MFA West 2019 | Managed Funds Association | 27 February 2019 | Four Seasons Resort The Biltmore Santa Barbara, 1260 Channel Dr, Santa Barbara, CA 93108, USA

Leading operational, legal, compliance and due diligence executives from leading hedge funds and influential institutional investor organizations will gather at MFA West to address the industry’s ever-changing standards and regulations. Two and a half days of peer-to-peer structured content and engaging networking for fund managers and allocators to establish industry consensus on optimal operational and regulatory frameworks.

Access unparalleled thought-leadership on implementing and maintaining best-in-class operational, legal, compliance, investment and technology infrastructures*
Exchange best procedural practices through interactive sessions with industry experts
Hear from leading regulators about their current areas of focus and what’s next on their agenda

Who Attends?
• Chief Operating Officers
• General Counsels
• Chief Compliance Officers
• Chief Financial Officers
• Heads of Operational Due Diligence
• Chief Technology Officers
• Chief Executive Officers

2019 Speakers

Peter I. Altman
Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

SSA Gabriel Andrews
Cyber Division - Cyber Initiative & Resource Fusion Unit, Federal Bureau of Investigation

Joshua Barlow
Managing Director, Valhalla Fiduciary

Scott Bennewitz
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer, RK Capital Management, LLC

Michelle Bergren
Chief Financial Officer, Camden Asset Management LP

Dr. Ethan Burris
Professor of Management and the Chevron Centennial Fellow, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin

Mike Callahan
Professor of the Practice, Executive Director, Rock Center for Corporate Governance, Stanford Law School, Former SVP and General, Counsel, LinkedIn, Former EVP and General Counsel, Yahoo!

Andrew Collins
Director of ESG Investing, San Francisco Employees’ Retirement System (SFERS)

Lindsay DeGrazia
Vice President, Investment Management, Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM)

Anthony DeLuca
Chief Financial Officer, Moore Capital Management, LP

Scott DePasquale
President & CEO, Financial Systemic Analysis & Resilience Center (FSARC)

Jennifer Dimitri
Chief Compliance Officer, DUMAC, Inc. (Duke University)

Christopher Dlutowski
Partner, Morgan Lewis

Jan C. Faller
Executive Vice President, Portfolio Risk Manager, PIMCO

Michael Fisch
General Counsel, Farallon Capital Management, L.L.C.

James Gange
Managing Director, Chief Compliance Officer and Legal Counsel, DavidsonKempner Capital Management LP

Lauren Gutierrez
Vice President, Investment Management, Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM)

Tony Hairston
Chief Financial Officer, Maverick Capital, Ltd

Chris Hedberg
Chief Financial Officer, CarVal Investors

David Hohmann
Director of Administration and Risk, Tufts University

Nathan A. Howell
Investment Funds, Securities and Derivatives Enforcement and Regulatory, Sidley Austin LLP

Janelle Ibeling
Partner, Investment Funds, Sidley Austin LLP

Jane Jarcho
Special Adviser, Promontory, an IBM Company

David Katz
COO, Legion Partners Asset Management, LLC

Paul Kiesling
LightHouse Partners

Katie Kloster
Global Chief Compliance Officer, Värde Partners

Reena Lalji
General Counsel, Wilshire Associates, Inc.

Erin Lavelle
Chief Financial Officer, Dalton Investments LLC

Nick Lotysz
Director - Operational Due Diligence, Vivaldi Capital Management, LLC

Marty Meekins
Partner, Chief Operating Officer & General Counsel, Empyrean Capital Partners

Erin Mullen
Chief Compliance Officer, Information and Data Services, Citadel

Benjamin Murray
Associate Director, Operational Due Diligence, UTIMCO

Kate Murtagh
Managing Director, Head of Sustainable Investing, Harvard Management Company

Andrew Nathanson
CCO & Legal Counsel, Suvretta Capital Management, LLC

Michael C. Neus
General Counsel, ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP

Charlie Nightingale
Global Head of Legal & Investment Structuring, Pacific Alternative Asset Management Company (PAAMCO)

Ginger Norman
Deputy General Counsel and Managing Director, Canyon Partners

John Oliva
Chief Compliance Officer, Highbridge Capital Management, LLC

Laura Oswell
Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

Frank Perez
Director, Operational Due Diligence, Makena Capital Management

Tessie Petion
Head of ESG Research, Americas, HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.

David Poulten
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer, Glendon Capital Management LP

Edward Price
Head of Financial Sector & Economic Policy Department for International Trade, British Consulate-General

John Richardson
Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel, Ionic Capital Management LLC

Chris Ronan
Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Endurant Capital Management

Erin Ross
General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, Hitchwood Capital Management LP

Kim Rozman
Associate General Counsel, HBK Capital Management

Darin Sadow
General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, Partner Fund Management, LP

Devinder Sangha
Partner, Operational Due Diligence, Albourne America LLC

Scott Schroeder
Co-Founding Partner, Balyasny Asset Management L.P.

Jude Scott
CEO, Cayman Finance

Jeremy Siegel
Chief Executive Officer, LUX Fund Technology and Solutions, Inc.

Kristin Snyder
Co-National Associate Director of the Investment Adviser/Investment Company, Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE), U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Kimberly Summe
Chief Operating Officer, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, Sequoia Capital Global Equities

Regina Thoele
Senior Vice President, Compliance, NFA

Serge Todorovich
General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, Shenkman Capital Management, Inc.

Jennifer S. Tribush, CAIA
Senior Vice President and Global Head of Hedge Fund Product Solutions, State Street

Eric Wagner
Partner, Kleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff & Cohen, P.C.

Scott Wu
Chief Financial Officer, Sequoia Capital Global Equities

Brian Yegidis
Director, Credit Suisse

Jennifer Zloto
Managing Director Operational Due Diligence, Summit Rock Advisors

Marc Zwillinger
Founder and Managing Member, ZwillGen PLLC

2019 Sponsors and Partners

PRIME PARTNERS:
• Credit Issue
• J.P Morgan

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Akin Gump
• Bank of America Merill Lynch
• Cayman Finance
• HSBC
• Lowen Sandler
• Morgan Lewis
• Promontory
• Sidley
• State Street
• Wells Fargo

SILVER SPONSORS:
• EisnerAmper
• First Republic Bank
• Goldman Sachs
• Kleinberg Kaplan
• Lux
• Societe Generale