The Managed Funds Association (MFA) has announced its 2018-2019 board of directors which will provide governance oversight to the association and help guide the its advocacy, education, and communication efforts on global issues impacting the alternative investment industry.
MFA’s returning officers are: Board Chair Michael S Harris, president, Campbell & Company, LP., and Vice Chair Jon Hitchon, Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer, Two Sigma Investments, LP. Joe Wiggins, Partner and US Leader of PricewaterhouseCoopers Assurance Alternatives Practice, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, will serve as Secretary and Treasurer.
“I am proud to welcome new and returning Board Members as MFA continues to promote efficient, fair, and transparent capital markets,” says Harris, President of Campbell & Company, LP. “As the authoritative voice of the global alternative investment industry – and the institutional investors who make up nearly 60 per cent of its assets – I look forward to working with this talented group to help policymakers keep intact policies that work well, fine tune those that do not, and ensure new ones recognise the unique nature of investment firms.”
MFA President and CEO Richard H Baker says: “With the thoughtful guidance of our Board, MFA has grown by leaps and bounds alongside our industry, which now manages a record USD3.6 trillion in assets. Our Board Members – whether they be fund managers, allocators, financial institutions, or other service providers – represent the unparalleled breadth and depth of MFA’s network. We remain grateful for their expertise as we continue to advocate, educate, and communicate the industry’s many valuable contributions to the global economy.”
Newly elected Board Members, who serve a two-year term, include:
• Natalie Birrell, Partner & COO, Anchorage Capital Group, LLC;
• Darcy Bradbury, Managing Director, the D E Shaw group;
• Sally Dornaus, Managing Director and CFO, Bain Capital Credit and Bain Capital Public Equity;
• Frederic Leif, Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer, Abrams Capital; and,
• Adam Prestandrea, Principal and Chief Operating Officer, Element Capital Management LLC.
In addition to the elected Board Members, MFA appointed seven Members to serve one-year terms on its Board:
• Pamela Arnsten, Managing Director, JP Morgan;
• Harshal Chaudhari, Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer, IBM Retirement Funds;
• Jodi Lynn DeVito, Managing Director, Americas Head of Prime Services Coverage and Client Services, Credit Suisse;
• Jay Peller, Managing Director, Head of Fund Services, Citco Fund Services (USA) Inc;
• Marc Rothenberg, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs & Co;
• Joe Wiggins, Partner and US Leader of PricewaterhouseCoopers Assurance Alternatives Practice, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP; and,
• Ashley Wilson, Co-Global Head of Equities Trading and Head of EMEA Equities, Deutsche Bank.
Additionally, incumbent Board Members as well as those re-elected or reappointed to another term are:
• Michael Harris, MFA Chair; President, Campbell & Company, LP;
• Jon Hitchon, MFA Vice-Chair; Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer, Two Sigma Investments, LP;
• David Angstreich, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Valinor Management, LP;
• Eric Burl, Head of Americas, Man Group;
• Whitney Chatterjee, Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP;
• Samuel Gallo, Chief Investment Officer, University System of Maryland Foundation;
• Josh Gold, Chief Operating Officer, Three Bays Capital LP;
• Christopher Hayward, Managing Partner, Co-Head, JP Morgan Global Alternatives;
• Joel Hinkhouse, Director, External Public Markets, Teacher Retirement System of Texas;
• Natalie Deak Jaros, Partner, EY;
• Louis Molinari, Managing Director, Head of Capital Solutions, Barclays;
• Andrew Rabinowitz, President and COO, Partner, Marathon Asset Management, LP;
• Scott Schroeder, Co-Founding Partner, Balyasny Asset Management, LP;
• Zion Shohet, Chief Operating Officer, Elliott Management Corporation;
• Jennifer Stier, Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer, Highfields Capital LP; and,
• Kirk Wickman, Chief Operating Officer, Angelo, Gordon & Co. LP
Paul N Roth, partner, Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, will remain a special advisor to MFA’s Board.
MFA also announced its Executive Committee would consist of Harris, Burl, Gold, Hayward, Hitchon, Shohet, and Wickman. Executive Committee Members serve one-year terms.
