, Data, Fintech and Innovation at Autorité Des Marchés Financiers ( Québec ) Montreal, Canada
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- Executive Vice President
- Deputy Global Chief Investment Officer, State Street Global Advisors / Member of CFA Society Boston
Lori is an Executive Vice President and the Global Chief Investment Officer at State Street Global Advisors. In this capacity, Lori oversees industry-leading investment capabilities from index funds and exchange traded funds to active, multi-asset class solutions and alternative investments. She leads an investment team of more than 600 professionals globally. She is also a member of the company's Executive Management Group, Investment Committee, and Global Product Committee. Prior to this, she was the Deputy Global Chief Investment Officer at State Street Global Advisors, where she was responsible for various activities that impact the effective delivery of investment strategies and solutions to our global client base.
Before joining State Street Global Advisors, Lori was the Chief Investment Strategist and Head of Investment Products for Oppenheimer Funds, Inc. In that role, she identified market opportunities, spearheaded new product development and created thought leadership aimed at helping clients navigate markets and position their portfolios effectively. Prior to that, she was a Managing Director and Head of Investments for Citi Private Bank. She worked with high-net-worth clients, family offices, private foundations, and institutional clients to develop investment strategies designed to meet financial, cash management, and risk management needs. Before joining Citi, Lori ran the Global Investment Products Group for SEI Investments, where she developed innovative strategies to manage pension plans and other institutional assets. She also launched a series of investor portfolios designed to address specific client needs and pioneered integrated managed accounts with portfolio overlay functionality.
Earlier in her career, Lori managed the new business development effort for Mellon Financial's eastern region and was a Senior Vice President at Parker/Hunter Incorporated running the equity and fixed income sales and trading departments.
She began her career at Credit Suisse FirstBoston, where she analyzed investment and financing alternatives for institutional clients. Lori received her Master of Business Administration degree from Carnegie Mellon University and her Bachelor's degree in religion from Princeton University. She earned the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation and is a member of the CFA Institute and the Boston Security Analysts Society.
Lynn Raebsamen, CFA, founded her own investment business in 2017 focusing on real estate and China and partners with HSZ Group in Hong Kong to develop their business in Europe. Throughout her career in Europe and Asia, she has explored many different disciplines, ranging from derivatives structuring to leading interdisciplinary teams in financial technology and building businesses from scratch. Ms. Raebsamen has worked for major investment banks, such as Credit Suisse and UBS in Switzerland, made an adventurous move to a Korean bank in Seoul, and subsequently moved to Hong Kong to work for Bloomberg.
Madhu Gayer is an asset management professional, with over 22 years of investment industry experience in global banking and asset management, working in Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia, across the investment value chain, from portfolio management and trading, to risk & performance, quantitative analysis, ESG, data solutions and reporting. He is an active participant and contributor to the industry through a variety of regional and global working groups and committees, for the CFA, the AIMA, and the UN PRI. He has authored and co-authored industry guidance papers and helped shape various global best practices and standards. He is a FRM and a CIPM certificant and holds a Master of Commerce from the University of Sydney.
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- Member of CFA Society Pittsburgh
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- CEO
- President
- President & CEO / President and CEO
Margaret Franklin, CFA, leads CFA Institute and its more than 170,000 members worldwide in promoting the highest standards of education, ethics, and professional excellence in the investment profession. She assumed her role in September 2019 and has more than 25 years of investment and wealth management experience.
Before joining CFA Institute, Ms. Franklin led International Wealth Management for North America and was president of BNY Mellon Wealth Management, Advisory Services in Canada. She also served as a board member of BNY Mellon Trust Company (Cayman). Margaret joined BNY Mellon in 2016.
Prior to joining BNY Mellon, Ms. Franklin held multiple senior management positions, including president of Marret Private Wealth and COO of Marret Asset Management, a credit and hedge fund asset manager in Toronto. During that six-year tenure, she had direct oversight of all aspects of the private wealth business. Prior to joining Marret, Margaret was a partner with KJ Harrison & Partners.
Ms. Franklin began her career in the institutional business and has worked with pension plans, endowments, foundations, and government agencies at State Street Global Advisors, Mercer, and Barclays Global Investors.
She previously served as chair of CFA Institute Board of Governors and is a former president of the CFA Society Toronto Board. Ms. Franklin is a founding member of the CFA Institute Women in Investment Initiative, a past recipient of the Alfred C. Morley Distinguished Service Award in 2014, and a member of its Future of Finance Content Council.
Ms. Franklin earned a Bachelor of Administration in Economics from McMaster University in Ontario. She is a CFA charterholder and a member of the CFA Society Toronto.
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- Chairman / Director, Victorian Funds Management Corporation / Member of CFA Society Melbourne
- Governor / Director, Victorian Funds Management Corporation / Member of CFA Society Melbourne
- People and Culture Committee Chair / Director, Victorian Funds Management Corporation / Member of CFA Society Melbourne
Maria Wilton, CFA, has a 30-year history in the investment industry with leadership experience in asset management and pension funds. She is a member of the CFA Institute Board of Governors, deputy chair of Infrastructure Victoria, and a director of Victorian Funds Management Corporation, Australia Post Super and Dexus Wholesale Property Fund. Maria is the former managing director and chair of Franklin Templeton Investments Australia. Prior to joining Franklin Templeton, Ms. Wilton was with BT Financial Group (formerly Rothschild) and County Investment Management, where she was a diversified fund and fixed income portfolio manager. She began her investment management career at JP Morgan Investment Management as an economist and portfolio manager. Before joining the investment management industry, Ms. Wilton worked for the Commonwealth Treasury in Canberra in an economic research capacity. Maria is a fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees. She holds a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Tasmania and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA®) Charterholder. In 2019, Maria became a Member of the Order of Australia for significant service to business and finance and to the community.
Winters is a former chair and executive officer of CFA Society Chicago. She also currently serves as president of Chicago Finance Exchange, a professional organization for senior women in finance. Marie earned her MBA in finance and economics at Washington University and her BA in mathematics at Knox College.
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- Member of CFA Society East Africa
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- Board Chair / Member of CFA Societies Australia
- Board Chair and Executive Committee Chair / Member of CFA Societies Australia
- Chairman / Member of CFA Societies Australia
Mark Lazberger, CFA, has had a career in investment management with more than 35 years' experience in global leadership roles working in Australia, Europe and Asia. He currently has non-executive director positions on Yarra Capital Management, Fisher Funds Management and Omnia Capital Partners. Until the end of 2018, Mark was the chief executive officer of Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) and First State Investments (now known as First Sentier Investors). In that role, Mr. Lazberger led the investment management firm which was a global specialist investment manager operating in 15 locations across the world, covering Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, North America, Australia, and New Zealand. Mr. Lazberger had responsibility for more than $180 billion in assets under management invested in listed equities, debt, infrastructure, and property. Prior to taking up that position in 2008, Mr. Lazberger served as President, International of State Street Global Advisors (SSGA). Before this, he was President and CEO of State Street Japan and a principal and regional managing director of SSGA's businesses in Japan and Australia. He joined State Street in 1991. Mr. Lazberger has a bachelor of commerce degree from the University of Western Australia and served two terms on the Board of Governors of CFA Institute (2012-18). He is a director of the Children's Cancer Institute, a member of the Future of Finance Advisory Council and served on the board of Sydney Theatre Company.
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- Member of the DEI Steering Committee
- Chairman / Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer, California Public Employees' Retirement System ( CalPERS ), United States
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- Chairman of MUFG Securities EMEA
- Non - Executive Chairman, MUFG Securities EMEA Plc, and Non - Executive Chair, Financial Services Compensation Scheme ( FSCS ) Member of CFA Society United Kingdom
Marshall has substantial experience of leading complex international committees and boards. His background spans a range of sectors, including banking and capital markets, insurance, and regulation. His career spans over 30 years on three continents. In June 2018 he was made an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his contribution to financial services, and to charity. He cares passionately for financial literacy, market confidence, and good outcomes for investors.
Marshall Bailey is Chairman of MUFG Securities EMEA and MUS(Asia) in Hong Kong, and also Chairs the Financial Services Compensation Scheme, as appointed by the FCA and Bank of England. In the past he has been Chairman of CIBC World Markets Plc in London, a Representative of the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund (PIF) on the board of the largest bank in the Kingdom, National Commercial Bank, Jeddah, where he was Chair the Group Risk Committee, announcing a $15 billion merger with Samba Financial Group. Also, as Chairman, he has completed a consolidation of of LCH Group Holdings, the world's largest derivatives central clearing house, while on the Board of its parent, the London Stock Exchange Group during their $29 billion acquisition of Refinitiv. On these boards he has Chaired, or been a member of the Nominations, Risk and Remuneration Committee.
Marshall holds a BA in Political Science from the University of Winnipeg, a Master of Arts in International Affairs and History from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland and is a Chartered Financial Analyst. He has also completed the FT Non-Executive Directors' Diploma, and is currently completing the Certificate in ESG Investing, offered by the CFA Institute via the UK. In his spare time, Marshall is a sailor and is a qualified Ocean Yachtmaster with the Royal Yachting Association. He also buys himself a new putter each year in his seemingly futile pursuit of lower golf scores.
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- Director of ESG and Responsible Investing, Federated Hermes, United States
Martin is the Director of ESG & Responsible Investing, leading firm-wideESG integration and active engagement across all asset classes. Federated Hermes has 68 ESG subject-matter experts and one of the world's largest ESG engagement databases with 17 years of proprietary data analytics representing over $1.75 trillion in assets under stewardship. He is a senior member of Federated Hermes' Risk Management Committee, Proxy Voting Committee, Sustainability Leaders Council, ESG Faculty and is a former Equity Portfolio Manager. Martin is an Adjunct Professor of Sustainable Finance at the University of Rochester Simon Business School, member of the Harvard Law School Corporate Governance Advisory Council, serves as an advisory member on the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) and is a monthly Forbes ESG Contributor. He graduated from Cornell University magna cum laude with a BS in applied economics, earned a MS in law & accounting from the London School of Economics (LSE) and completed a post-grad in advanced risk management from the Yale School of Management. Martin is a CFA charterholder and FSA credential holder. Martin is an Adjunct Professor of Sustainable Finance at the University of Rochester, member of the Harvard Law School Corporate Governance Advisory Council, serves as an advisory member on the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) and is a monthly Forbes ESG Contributor. He graduated from Cornell University magna cum laude with a BS in applied economics, earned a MS in law & accounting from the London School of Economics (LSE) and completed a post-grad in advanced risk management from the Yale School of Management. Martin is a CFA charterholder and FSA credential holder.
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- Chief Operating Officer
- Managing Director
As managing director and chief operating officer, Marty Colburn oversees strategic operations at CFA Institute. He leads the global IT team in agile implementation of integrated technology tools, enhancing the charterholder and society experience, as well as upgrading IT's infrastructure, architecture, and service.
Mr. Colburn holds an electrical engineering degree from Montgomery College, a B.A.Sc. in accounting and finance from the University of Maryland College Park, and an advanced business management certificate from Harvard Business School.
Matyas Horak, CFA, FRM is the ESG Investment Manager responsible for driving broader ESG integration and climate transition alignment at Legal and General Retirement Institutional, one of the UK's largest bulk annuity providers and part of Legal and General Group (L&G). Prior to joining L&G, Matyas worked as a lead analyst in the research team of Trucost, part of S&P Global (now Sustainable1), responsible for developing methodologies, products, and delivering projects for financial institutions to help understand their exposure to climate and other environmental risks and opportunities. Before S&P he had spent six years in project and commercial real estate finance in client facing roles from origination to restructuring and another 4 years as a credit analyst, working in Central Eastern Europe, the Netherlands and the UK. Matyas holds two masters in Sociology and Economics and has completed the UNEP FI Environmental and Social Risk Analysis Course. He is also a Financial Risk Manager - Certified by the Global Association of Risk Professionals, a CFA charterholder and has been a member of the ESG Panel since its inception.
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- Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards ( CFP Board )
- Vice President of Public Policy for the CFP Board
As Vice President of Public Policy for the CFP Board, Maureen Thompson works to advance the mission of CFP Board by advocating its public policy positions before Congress, the executive branch of the federal government, state legislatures and other state governmental offices.
Prior to coming to CFP Board in 2017, Maureen was known around Washington, D.C. and nationally as a champion for consumers and investors. She was often cited by policymakers and the media as a highly-regard advocate for working families, the elderly and other groups that do not often have a voice on Capitol Hill or in the White house. Previously, Maureen was a senior principal in The Hastings Group for over 26 years. There she built a highly successful government relations and coalition building practice and was involved with a wide-variety of high-profile public policy issues including the Dodd-Frank Act and bankruptcy reform. She also led and managed the Save Our Retirement coalition of 75 organizations in support of the Department of Labor's fiduciary rule to protect American retirement savers from conflicts of interest.
Prior to founding The Hastings Group, Maureen served as a legislative and policy adviser to the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA), working on a variety of financial services reforms to benefit the American public. Maureen is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Skidmore College, earning Bachelor's degrees in history and government.
Maxine Wille, CFA, an investment analyst dedicated to the Regnan Global Equity Impact Solutions strategy. Maxine joined from Federated Hermes, where she was an analyst on the Hermes Impact Opportunities Equity Fund; a fund to whose design and launch she contributed. Prior to this, Maxine was an engagement professional at Hermes EOS, which she joined in 2014. She holds an MA in International Relations from Edinburgh University, an MPhil degree in Management from Cambridge University, an MSc in Applied Neuroscience from King's College London and is a CFA charterholder.
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- Member of the Governance Committee
- Partner & Portfolio Manager at IDG Capital / Member of CFA Society Beijing
Mei Gao joined IDG Capital, a preeminent China-focused alternative asset management firm with over USD 30 billion of assets under management (AUM), as a Partner in 2016 to focus on cross-border investments. From 2003-2016, Mei held various leadership roles, including President and Head of Portfolio Management, at Fore Research & Management, a New York City-based hedge fund with over USD 3 billion of peak AUM, and gained extensive investment experience. In 2013, she was listed as one of "the 25 Most Powerful Women on Wall Street" by bussinessinsider.com. Mei started her career in finance at TD Securities where she spent five years managing the bank's convertible arbitrage portfolio.
Mei currently serves on the board and investment committee of Cavamont Investment Advisors. She is a director of Generation Asia Acquisition Limited. She was also a board member of TCFA (The Chinese Finance Association) from 2004-2006.
Mei is a graduate of Wilfrid Laurier University (MBA) and Shantou University (BA). She is also a CFA charterholder.
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- Founder and CEO of El Dorado Investments
Melvin Escudero is founder and CEO of El Dorado Investments, an advisory and asset management company for Latin America. He is also a professor at Universidad del Pacífico, where he is director of the master's program in finance with a specialization in portfolio management. Previously, Professor Escudero was a regulator in charge of investment supervision for the Peruvian private pension funds industry, where he developed some of the most recognized emerging markets legislation for multi-fund pension systems and investing in international markets, derivative instruments, and alternative assets. He has participated in transactions in local, regional, and international markets. Professor Escudero holds an economics degree from Universidad del Pacífico.
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- Executive Director and Chief Investment Officer, Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management Board, United States
Michael G. Trotsky, CFA, is executive director and chief investment officer at Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management Board. Previously, he served as executive director at Massachusetts Health Care Security Trust and as a senior vice president and portfolio manager at PAR Capital Management. Mr. Trotsky also served as a senior analyst responsible for technology and telecommunications at Greenberg Summit Partners and as a portfolio manager, senior analyst, principal, and senior vice president at Independence Investment Associates (a John Hancock subsidiary). Initially trained as an engineer, he began his career at Intel Corporation. Mr. Trotsky will serve on the 2014-15 CFA Institute Board of Governors and previously served as chair of the CFA Institute Asset Manager Code Advisory Committee. He holds a BS in electrical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
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- Asset Management and Investment Funds Partner
- Partner, K & L Gates
Michael McGrath, CFA, is an Asset Management and Investment Funds partner based in the Boston office at K&L Gates. His practice focuses on counseling global asset managers across a broad spectrum of asset classes in the formation and operation of investment funds, regulatory compliance, and securities and commodities law. He regularly advises investment managers and broker-dealers on marketing and advertising issues. Michael is a frequent author and speaker on the practical implementation of securities laws in the asset management industry. He is a CFA charterholder, and a member of the CFA Institute U.S. Investment Performance Committee.
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- Assistant Professor of Law at New York University School of Law
Michael Ohlrogge is an assistant professor of law at New York University School of Law. He is co-author of the recent and influential paper "A Sober Look at SPACs" the findings of which have been widely covered in publications such as The Economist, The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, The New York Times, and many other venues.
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- Member of CFA Society Dallas / Ft. Worth
- Member of CFA Society Tampa Bay
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- Member of CFA Society United Kingdom
- Member of Committee
Monica Filkova, CFA has expertise in debt capital markets, property finance, climate and sustainable finance. Her current focus is on climate and nature analytics, market research, criteria definitions, and strategy. She is currently a Climate Change and ESG Manager - Shareholder Investments at Aviva Life, and also technical lead on standards and metrics landscape assessment for the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD). She chairs the Climate and Investing Panel, which is responsible for the Certificate in Climate and Investing launched by CFA UK in 2022, and has been a member of the ESG Panel since 2019. Between 2017-2020 Monica was Head of Market Intelligence at climate finance NGO Climate Bonds Initiative, and in 2020, Director, Sustainable Finance at Fitch Ratings.
Prior to pivoting to sustainable finance, Monica's focus was on property finance and debt capital markets. Starting in property consulting with Arthur Andersen, she moved on to real estate investment banking with Deutsche Bank, then into large loan origination and CMBS, becoming Head of Structuring - Debt Capital Markets at Eurohypo. After the Global Financial Crisis, she was involved in CMBS restructuring (Brookland Partners), bank property debt exposure and policy assessments (Alvarez & Marsal) and distressed debt credit research (Chalkhill Partners), among other mandates.
Monica is a CFA charterholder. She holds the GARP Sustainability and Climate Risk (SCR) Certificate. She holds a Master of Management degree from Cornell University, USA, and a BBA from the American University in Bulgaria. She is the current chair, Certificate in Climate and Investing, CFA Society UK and Climate Change and ESG Manager - Shareholder Investments, Chief Investment Office, Aviva.
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- Chief Executive Officer, Al Meezan Investment Management - Pakistan / Member of CFA Society Pakistan
Mr. Mohammad Shoaib, CFA is the founding CEO of Al Meezan Investment Management Ltd., the first and the only full-fledged Shariah Compliant Asset Management Company in Pakistan. Al Meezan is also the largest asset management company in Pakistan managing about USD 950 million on behalf of clients. Shoaib has over 28 years of experience in managing investment portfolios. Shoaib holds an MBA degree from IBA besides being a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charter holder. Shoaib has been a speaker at various conferences on Islamic Asset Management in Middle Eastern and Far Eastern countries. He has also been featured in CFA Magazine with reference to his contribution to Islamic asset management, corporate governance and volunteer leadership roles.
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- Global Head Sustainable Investment at Natixis Investment Advisors
- Global Head Sustainable Investment, Natixis Investment Advisors, United States
Nathalie Wallace is Global Head Sustainable Investment at Natixis Investment Advisors and a member of the executive management committee. In this role, she drives the firm's sustainable investment strategy across its distribution network, its affiliated investment managers and as part of industry-wide initiatives. She is also a member of the boards of Mirova and Ostrum Asset Management.
Nathalie plays an instrumental part in strengthening the firm's sustainable investment capabilities and developing its range of innovative sustainable solutions while supporting collaborative approaches to accelerate the transition to a more sustainable global economy. Nathalie serves on Natixis Investment Managers' Investment and International Executive Committees.
She is a long-time advocate for sustainable economic development and finance, having served as Head of Strategy and Development at Mirova, Global Head of ESG Investment Strategy at State Street Global Advisors, and while at Ceres advancing collaborative engagement on climate related risks such as Climate Action 100+ and the Investor Initiative for Sustainable Forests. She was previously a portfolio manager investing in emerging market.
Nathalie earned her bachelor's degree at the Institut Supérieur de Gestion Business School in Paris, France and is a Certified International Investment Analyst (CIIA). She served as French Foreign Trade Advisor from 2014 to 2020, is a member of the CFA Institute's ESG Technical Committee, a co-chair of the Investor Leadership Network's Climate Change Committee and a co-founder of the Center for ESG and Sustainable Investing at AIG Global.
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- Chief Financial Officer and Senior Portfolio Manager, Anchor Investment Management Limited / Member of CFA Society Bermuda
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- ETF Strategist & Advisor, Director, Co - Owner of EtfSA Portfolio Management Company ( Pty ) Ltd, President, CFA Society South Africa / Member of CFA Society South Africa
Nerina Visser, CFA, is an ETF strategist and adviser and a director of the etfSA Portfolio Management Company, where she oversees the management of specialist investment portfolios of exchange-traded products for a broad range of clients. She serves as president on the board of CFA Society South Africa, chair of the ETF Standing Committee of the Association of Savings and Investments in South Africa, and a member of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange Issuer Regulation Advisory Committee. Ms. Visser is a co-founder of the South Africa chapter of Women in ETFs, serves on the Editorial Advisory Committee of the Collective Insight publication, and is a retirement fund trustee. She was recognized by the Financial Mail in its Analyst of the Year Awards and by CEO Magazine as one of the Most Influential Women in Business and Government in the Financial Services (Banking) category in South Africa. Ms. Visser was also recognized by CFA Institute as Volunteer of the Year in the EMEA region. She earned a BSc in mathematical statistics and applied mathematics from the University of Stellenbosch and an MBA specialising in finance from the Stellenbosch Graduate School of Business.
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- Senior Portfolio Manager and Team Leader for Commerce Trust Company
Nick is a senior portfolio manager and team leader for Commerce Trust Company. Upon gaining a thorough understanding of a client's needs and goals as well as assessing the client's entire financial situation, he works with our investment research team to construct a portfolio to help clients achieve their long-term goals. Nick comprehensively represents our research- and goals-based investment process, starting with the initial assessment and creation of an investment objective to ongoing evaluation and adjustments based on changing market and life circumstances. With a deep knowledge of the market and experience in investment management, he serves clients with thought leadership, insight, and consulting services. Nick has more than 25 years of portfolio management experience, most recently with U.S. Trust in St. Louis, where he was a portfolio manager and team leader for 15 years. Nick has a bachelor of business degree in finance from Western Illinois University and is a Chartered Financial Analyst® charterholder. Nick is a past president of the CFA Society of St. Louis and a past director on its board of governors. He also serves as a volunteer at the CFA Institute. Additionally, Nick has served as treasurer of the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis and a past chair of Boy Scout Troop 808.
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- Member of the Nominating Committee
- Associate Dean of Graduate
- Nominating Committee Member / Member of CFA Society North Carolina
Nivine is Associate Dean of Graduate, International, and External Programs and Professor of Finance in the Cameron School of Business at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. She earned her Ph.D. in finance from Florida Atlantic University and her B.S. in finance from the Pennsylvania State University. Her research focuses on mergers, commercial banking, payday lending, and behavioral finance. Prior to joining the academy, she served as a mortgage-backed securities trader for a regional dealer bank in Florida and Pennsylvania.
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- Member of CFA Society Sri Lanka
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- Director at Deloitte France
Ophélie Peypoux is a Director at Deloitte France, where she leads the French SRI Label and Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS®) consulting and verification services to investment managers in France and abroad. She has over 14 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Deloitte in 2011, Ophélie Peypoux worked in financial markets, as a salesperson for credit derivatives, ETFs and equities. She holds a master's in management from EDHEC Business School.
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- Member of the DEI Steering Committee
- Vice Chair / Managing Partner, David Hill Group
- Visionary Leader
Orim Graves is a visionary leader and proven advisor, guide, and implementor of evolutionary growth and transformational change within investment organizations. As the Executive Director of the National Association of Securities Professionals (NASP) for more than ten years, he revolutionized the organization while architecting the vision, strategy, and execution for NASP's mission of promoting diversity, financial education, investment, and advocacy across the financial services sector. Currently Orim operates an independent consultancy to provide strategic and tactical investment advisory services, ESG integration, market strategy, and diversity equity and inclusion consulting to diverse clients across the global investment sector.
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- Head, Global Society Relations
- Senior Director, Africa Finance Corporation / Member of CFA Society Nigeria
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- Member of CFA Society Toronto
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- Chairman and Professor, Department of Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate, the University of Memphis
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- Senior Advisor, European Securities and Markets Authority / Paris, France
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- Managing Director, Global Partnerships & Client Solutions
Paul Moody directs the organization's regional, marketing and customer experience strategy, and leads the teams who work with the 160 local CFA societies around the world. His priorities include deepening our society and institutional relationships, accelerating our B2B and B2C sales and distribution capabilities, bringing new professional educational products to market, and driving revenue growth across our product portfolio.
Prior to joining CFA Institute, Mr. Moody enjoyed a 30-year career in asset management, including more than 20 years at Aviva Investors leading strategic partnerships, business strategy, and execution of the Client Solutions business plan. He embedded environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors into client solutions - in particular, a climate transition suite of funds across liquid and illiquid assets and smart beta ESG/climate enhanced solutions. Prior to Aviva Investors, Mr. Moody worked at Henderson Global Investors Limited, NPI, and National Westminster Bank. He holds a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Wolverhampton and is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA).
He is based in the London, UK office.
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- Managing Director for Research, Advocacy, and Standards
Paul Andrews oversees the strategic direction and leadership of the Research, Advocacy, and Standards function at CFA Institute, where he seeks to position the organization as an innovator and thought leader in investment management. Previously, he served as secretary general of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO). Mr. Andrews also served as vice president and managing director, international affairs, at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), where he directed the organization's international engagements and worked closely with key regulators and regulatory bodies worldwide, including IOSCO. In addition, he worked at the US Securities and Exchange Commission, where he worked in the Division of Market Regulation and the Office of the General Counsel. Mr. Andrews has also worked in private legal practice. He is a graduate of the Catholic University School of Law and Villanova University.
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- Member of CFA Society Netherlands
- Member of CFA Society Vancouver
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- Member of CFA Society Finland
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- Member of CFA Society Colorado
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- Managing Director, Sundquist Advisory LLC / Member of CFA Society Switzerland
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- Member of CFA Society Atlanta
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- Managing Director, Aforti Holding and Lecturer, Kozminski University, Warsaw / Member of CFA Society Poland / Vice President, CFA Society Poland
Priyanka Shukla, CFA, works in Investment Sustainability & ESG Research, Engagement, Strategy and Climate Physical risk, across TCW's asset classes. Prior to joining TCW, Priyanka worked as a Senior Portfolio Manager, managing portfolios at the County of Orange. Priyanka serves as a Governor for CFA Los Angeles and as a Member of the CFA Institute's ESG Advisory Panel. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Physics from the University of Mumbai, and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business. Priyanka is a CFA and CAIA charter holder and a CIPM designation holder.
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- Investment Professional & Board Member. Independent Director, Infosys, JSW Steel, Bharat Financial & Others. Managing Partner, Pacific Paradigm Advisors Boston / India / Member of CFA Society Boston
Punita Kumar-Sinha, PhD, CFA, has focused on investment management and governance roles during her 30-year career. Ms. Kumar-Sinha has been investing in emerging markets since the late 1980s and pioneered some of the first foreign investments in the Indian subcontinent in the early 1990s.
Currently, she is the Founding Partner, Pacific Paradigm Advisors, an independent investment advisory firm focused on Asia, and a Senior Advisor to companies in India and North America. She serves as an Independent Director and Chairs Audit, Stakeholders Relationship, and Risk Committees for many boards. Prior to this, Ms. Kumar-Sinha was a Senior Managing Director of Blackstone and the Head & Chief Investment Officer of Blackstone Asia Advisors. Prior to joining Blackstone, Ms. Kumar-Sinha was a Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager at Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. and CIBC World Markets, where she also managed India and Asia funds. She has also worked at Batterymarch (a Legg Mason company), Standish Ayer & Wood (a BNY Mellon company), JP Morgan, and IFC/World Bank.
Ms. Kumar-Sinha is frequently featured in the media and at global conferences as an expert commentator on Asian capital markets and women's issues. Ms. Kumar-Sinha has a PhD and a Master of Finance from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. She received her undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering with Distinction from the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi. She has an MBA and is a CFA charterholder. Ms. Kumar-Sinha is a member of CFA Institute, has been a member of the CFA Society Boston and India, a TiE Charter Member, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Ms. Kumar-Sinha has been awarded the Distinguished Alumni Award from IIT Delhi. She has also been awarded the "Best Woman Director" in 2016 by Asian Center for Corporate Governance and Sustainability.
Rainer Riess is Director General of FESE and an Independent Advisor to exchanges and financial services companies with more than 30 years of experience in the global exchange industry. He is the Vice Chair of the Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group (SMSG) which provides ESMA with opinions and advice on its policy work.
He was Senior Independent Director in the Supervisory Board of the Moscow Exchange, heading over the years the Audit, Remuneration and Nomination as well as the Strategy Committee. He served for many years as Vice Chairman of the Board of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and was responsible for the cash market business of Deutsche Börse AG. During his tenure at Deutsche Börse he created and managed markets, drove changes in the European corporate governance and accounting practice, financial market regulation and supervision of market player. Major initiatives include running the cash market in a competitive MiFiD environment and financial market crises, the creation of DTB Deutsche Terminbörse/Eurex, developing European primary markets (Neuer Market, indices, corporate governance and regulation), launch of the Xetra electronic trading system and the CCP as well as the creation of the European ETF and structured products markets.
He is a Member of the Board of Trustees of the English Theatre Frankfurt and several charitable organizations. He holds a Master in Economics from Johann Wolfgang Goethe- University in Frankfurt and received an MBA from the University of Miami as a Fulbright Scholar.
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- Independent Consultant
- Independent Consultant & Financial Educator / Member of CFA Society India
Rajendra Kalur, CFA, is an independent consultant and financial educator. Using his extensive experience in the financial services domain, he mentors first-time entrepreneurs and offers training on such subjects as leadership, entrepreneurship, and wealth management. Previously, Mr. Kalur was the founding director and CEO of TrustPlutus, a boutique wealth management firm. He also has worked in various capacities at RBS N.V., ABN AMRO N.V., Wealth Advisors India Pvt. Ltd., ICICI Prudential AMC, DSP Merrill Lynch, and General Insurance Corporation of India. Mr. Kalur serves on the boards of CFA Society India and Multi-Act Trade and Investments Pvt Ltd. He is also a certified Ethics Trainer. Mr. Kalur holds an MBA from Cranfield School of Management, United Kingdom, and a postgraduate diploma in marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing, United Kingdom. He is also a long-distance runner and cyclist.
Rajiv Shukla has an extensive track record of buyouts and equity investments spanning over twenty years. He has served as Chairman & CEO of two Nasdaq-listed Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs): the first SPAC acquired DMTK which is one of the most successful healthcare SPAC transactions of all time. The second SPAC is in the process of closing on the acquisition of Humacyte, an Industry leader in bioengineered human tissues for applications exceeding $150 billion per annum.
Earlier in his career, Rajiv led global M&A for Pfizer R&D where he was involved with nearly $65 billion in acquisitions and then subsequently worked as a hedge fund PM at Morgan Stanley and a private equity investor at CVCI before leading a 4000-person team at a leading publicly listed engineering company as CEO. Rajiv has a Masters in Healthcare Management from Harvard University and a Bachelors in Pharmaceutics from the Indian Institute of Technology.
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- Member of CFA Society Tampa Bay
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- Head of Automated Intelligence Investing, NN Investment Partners / Member of CFA Society Netherlands
Rani Piputri, CFA, is the head of Automated Intelligence Investing at NN Investment Partners. The Automated Intelligence Investing team focuses on extracting behavioural premiums from financial markets by implementing data-driven strategies, largely based on factor approach and artificial intelligence technologies. Previously, she worked at Aspect Capital, a London-based quantitative multi-asset solution provider. Ms. Piputri has also served as a partner and portfolio manager at Saemor Capital and as a European equity portfolio manager at Aegon Asset Management. She started her career as an investment consultant at Ortec Finance. Ms. Piputri has served as a board member of CFA Society Netherlands and is a member of the CFA Institute Annual Conference Advisory Group. She holds the CAIA designation and earned an MSc degree in financial econometrics from Erasmus University Rotterdam.
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- Managing Director and Global Head of ESG Data Strategy
Reinhilde Weidacher is Managing Director and Global Head of ESG Data Strategy. She is responsible for ISS ESG' data strategy across all ESG research products and underlying methodologies, and for developing and maintaining an ESG ecosystem of data, including issuer data verification.
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- Head of Wealth Client Group, Allspring Global Investments, United States
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- Member of CFA Society Washington, DC
- Member of the PRI Academic Network Advisory Committee
- Senior Head, Research
Rhodri Preece is Senior Head, Research for CFA Institute and is responsible for leading the organization's global research activities and publications, managing the research staff and collaborating with leading investment practitioners and academics. CFA Institute produces the highest-calibre research on issues and topics most relevant to the investment industry, including rigorous in-depth research, forward-looking thought leadership content, applied investment insights, and commentary on trending investment topics.
Rhodri previously served as head of capital markets policy EMEA at CFA Institute, where he was responsible for leading capital markets policy activities in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region, including content development and policy engagement.
Mr Preece is a current member of the PRI Academic Network Advisory Committee, and a former member (2014-2018) of the Group of Economic Advisers of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) Committee on Economic and Markets Analysis.
Prior to joining CFA Institute, Mr. Preece was a manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in the investment funds group (2002-2008). He has a BSc and a MSc in Economics and is a CFA charterholder since 2006.
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- Head of Product & Business Management - Asia, Pictet Wealth Management
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- Founding Partner and CEO, Connectum / Member of CFA Society Norway
- Founding Partner, CEO, and CIO of Connectum Capital Management AS
Richard Stott is a founding partner, CEO, and CIO of Connectum Capital Management AS, one of Norway's first fee-only wealth management companies. Apart from management and key relationship responsibilities, Mr. Stott has responsibility for the company's investment policy and heads its investment committee. Prior to moving to Norway and starting Connectum, he worked in both the UK and Switzerland for a number of institutions such as Coutts and J. Rothschild International. Mr. Stott was also a co-author of the book "The 7 Secrets of Money - the insider's guide to personal investment success." A founder member and past president of CFA Society Norway, he has also served as the Chairman of the British Norwegian Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Stott has a degree in finance and accounting from Leeds Metropolitan University and Hochschule Bremen.
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- Director of ESG Research, Breckinridge Capital Advisors, Inc
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- Global Head
- Global Head of Investment Content, Willis Tower Watson, United Kingdom
Roger Urwin is global head of investment content and advisory director at Towers Watson. Previously, he was global head of its investment practice and worked at William Mercer and Gartmore Investment Management. Mr. Urwin is the author of a number of papers on asset allocation policy and manager selection and serves on the board of the Institute for Quantitative Investment Research and as advisory director to MSCI. He holds a master's degree in applied statistics from Oxford University and has qualified as a fellow of the Institute of Actuaries.
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- Member of CFA Society Malaysia
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- Associate General Counsel, Investment Adviser Association
Prior to joining the Investment Adviser Association in 2013, Sanjay Lamba worked at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for 10 years. He began his service in the rulemaking office of the Division of Investment Management before transferring to the Office of Chief Counsel (Legal Branch) in the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations in 2010. Prior to his roles at the SEC, Mr. Lamba was an associate in the investment management practice groups at Morrison & Foerster LLP and Dechert LLP. He received his B.S. degree in Finance from George Mason University in 1994 and his law degree from Boston University in 1997.
As a CFA charterholder and an active volunteer at CFA Institute, Professor Lamba has been involved with reviewing and writing candidate curriculum material for several years. He has previously served on the CFA Institute's Disciplinary Review Committee and as a founding member of the CFA Institute's Asia-Pacific Research Exchange Society Engagement Committee. Professor Lamba has a BA (Honors) in Economics from the University of Delhi, an MBA in Finance from the University of Michigan, and a Ph.D. in Finance from the University of Washington.
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- Compliance Lead, Capital Group, America Funds
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- Member of CFA Society Austin, CFA Society Dallas / Ft. Worth
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- Deputy Chief Risk Officer for Amundi Asset Management US, Inc
Allen is the Deputy Chief Risk Officer for Amundi Asset Management US, Inc. where the risk team oversees Performance and GIPS analytics, investment risk and compliance, and liquidity and operational risk management. Allen is a member of CFA Society of New York and a contributor to the Performance and Risk Analytics Group. He sits on the Steering Committee of GARP Chicago Chapter as well as the Advisory Council of Fellow of Canadian Securities Institute. He is a CFA charter holder and a CPA in the State of Illinois in the US. Allen holds a bachelor's and a master's degree in business administration and is an awardee of Director's Scholarship of University of Oxford Saïd Business School.
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- Managing Director and Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel, Corporate Advisory Services
Sheri Littlefield oversees the organization's global legal services, compliance and risk management, and board services functions. As chief legal officer, she oversees all legal matters on a global basis and serves as advisor to CFA Institute leadership and Board of Governors. She directs and advises on global litigation, intellectual property protection strategies, transactional matters, employment issues, governance, and other in-house legal services.
Ms. Littlefield has practiced law in a variety of disciplines and matters encompassing complex transactions, international litigation, environmental law, international trade controls, antitrust, and employment law, among others. Most recently, she served as general counsel at GE Industrial Solutions in Charlottesville, Virginia, where she oversaw all legal and compliance issues for the business around the world. She has served as general counsel to GE Intelligent Platforms and as counsel to the Hudson River Program for the General Electric Company, which included the implementation of one of the largest and most logistically complex environmental dredging cleanups in U.S. history. Prior to joining GE, Ms. Littlefield was counsel in the Albany office of Nixon Peabody. She graduated from George Washington University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and a minor in Japanese. Ms. Littlefield also earned a Juris Doctor degree from Boston University School of Law.
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- Member of CFA Society Hungary
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- Head of ESG, Real Assets
- Member of Committee
Shuen Chan, Head of ESG, Real Assets at Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) and is responsible for LGIM's responsible investment strategy and integration across the portfolio covering real estate equity, infrastructure equity and private debt. Shuen has been working for over a decade in the intersection of sustainable finance, climate change and impact investing, following a successful career in asset management and capital markets.
She was previously co-founder of a purpose driven ESG advisory firm that helped institutional investors to build the case for sustainable investments and the transition to a low carbon economy. Prior to that, she established a climate investment firm focused on nature-based solutions. Shuen was previously a founding team member of one of the fastest growing credit asset management firms in Europe, European Credit Management, where she was Head of Structured Product Origination. Shuen's early career started in debt capital markets teams at Deutsche Bank, Macquarie and HSBC across Asia and Europe.
Shuen serves on the CFA ESG Advisory panel and is also a co-author of the ESG certification learning materials. She is also an independent trustee of The Lightbulb Trust, a charitable foundation that supports social inclusion, equality and education through grant giving and impact investing. Shuen is also a board member of the Better Buildings Partnership, a collaboration of the UK's leading commercial real estate owners who are working together to drive greater sustainability, including meeting net zero carbon goals. Shuen has a degree in Economics and an MBA from Imperial College and has been a guest tutor on climate change at Oxford University Saïd Business School on their Executive Impact Investing programme.
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- Member of CFA Society Sydney
Srivathsan Ramachandran, CFA, is a sell-side analyst with over a decade of experience, and he has held the CFA designation since 2009. Sri has worked at Spark Capital Advisors since 2006 where he has lead research efforts across sectors. Mr. Ramachandran has experience in the Indian / Global Technology sector including internet and Exchanges. He has authored over 50 initiation and thematic research notes across sectors such as technology, Tech distribution, Internet and exchanges. Mr. Ramachandran has been a CFA Institute grader since 2015, a member of the Practice Analysis working body and a mentor for the research challenge since its inception in India.
Stephen Deane, CFA, is Senior Director, Capital Markets Policy, the Americas, at CFA Institute. Stephen also serves as Chair of the Markets Advisory Council of the Council of Institutional Investors. He joined CFA Institute in 2020 after more than nine years at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). He worked in the SEC Office of the Investor Advocate since its inception in 2014, where he helped to build out the office and served as principal liaison to the Investor Advisory Committee. He previously worked at MSCI, Institutional Shareholders Service (ISS), and in international development.
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- Member of CFA Society Vancouver, CFA Society Toronto
Steven Hendry is chief financial officer of CFA Institute, responsible for leading the global finance division. In partnership with the Board of Governors, senior leadership, and member societies, the finance division helps enable CFA Institute operations, initiatives, strategic planning, and the execution thereof.
Mr. Hendry has more than 20 years' financial and leadership experience. Much of his diverse and varied background comes from Deutsche Bank, Dresdner Bank, and Perpetual, where he led regional and global teams across Europe, Asia Pacific, and the United States. The span of his career covers financial control, reporting and analysis, finance transformation, strategic financial planning, strategic change programs to improve efficiencies and transparency and deliver on financial, audit, and regulatory initiatives.
Mr. Hendry is a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. Mr. Hendry holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honors) degree in Financial Services.
He resides in Charlottesville, Virginia with his family.
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- Member of CFA Society United Kingdom
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- Senior Policy Advisor, Association for Savings & Investments, South Africa ( ASISA )
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- Managing Director, CFA Society Germany / Member of CFA Society Germany
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- Member of CFA Society Milwaukee
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- Chairman of the CFA UK Examinations and Education Committee
- Director of ESG
- Member of CFA Society United Kingdom
- Member of Committee
Sylvia Solomon, ASIP, is Director of ESG and Business Development for Equitile Investments Ltd and serves as a CFA Society of the UK (CFA UK) Board Member. Sylvia has over 30 years of investment industry experience in both equities and sustainable investing. She spent 25 years managing a wide range of funds, including pensions, life funds, endowments, unit trusts and hedge funds at firms such as Baring Asset Management, Hermes Investment Management and Ennismore Fund Management. In her current role at Equitile Investments, Sylvia is a member of the Investment Committee and Chair of the Governance Committee. She co-manages two Global Equities Funds that fully integrate ESG into the investment process at the research, evaluation, and portfolio construction stages. Sylvia also represents Equitile Investments as a member of the PRI Global Policy Reference Group and is a member of the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) Global Responsible Investment Committee.
In addition to her Board role at CFA UK, Sylvia is Chair of the CFA UK Examinations and Education Committee, and she is a member of the CFA UK Sustainability Steering Group. In her former role as Chair of the CFA UK Certificate in ESG Investing Panel, Sylvia was instrumental in leading practitioners in the design, development and launch of the CFAI Certificate in ESG Investing. Sylvia was also a member of the CFA UK Certificate in Climate and Investing (CCI) Panel responsible for the first professional qualification of its kind in the UK, which delivers the knowledge and skills required by investment professionals to understand climate as it relates to investing, and how to integrate climate change considerations into the investment process. Sylvia continues to serve as a member of the CCI Working Group.
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- Member of the ESG Examination Subcommittee
- Founder and Managing Partner of Close Group Consulting
- Founder and Managing Partner, Close Group Consulting Inc
Tamara is the Founder and Managing Partner of Close Group Consulting, which is a boutique ESG strategy advisory firm that uses in-depth capital markets and ESG expertise to assess, design, and implement bespoke, end-to-end ESG integration strategies across asset classes for asset managers, asset owners and corporates. She was previously the Head of ESG Integration for KKS Advisors, a global ESG Advisory firm and has over 25 years of combined experience in capital markets and ESG strategy. Tamara has held various front office investment management positions for the Bank of Montreal and Credit Lyonnais in the global derivatives and foreign exchange markets and was previously the head of research and risk for a start-up fixed income asset management firm in Montreal. Before founding Close Group Consulting, she spent 10 years in senior leadership roles within the risk and public markets investment groups of PSP Investments. She is also the founder and creator of the Sustainable Risk Assessment Framework.
Tamara holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) certification and is a council member of the Canadian Advocacy Council for CFA Societies Canada. She is a Board director for Evovest, an investment management firm using artificial intelligence and evolutive learning techniques to manage investment portfolios. She is also a Board director for CFA Montreal and Chair of the ESG Committee as well as a member of the Investment Committee for the JGH Foundation. Tamara is a Strategic Advisor to the Veristell Institute, a globally focused think-tank on ESG and Corporate Purpose, and an Advisor and Contributor to PracticalESG, a source for ESG thought leadership. Tamara is a regular contributor to industry journals and author of thought leadership on ESG, risk management and sustainable investing and is a sought after speaker. She earned a Bachelor in Economics from McGill University and a Master of Science degree in Finance from the John Molson School of Business. She is based in Montreal and is fluent in English and French.
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- Senior Director, Manulife Asset Management
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- Founder, Scopus Financial Group
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- Member of the ESG Technical Committee
- Director Investment Practices, PRI, United Kingdom
Toby spent 17 years at Aviva Investors and Henderson Global Investors working as a UK equity manager. He started his city career as an analyst as part of the No.1 Extel rated Aviva & NPI Socially Responsible Investment team in the late ‘90s. He is Director of Investment Practices at UN PRI. Prior to joining PRI, he spent two years managing the 12 strong climate and data/ranking team at ShareAction - a global capital markets advocacy group. At PRI his team produces guides and tools for fixed income, listed equities, private markets and asset owners to help them integrate ESG issues into policies, processes and practices.
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- Audit Partner in the Asset Management Group of Ernst & Young
Todd Johnson is an audit partner in the asset management group of Ernst & Young. He is also national director of investment performance services at Ernst & Young and has extensive experience with the Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS). Mr. Johnson has coordinated numerous firm-wide verifications and performance examinations, developed the Ernst & Young learning materials related to investment performance, and conducted seminars on GIPS compliance and verification for Ernst & Young professionals in the Americas. He is a member of the United States Investment Performance Council. Mr. Johnson holds a bachelor's degree from Boston College.
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- Advisor to the TIFIN Group
- Board Vice Chair, Risk Committee Chair, and Society Partnership Advisory Council Co - Chair / Member of CFA Society Chicago
- Chairman / Member of CFA Society Chicago
- Co - Chair / Member of CFA Society Chicago
- Member of CFA Society Chicago
Ms. Rothschild is an advisor to The TIFIN Group and a board member of the Financial Fitness Group. In her former role as president of Apex Fintech Solutions, she was responsible for the strategic planning, development, and overall growth of the company. She also directly oversaw internal and client-facing functions including sales, marketing, and product management.
Before joining Apex, Ms. Rothschild was Chief Product Officer and Co-Head of Global Markets at Morningstar, where she led a multi-million-dollar global portfolio of businesses including software, data, research and index solutions that served asset managers, wealth managers, and individual investors. In her 26-year career at the firm, she developed a focused advisor and wealth management segment strategy, launched the firm's equity research business, drove content strategy for the firm's individual investor website, and served as a securities analyst and editor.
Ms. Rothschild graduated with a bachelor of science degree from Northwestern University and holds a master's degree in Russian and East European economics from Indiana University. She also sits on a small portfolio of private-company boards in the fintech and wealth-tech space.
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- Partner, Head of Nordics, Arabesque, Sweden
Janjigian previously served on the faculties of several universities including the University of Delaware, Northeastern University, the American University of Armenia, and Boston College. He received his B.S. from Villanova University, and his MBA and Ph.D. from Virginia Tech.
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- Head of Alternative Investments for EEA Fund Management Limited
- Member of Committee
Vincent Piscaer is the head of Alternative Investments for EEA Fund Management Limited, which is part of EPIC Investment Partners, an independent investment firm established in 2001 with offices in London, Dublin, Guernsey and Delhi. Prior to this, he worked at Deutsche Bank as part of the principal finance team. He focuses on illiquid assets, having covered project finance and infrastructure project development, trade finance as well as insurance products.
Vineet Yash, CFA, comes with over 20 years of multi-domain & multi-jurisdictional experience split between leading regulatory authorities and financial institutions covering Regulatory Compliance, Risk Management, Legal Procedures & Core Enforcement, Capital Market, Team leadership and process improvement across industry verticals. He is skilled in Banking / Insurance / Treasury Products, Anti Money Laundering (AML) inclusive of applicable Sanctions Regime, FCPA, the UK Bribery Act, Data Privacy and issues related to Securities Market.
Currently Vineet is VP, Group Financial Crime Advisory at Bank ABC. Prior to that, Vineet has worked with Central Bank of Bahrain within the Inspections Directorate and has worked with authorities like SEBI (Indian Capital Market Regulatory Authority) and Dubai Multi Commodities Centre Authority. Vineet has a bachelor's and master's degree in Commerce and is a qualified lawyer (India) with certifications such as Risk Management (FRM®), Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA) and Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS).
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- CEO
- Chief Executive Officer of G Squared Ascend
Ward Davis is the Chief Executive Officer of G Squared Ascend. Mr. Davis joined G Squared in July 2019, bringing nearly three decades of public equity market research and portfolio management experience to the organization. He has led several investments at G Squared with emphasis on certain Mobility 2.0/Logistics and Online Marketplace sectors.
Mr. Davis holds extensive proficiency in evaluating business plans, appraising management teams, dissecting industry competitive dynamics and scrutinizing financials of publicly traded companies across a multitude of consumer and technology sectors. Over a 26-year career as an equity analyst, portfolio manager and business founders, Mr. Davis successfully led investment management organizations and teams through a multitude of business and market cycles. Additionally, over this time he evaluated and participated in hundreds of initial public offerings.
Prior to joining G Squared, Mr. Davis was the Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Caerus Investors, a hedge fund focused on the broad consumer sector that launched in 2009. From 2002 to 2009, he was the co-Founder and co-Chief Investment Officer at Trivium Capital, a hedge fund focused on technology and consumer equities. From 1998 to 2002, Mr. Davis was Managing Director at Chilton Investment Company where he headed the consumer sector team. He also served stints at Zweig DiMenna Associates and Massachusetts Financial Services as a senior equity analyst. Prior to his career in investment management, Mr. Davis spent five years at Matsushita Electric Industrial and was the first US employee working within the finance department at the company's headquarters in Osaka, Japan.
Mr. Davis holds an MBA from The Tuck School at Dartmouth College and a BA in East Asian Studies from Washington and Lee University.
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- President, Absolute Performance Verification
Wes joins CFA Institute's US Investment Performance Committee following a two-year term on the GIPS Verification Subcommittee. He has managed the investment performance measurement and GIPS compliance process for a major global mutual fund complex and a large US regional accounting firm, enabling him to experience GIPS from the perspectives of the investment manager, the accounting firm, the business owner, and the verifier over the last 25 years. Today, he leads Absolute Performance Verification, which he founded in 2006 to provide GIPS verification services to investment managers worldwide. He has presented to CFA Institute member societies as well as at national investment-performance conferences, and he had the privilege of being selected as a ‘Professor for a Day' at his alma mater, the Trulaske College of Business at the University of Missouri.
Wes earned his MBA at Nova Southeastern University, and his BSBA in finance and banking at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
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- Member of CFA Society Singapore
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- Executive Vice President, Head of Client Investment Solutions, Franklin Templeton Investment Solutions, United States / Member of CFA Society Sacramento
- Executive VP, Head of Client Investment Solutions at Franklin Templeton Investment Solutions
Wylie Tollette is Executive VP, Head of Client Investment Solutions at Franklin Templeton Investment Solutions. Prior to rejoining Franklin Templeton, Mr. Tollette served as chief operating investment officer at CalPERS, the largest defined-benefit public pension fund in the US. He helped to lead initiatives focused on enhancing the portfolio and investment decision-making process, engaged the CalPERS Board and various constituents, and helped to redesign the asset allocation and investment strategy committee. He was also responsible for investment performance and risk analytics, investment policy, investment manager engagement, operations, compliance, and business planning.
Prior to his time at CalPERS, Mr. Tollette worked at Franklin Templeton for almost 20 years, including as the head of the Performance Analysis and Investment Risk team, which was responsible for collaboratively defining, measuring and managing investment risk and performance across all Franklin Templeton products and clients. He entered the financial services industry in 1989 as an accountant for KPMG Peat Marwick.
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- General Manager, Ashland Partners International Limited
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- CEO, China Asset Management Co. Ltd
- Vice Chair of Asset Management Association of China
Yimei Li, CFA, is Chief Executive Officer at China Asset Management Co., Ltd. Ms. Li has been in that role since May 2018, serving one of the largest mutual fund companies in China with more than USD 170 billion AUM and 120 million investors. Before that, she was the CMO of ChinaAMC for 6 years, leading a team of more than 200 people. She started with international business, then worked in human resources, marketing, sales management, and the fin tech business. She served as the founder of ChinaAMC Wealth Management Company. She is also now in charge of the operation and IT functions of ChinaAMC.
Ms. Li also serves as the Vice Chair of Asset Management Association of China (AMAC) and is a member of that organization's pension investment committee. She is very committed to bridge ideas and practices between regulators and market participants. She is a regular conference speaker and has given lectures to high officials of NGOs and charity groups on fund raising and marketing techniques.
Ms. Li graduated from Harvard University with a Master in Public Policy and from Renmin University of China with a Master in Economics. She holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® charter and is a member of CFA Society Beijing.
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- Member of CFA Society New York
Young Lee, CFA, is General Counsel at MacKay Shields, a global asset management firm with over $150 billion in assets under management. He possesses a unique combination of financial, legal, corporate governance, operational and transactional expertise that has empowered him to shape the global strategic vision of the firm and drive transformative initiatives.
Beginning in 2014, Young has authored multiple papers that serve as the core ESG curriculum of the CFA program, including "Corporate Governance and ESG: An Introduction" (CFA Level I) and "Corporate Governance and ESG Considerations for Investment Analysts" (CFA Level II). Young is a frequent speaker at legal, technology, blockchain, NFT and finance conferences, including the CFA Institute Annual Conference.
Young is a graduate of Cornell University, where he was a double major in Government and Sociology, and is a graduate of New York University School of Law. He was awarded the CFA charter in 2009.