THE ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Managing Director, Global Head of Markets, Governance and Innovation, AIMA
Adam Jacobs-Dean joined AIMA in February 2013 and is Managing Director, Global Head of Markets, Governance and Innovation. Prior to joining AIMA, he worked at the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA), where he focused on European regulatory initiatives dealing with OTC derivatives markets, notably the review of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID).
Adam started his career at the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA), where he worked in both policy and supervisory roles. He also undertook a number of projects for the Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR). In 2009 he was seconded from the FSA to the European Commission in Brussels, where he worked on Solvency II.
Adam has an MA in German and French from the University of Cambridge and an MSc in European Policy and Management from Birkbeck.
Job Titles:
- Co - Founder and CIO of EASTvine Capital
- Co - Founder, Chief Investment Officer, EASTvine Capital
Anubhav Mehrotra is the co-founder and CIO of EASTvine Capital (EVC), a Singapore based private debt manager investing in short term direct lending to companies in Asia Pacific in the commodity value chain (commodity trade finance). He also oversees capital raising for EVC. Along with his co-founders, over the last five years, Anubhav has built EVC to be a relevant alternative investment manager in the specialised commodity trade financing sector in the region. Prior to setting up EVC, Anubhav was with Citi in London and Singapore where he successfully built new product and business platforms within the bank. He started his career with Arthur Andersen Business Consulting in Singapore in 2000.
Anubhav earned an M.B.A from IESE Business School in Barcelona, Spain and B.Eng (EEE) from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.
Job Titles:
- Managing Director, Head of Canada, AIMA
Claire Van Wyk-Allan, CAIA is Managing Director, Head of Canada for AIMA, and also co-leads AIMA's investor engagement work through the Global Investor Board and Investment Peer Group. She joined AIMA as Director, Head of Canada in 2018 and has over 14 years of professional experience in alternative investments, leadership, strategy and business development.
Prior to joining AIMA, Claire was a Business Development Manager, Advisor Channel Sales at RBC Global Asset Management (RBC GAM), where she covered retail advisors in GTA West. Previously, she was the Manager, Sales Support at RBC GAM, where she built and managed a team across Canada. Claire began her career at Arrow Capital, where she spent almost four years as Regional Manager, covering wealth advisors across Ontario.
Having served on the AIMA Canada Executive Committee for almost four years before joining AIMA as staff, Claire has also served as Board Liaison for the Sales Practices Committee and as Co-Chair for the Events Committee. She has been a two-time Co-Chair for Help for Children's Hedge Funds Care Canada Gala. Claire graduated from the University of Western Ontario with a Bachelor of Management and Organizational Studies, specialising in Finance, and is a CAIA Charterholder.
Job Titles:
- Managing Director at MGG Investment Group
Daniel Leger is Managing Director at MGG Investment Group. Over the last three decades, Mr. Leger has led the sales, marketing and business development efforts at a number of large and growing asset management firms including MGG. Prior to joining MGG, Mr. Leger was Head of Strategic Planning and Client Services at Akre Capital Management in Virginia where he helped grow the then 24-year-old firm's private partnership and mutual fund assets from $2 billion in 2013 to approximately $14 billion in 2019. Previously, he worked as Managing Director, Head of Marketing at Geosphere Capital, a $1.4 billion hedge fund based in New York City. Prior to that, he worked in a similar capacity at Steel Partners, a $5 billion global activist manager. Mr. Leger began his career in asset management at BRI Partners, a venture capital firm and joint venture with Mesirow Financial that seeded hedge funds, helping grow their collective assets to in excess of $5 billion.
Danny joined the AIMA team in June 2022 as Head of Brussels Office. He has been in Brussels for over 12 years and began his professional work experience in the European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) in 2010.
Prior to joining AIMA, Danny spent 5 years with Invest Europe, the association representing private equity and venture capital, and 3 years with the consulting firm Kreab where he advised numerous clients on issues ranging from asset management, taxation and Brexit. He holds an LL.B. in Law and European Studies, and an LL.M. in European and Comparative Law from the University of Limerick.
Job Titles:
- Director, Global Head of Events
Job Titles:
- Managing Director, Global Head of Membership, AIMA
Fiona joined AIMA in April 2013 after a long association with AIMA that included contributing as an editor to AIMA's Guides to Sound Practices. As well as heading membership, she leads the UK Business Development & Investor Relations and Next Generation Manager groups at AIMA.
She has worked within the alternatives investment industry since 1998, and is an investor relations and marketing specialist experienced in both single manager hedge funds and funds of hedge funds. Her career within the hedge fund industry started in the late 1990s when she joined Park Place Capital, one of the first European long/short European equity hedge funds. Since then she has worked in marketing and investor relations roles at Beaumont Capital, Schroders, Kazimir Partners and Wadhwani Asset Management. She has a degree in Theology and Religious Studies from the University of Bristol.
Guillermo joined AIMA in January 2023 as a Private Credit Associate in the Alternative Credit Council (the ACC) team, based in London. His role focuses on public policy and regulatory issues affecting private credit managers as well as the ACC's active research and events programme.
Prior to joining AIMA, Guillermo worked in public affairs consulting in Spain and the UK. He also did internships in think tanks, FinTech and the Spanish Embassy in London. Guillermo holds a BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics and a MA in War Studies from King's College London.
Job Titles:
- Chief Executive Officer
- Chairman of the Charity HFC Help for Children UK Affiliate Board
- Chief Executive Officer, AIMA
Jack Inglis is the Chief Executive Officer of the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA*). He has been in the financial services industry and closely involved with hedge funds for over 30 years. Jack has held senior management positions at both Morgan Stanley, where he served for 16 years, and Barclays, where he was prior to joining AIMA. From 2007 to 2010 he was CEO of London based hedge fund manager, Ferox Capital Management. He served as a non-executive director of London Capital Group plc from 2007 to 2010 and currently sits on the board of the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association (CAIA). He began his career in 1983 at UK stockbrokers James Capel (which was subsequently acquired by HSBC) and has extensive experience in origination, distribution, financing and trading across the fixed income and equity capital markets. Jack holds a Master of Arts in Economics from Cambridge University.
Jack is also Chair of the charity HFC Help for Children UK Affiliate Board and took up this role in January 2020.
Job Titles:
- Director, Asset Management Regulation
James joined AIMA in May 2019 as Director, Asset Management Regulation. He has a legal background and over twelve years' experience in public affairs and government relations.
Prior to joining AIMA, James worked at a leading Brussels-based consultancy, offering strategic communications support to predominantly financial services clients before returning to the UK at the end of 2013, to join the Government Relations team at U.S. insurer MetLife. During his time at MetLife, he led on public policy and advocacy programmes in Brussels and across fourteen EU member states, including the UK. He retains deep knowledge of EU and UK political and regulatory systems as well as a detailed understanding of financial regulation. He holds a degree in Law (LLB Hons) from the College of Law.
Job Titles:
- Associate Director, Government Affairs / Executive Assistant
Jane joined AIMA in June 2009, and works closely with Jiri Krol to coordinate the Government & Regulatory Affairs team's global activities.
Prior to joining AIMA, Jane spent 11 years working for a leading international private equity company, and has also worked for an accountancy firm and private members' club.
Job Titles:
- Managing Director, Head of ESG & Sustainability, Oakhill Advisors
Jeff Cohen, Managing Director, Head of ESG & Sustainability, has management responsibility for the incorporation of environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters within the firm's investment processes as well as other sustainability initiatives at the firm. He is a member of OHA's ESG committee, risk committee and a member of OHA's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Council. Mr. Cohen is also the Vice Chair of the ESG Integrated Disclosure Project. Prior to joining OHA, he was the Director of Capital Markets Integration and Head of Private Investments Initiatives at the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board Foundation (SASB). In this capacity, Mr. Cohen advised alternative investors on the development and integration of ESG factors into various phases of the investment process. He started his career in the Global Markets division at Deutsche Bank. Mr. Cohen earned an M.B.A. from the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business and a B.B.A from the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business. Additionally, he has earned the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst designation and is a Fundamentals of Sustainability Accounting Credential holder.
Job Titles:
- Managing Director, Global Head of Asset Management Regulation & Sound Practices
Prior to joining AIMA, Jennifer was a Partner in Dechert LLP's London financial services group, where she focused her practice on advising UK, US, European and Asian financial services firms, investment managers and investment funds on US regulatory matters, including investment adviser and fund registration and compliance matters, fund formation matters and fund governance among other things.
She studied finance at the University of Iowa and law at the Columbia Law School, where she was the editor-in-chief of the Columbia Business Law Review.
Jiri Krol joined AIMA in April 2010, was appointed Director of Government and Regulatory Affairs in April 2011 and in May 2013 became Deputy CEO.
Prior to joining AIMA, he worked at the European Commission, where he was responsible for the coordination of the Commission's policy towards the Financial Stability Board and the G20.
Job Titles:
- Head of European Private Markets at Albourne Partners
Kellie is the Head of European Private Markets at Albourne Partners. Based in London, she is responsible for sourcing and reviewing European private market funds for Albourne's 330+ client base. She has been advising Albourne's clients on private markets since 2010.
Kellie has been in the financial services industry since 2000. From 2001 to 2007 she was an investment analyst then Head of Research at Watershed, an event driven hedge fund. At Watershed, Kellie led a research team evaluating distressed credit and levered equity investments. Following this, she spent a year as a Policy Advisor to the Chancellor of the Exchequer at HM Treasury, within the Financial Stability team during the Global Financial Crisis.
Kellie has a BBA in Finance and was the recipient of the Oscar and Rosetta Fish Scholarship for Excellence. She graduated with distinction, summa cum laude, from the University of Hawai'i Manoa in 2000. She received her MBA from Harvard Business School in 2009.
Job Titles:
- Managing Director, Co - Head of APAC and Deputy Global Head of Government Affairs
Kher Sheng leads AIMA's policy and regulatory initiatives in the APAC region and also operates as a senior ambassador for AIMA and the industry it represents. In his role, he works closely together with Michael Bugel (his Co-Head of APAC) to shape and deliver AIMA's strategy for the APAC region. He is commended by the Financial Times in the FT Asia-Pacific Innovative Lawyers which observed he "has played an important role developing asset management standards in Hong Kong". He has been named to the Corporate Counsel 100: Asia Pacific by the global legal rankings publication Legal 500 which identifies "an array of the most influential and innovative in-house lawyers in Asia".
Kher Sheng received his LL.B (Hons) degree from the National University of Singapore law school, and is admitted to practise law in Singapore (Advocate & Solicitor), Hong Kong (Solicitor) and England & Wales (Solicitor-Advocate with full rights of audience in all criminal and civil proceedings in the higher courts). He is appointed a Notary Public by the Chief Judge of the High Court of Hong Kong. He is a Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb) and a Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (FSIArb). He is an accredited mediator with the Singapore Mediation Centre, and UK CEDR (for both commercial and workplace mediation). He is trained in negotiation and mediation with the Harvard Law School's Program on Negotiation. Kher Sheng has lived and worked in Singapore, London and Hong Kong. He is a CFA and CAIA charter holder.
Job Titles:
- Chief Compliance Officer of Brevet Capital Management
- Chief Compliance Officer, Brevet Capital
Mei-Li da Silva Vint is the Chief Compliance Officer of Brevet Capital Management ("Brevet Capital"). She is a professional with experience executing M&A, private equity, and venture capital transactions and serving institutional investor clients.
Ms. da Silva Vint possesses a unique blend of private capital, investor relations, and corporate compliance expertise. She has significant experience supporting M&A transactions and structuring complex private credit loans.
Prior to joining Brevet Capital in 2016, Ms. da Silva Vint served almost five years within Morgan Stanley's Bank Resource Management division where she covered key institutional clients in the fixed income and equity space and structured private secured loans. In 2012, she began her tenure at Morgan Stanley on the Institutional Securities Documentation team focusing on cross-border and local derivatives markets for fixed income, equities, and commodities. She then joined the Sales & Marketing team in 2014, where she was responsible for managing a multi-billion-dollar exclusive securities lending portfolio and sourcing secured funding to manage the liquidity of the firm.
Ms. da Silva Vint began her career as a corporate attorney with McDermott Will & Emery, an international law firm where she executed cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, restructurings, private offerings, and venture capital and private equity transactions.
She earned a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School, obtained her MBA from Columbia Business School (with honors), and received a B.A. in English and Communications from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University where she graduated Magna Cum Laude and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
Ms. da Silva Vint is on the board and the Governance Committee of the Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance. She is fluent in Portuguese.
Job Titles:
- Managing Director, Co - Head of APAC, AIMA
Michael joined AIMA in 2016 as Managing Director and Co-Head of APAC and brings a wealth of experience in Asian financial markets and has been located in Hong Kong for close to 18 years.
He has held senior positions on the sell side both in New York and Hong Kong. He has held leadership positions at BNP Paribas, Bear Sterns, Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan and most recently at HSBC where he managed the banks senior relationships with the Asset management sector with in the Financial Institutional Group.
Michael is responsible for the management of all our activities across Asia including our National groups, membership staff, events communications and finances. Together with Kher Sheng Lee (Co-Head of APAC) operate as our senior ambassadors for AIMA in APAC and the Industry we represent.
Job Titles:
- Head of AIMA Australia
- Managing Director, Head of Australia
Michael Gallagher has over 30 years' experience in the finance industry including more than 15 years in the alternative funds management industry.
Mr Gallagher is Head of AIMA Australia. He is Chair of Australian Students Asset Management & Deputy Chair of the Alternative Future Foundation (Hedge Funds Rock). Prior to joining AIMA, Mr Gallagher was co-founder and CEO of Kima Capital Management, an Australian & Hong Kong based fund manager. Mr Gallagher has also held positions as Head of Australasian Equities for Rand Merchant Bank, overseeing the Asian proprietary trading, fund of funds, ETFs and structured products divisions.
Mr Gallagher also has extensive experience in structured equity products and derivatives having been a director of Macquarie Bank based in Australia, South Africa & the UK. Mr Gallagher holds a BComm (UNSW) in Econometrics and Finance.
Job Titles:
- Chief Operating Officer of AIMA 's New York
- Managing Director, Head of Americas
Michelle Noyes joined AIMA in 2012 as Chief Operating Officer of AIMA's New York office, and became the Association's Head of Americas in December 2017.
Prior to AIMA, Michelle was Head of International Sales and Investor Relations for BRZ Investimentos, one of the largest independent asset managers in Brazil. While in Sao Paulo, she also served as the Brazil representative for AIMA and established the AIMA Brazil network. Michelle began her career in hedge funds as General Manager for a global conference organizer, where she launched and managed a portfolio of successful asset management and investment events. Michelle holds a B.A. and M.A. from New York University and is a CAIA Charterholder.
Job Titles:
- Chief Operating Officer of Arcmont Asset Management
- Chief Operating Officer, Arcmont Asset Management Limited
Nathan Brown is the Chief Operating Officer of Arcmont Asset Management, having previously held the same position in BlueBay's Private Debt group where he worked from 2018. Prior to BlueBay, Nathan was the founder and CEO of VGB Consulting Limited. Prior to setting up his own consulting business, Nathan spent 14 years as the COO & CFO of Perry Capital UK LLP, the international arm of a multi-billion-dollar investment manager. From 1998 to 2003 Nathan worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers during which time he qualified as a chartered accountant. Nathan is Vice Chairman of the manager committee of the Alternative Credit Council, and a member of the PRI Private Debt Advisory Committee. Nathan graduated from Exeter University in 1997.
Job Titles:
- Managing Director, Private Credit
Nick Smith joined AIMA in February 2017 and is the Managing Director, Private Credit for AIMA's private credit affiliate, the Alternative Credit Council (ACC). His role focuses on public policy and regulatory issues affecting private credit managers as well as the ACC's active research and events programme.
Nick has 10+ years of experience in public affairs having previously worked in advocacy roles for the retail, banking and asset finance sectors. Nick has a degree in Politics and Modern History from the University of Manchester and Chairs the networking group Labour in the City.
Job Titles:
- Managing Director, Global Head of Tax Affairs
Paul is responsible for tax affairs at AIMA. He qualified as a lawyer and was a tax partner for more than 20 years with Simmons & Simmons where his main area of practice was with asset management industry clients, in particular in the alternative investment sector.
He was a founder member and former vice-chair of the Tax Committee.
Rosie joined AIMA in October 2021 as a Team Assistant for the Markets, Governance and Innovation team and the Alternative Credit Council team.
Prior to joining AIMA, Rosie worked as a Personal Assistant at Foster + Partners for nearly three years within the architectural model making and sustainability teams.
Sam joined AIMA in April 2022 as a Private Credit analyst in the Alternative Credit Council team, based in London. His role supports the Association's work on public policy and regulatory issues within the non-bank lending sector.
Prior to joining AIMA, he graduated with a BA(Hons) in Politics and International Relations from Queen Mary University of London.
Job Titles:
- Head of Alternative Credit at the PPF
- Head of Alternative Credit, Pension Protection Fund
- Member of the PRI 's Private Debt
Sanjay Mistry is the Head of Alternative Credit at the PPF and was the interim Head of Alternatives (2019-2022) until that role was removed.
As a senior portfolio manager with 25 years investment experience Sanjay is responsible for setting the strategy and all investments within a portfolio, spanning all sub-investment grade credit markets. His mandate covers credit investments across public/private, performing/non-performing, long/short, corporate/infrastructure/real estate/asset backed sectors for the PPF's balance sheet. Investments may be on a direct or non-direct basis across primary and secondary transactions, through a combination of SPVs, fund of one and commingled vehicles. Soon after joining the PPF, Sanjay worked with the CIO to redesign and expand the PPF's Alternatives team to its current form. Over the decades Sanjay has completed numerous successful direct investments/transactions, managed several commingled and single investor vehicles and has multiple LP Advisory Boards roles.
Today Sanjay is also a member of the PRI's Private Debt Advisory Council, MFA's Institutional Investor Advisory Council and the BVCA's Alternative Credit Working Group. Prior to the PPF Sanjay spent over 20 years with Mercer Alternatives, having begun his career with Eagle Star Life Assurance and graduated from City University with first-class honours. He is a member of the Institute of Actuaries and holds the CFA's IMC.
Job Titles:
- AIMA As Research Manager
- Managing Director, Global Head of Research and Communications, AIMA
Tom joined AIMA as research manager in October 2008 and heads up all research and communications globally for the association. In this role Tom is responsible for creating and executing the association's strategies to develop and maintain strong external stakeholder relationships. In doing so, he constructs the association's narrative through original research and thought leadership as well as design, implement and promote the association's communications and brand. In this capacity, he has authored over fifty research and thought leadership pieces, which have been mentioned widely across the trade and business press as well as commented on radio and television.
He has been involved with hedge funds for 15 years. Prior to joining AIMA in October 2008, Tom spent four years working in hedge fund research and due diligence with BNP Paribas in New York and Dublin.
Tom holds a Masters in Finance from the National College of Ireland, a graduate certificate in Investment Management from Dublin City University and is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst member (CAIA).
Will is a partner in the Funds Department at Travers Smith and has a broad asset management practice advising on a wide range of products with a particular focus on "retailisation" structures for alternative asset managers.
Will has a successful private fund formation practice focussed on products that are designed to diversify a manager's investor base away from just institutional clients, including structuring Part II UCI and ELTIF funds specifically targeted at wealth managers and private banks. He is also heavily involved in industry efforts associated with the regulation of broadening private assets access to non-professional investors. He is advising clients on potential LTAF launches and also regularly advises listed investment funds from incorporation right through the life of the vehicle as well as placing agents and sponsors on listed fund transactions
Will is a regular speaker at prestigious conferences including the London Stock Exchange's United States Listed Fund Conferences in Boston and New York, the Guernsey Finance Funds Master Class series and the Jersey Finance Funds Conference. He is listed as a 'Leading Individual' in The Legal 500 2023, and is ranked in Chambers and Partners UK 2023.