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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
Oyster Consulting has appointed Dale C Jackson as its Managing Director in Bermuda.
Jackson’s experience in compliance, business development, and within the Bermuda Government will help him grow the firm as Bermuda’s regulatory environment expands to meet the challenges of an evolving economy that includes the cryptocurrency and fintech industries.
Jackson (pictured), is a financial services professional whose experience includes business regulatory compliance, financial crime investigation, AML audit, oversight and reporting, due diligence and deal structuring, international commerce, issues management and risk management.
Prior to joining Oyster Consulting (Bermuda), Dale served as an AML Office Manager for a
Louis Dreyfus Company Holdings has appointed a new Chief Executive Officer, Ian McIntosh (pictured), who is promoted from his current position of Chief Strategy Officer, effective immediately.
The move follows the resignation of Gonzalo Ramírez Martiarena as Chief Executive Officer, after 13 years with the company, in order to pursue other opportunities.
“I take the opportunity to thank Gonzalo for his contribution to the company, in particular as CEO”, says Margarita Louis-Dreyfus, Chairperson of the Supervisory Board of LDCH. “Over that three-year cycle, he has successfully fulfilled his mandate of putting the Group in its current solid financial position
Monroe Capital has appointed Stewart Hanlon as Managing Director in its San Francisco office. He will co-lead the firm’s technology vertical alongside Mark Solovy.
“We are very excited to add Stewart to the Monroe Capital originations team,” says Tom Aronson, Managing Director & Head of Originations of Monroe Capital. “Stewart has an accomplished career of over seven years providing financing solutions to middle-market companies and brings with him many great relationships and a wide range of experience across the technology industry.”
“He will help us continue to grow our robust direct origination platform that we have built throughout the
Greenberg Traurig has expanded its Corporate and Investment Funds practices with the addition of Petros (Peter) L Tsirigotis as shareholder in its Washington, DC and New York City offices.
Tsirigotis joins from Stradley Ronon, where he was co-chair of the firm’s Private Investment Funds Practice. Before that, he served as senior vice president at Brown Brothers Harriman & Company, where he led the investment management funds risks, operations, and governance group.
Tsirigotis advises financial institutions, asset managers, investment advisers, and institutional investors, helping them to develop and maintain financial products while navigating the regulatory landscape. He has served in
Boutique asset manager Unigestion has strengthened its cross-asset solutions team with the recent appointments of Salman Baig and Joshua Seager as investment managers.
Baig joined Unigestion earlier this year from Bridgewater Associates, where he was an Investment Associate & Engineer focussing on fundamental macroeconomic research, portfolio construction and risk management. Prior to Bridgewater, he was a Post-Doctoral Researcher in the mathematics department at the University of Washington and a member of the Research Team at the Institute for Defense Analyses in the US. Baig holds a Bachelors’ in Mathematics and a Masters in Finance from Princeton University and a PhD
Crypto investment platform CoinBundle has added Katherine Hensel (pictured), as a special adviser on the company’s advisory board.
CoinBundle say Hensel’s considerable experience across finance, investing and entrepreneurship will be invaluable to the leadership team as it grows its business to provide wider access to cryptocurrencies.
An accomplished financial industry executive and institutional investor, Hensel has held leadership positions across the investment banking/brokerage and asset management industries for more than 35 years. Hensel is a subject matter expert in financial services and financial institutions. Previously, Hensel was a managing director in equity research, led the Financial Institutions Group and
Ikigai Asset Management, a long/short multi-strategy crypto-asset hedge fund launched by former Point72 Portfolio Manager, Travis Kling, has added three new executive hires to its team.
Christina Martin, of Plutos Capital Group, has joined as Partner. Daniel Heller of BitLumens and Oliver Zahn of Google have joined as Advisors.
“We’ve seen significant traction with sophisticated investors on what we’re building at Ikigai and have an imminent need to continue to build out our deep bench of experts,” says Ikigai Co-Founder and CIO, Kling. “We’re thrilled to add seasoned industry veterans with diverse backgrounds to the Ikigai team.”
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Hedge fund and private equity fund manager EJF Capital (EJF) has appointed Asheel Shah as a Senior Managing Director and Head of Real Estate, effective 1 October 2018.
Shah will direct all commercial real estate investment activities including ground up development.
Shah brings with him over 20 years of experience in the real estate industry. Most recently, he was President and Chief Investment Officer of the Multifamily division at Kettler Inc, a diversified real estate development company. Shah oversaw acquisitions, asset management, development, construction and equity capital sourcing in the Multifamily division.
Neal Wilson, co-founder and Chief Operating
The European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) has appointed Tanguy van de Werve as its new Director General. He will take up his position on 1 January 2019.
Van de Werve (pictured), will be responsible for the implementation of the Association’s strategic agenda, and the leadership and management of the EFAMA secretariat in Brussels. He will also be the central spokesperson and representative for the European asset management industry with international policy makers, regulators, and other key industry stakeholders.
In a career spanning 25 years, Van de Werve has been instrumental in leading and managing successful advocacy campaigns
