MFA West 2020 | Managed Funds Association | 24 February 2020 | The Ritz-Carlton, One Ritz Carlton Dr, Dana Point, CA 92629, USA

MFA West 2020 delivers two-and-a-half days of peer-to-peer structured content and networking for fund managers, allocators and institutional investors who establish industry consensus on optimal operational and due diligence frameworks. The conference offers unparalleled thought leadership on implementing and maintaining best-in-class operational, legal, compliance and technology infrastructure for managers and investors. Top industry experts reveal best practices and lessons learned. Leading regulators share current areas of focus and what is next on their agenda. The conference is designed to deliver an open dialogue among all presenters and participants including leading Chief Operating Officers, General Counsels, Chief Compliance Officers, Heads of Operational Due Diligence, Chief Technology Officers and Chief Financial Officers. MFA applies for CPE and CLE credits for all qualified sessions.

2020 Speakers

Katherine Acosta
Head of Global Recruiting, Farallon Capital Management, L.L.C

Saumya Aggarwal
Vice President, West Coast Investment Managers, Goldman Sachs Asset Management

Karishma Ahuja
ESG & Impact Investing Strategist, Goldman Sachs

Peter Altman
Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

SSA Gabriel Andrews
Supervisory Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation

Frank Anduiza
Americas Head of Business Development, Alternative Investment Services, BNY Mellon

Professor Andrew Atkeson
Professor, Stanley M. Zimmerman Professor of Economics and Finance, UCLA Department of Economics

Joshua Barlow
Managing Director, Valhalla Fiduciary

Michael B. Barry
General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer, Samlyn Capital, LLC

Brian A. Benczkowski
Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice

Michelle Bergren
Chief Financial Officer, Camden Asset Management LP

Yehuda Biber
Principal, DavidsonKempner Capital Management LP

Ryan Boucher
Managing Director, Head of Operational Due Diligence in the Alternative Investments & Manager Selection Group, Goldman Sachs

Philip Brittan
Chief Executive Officer, Crux Informatics

W. Hardy Callcott
Partner, Sidley Austin LLP

Laura Cappiello
Head of Human Capital Management and Deputy General Counsel, BlueMountain Capital Management, LLC

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

Uttam Dhillon
Acting Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration

Tanaz Faghri Dietz
Assistant General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, Empyrean Capital Partners, LP

Jennifer Dimitri
Chief Compliance Officer, DUMAC, Inc.

Christopher J. Dlutowski
Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Reggie Dodge
Chief Compliance Officer and General Counsel, EMSO Asset Management Limited

Blake Fillion
Counsel, Sidley Austin LLP

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

Patrick Fitzgerald
Assistant United States Attorney, Chief, National Security Division, United States Department of Justice

Robert E. Furdak
Chief Investment Officer for ESG, Man Group

Donald Gignac
Senior Vice President, State Street

Neil J. Goldmacher
Chairman, National Tenant Representation, Newmark Knight Frank

Jason Granet
Managing Director, Goldman, Sachs & Co, LLC

Chris Hedberg
Chief Financial Officer, CarVal Investors

William Hedden
Partner and Chief Operating Officer, Summit Rock Advisors

W. Mike Herrington
Assistant Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

David Hohmann
Director of Administration and Risk, Tufts University Endowment

Phil Houston
Chief Executive Officer and Founding Partner, QVerity

Daniel E. Ingram
Head of the Responsible Investment, BT Pension Scheme

Jane Jarcho
Special Adviser, Promontory Financial Group

Brendan R. Kalb
Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Elizabeth Keeley
Chief Operating Officer & General Counsel, Taconic Capital Advisors LP

Johan Kim
Senior Vice President, Neuberger Berman

Reena S. Lalji
General Counsel, Wilshire Associates, Inc.

Robert G. Leonard
Partner, Proskauer Rose LLP

Jeff Lunglhofer
Managing Director and Chief Information Security Officer, BNY Mellon

Labib S. Mahfouz
Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Evince Asset Management LP

Peggy Mahon
Global Head of Human Resources and Administration, Farallon Capital Management, L.L.C

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

Brian Meyer
Co-Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel, Fir Tree Partners

Erin Mullen
Chief Compliance Officer, Woodline Partners, LP

Benjamin Murray
Associate Director, Operational Due Diligence, UTIMCO

Andrew Nathanson
Chief Compliance Officer & Legal Counsel, Suvretta Capital Management, LLC

Ishaan Nerurkar
Chief Executive Officer, LeapYear Technologies, Inc.

Michael C. Neus
General Counsel, ExodusPoint Capital Management, L.P

David Nissenbaum
Partner, Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP

Ginger Norman
Managing Director and Deputy General Counsel, Canyon Partners, LLC

Yannick Ouaknine
Head of Sustainability Research, Societe Generale

Mark Polemeni
Partner, Chief Compliance Officer and Chief Regulatory Counsel, Perella Weinberg Partners

Beste Portnoff
Principal and Head of Operational Due Diligence, Bessemer Trust Company, N.A

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

Stephanie Miranda Pries
Director of Investment Legal Affairs, Notre Dame Investment Office

Christopher L. Ramsay
Deputy General Counsel, Global Head of Transaction Management, Citadel Enterprise Americas LLC

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

Kevin Roulston
Head of Tax, Balyasny Asset Management, LP

Kim Rozman
Associate General Counsel, HBK Capital Management

Mark Russo
General Counsel, Zais Group, LLC

William Saltus
Director, Business Consulting Services, Wells Fargo Prime Services

Eric Schaffer
Managing Director and Chief Human Resources Officer, Two Sigma Investments, LP

Kristin A. Snyder
Associate Regional Director, San Francisco and Deputy Director, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE)

Joshua B. Sterling
Director, Division of Swap Dealer & Intermediary Oversight, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission

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

Lamar Taylor
Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, State Board of Administration of Florida (SBA)

Lavan Thiru
Chief Representative, Monetary Authority of Singapore, New York Representative Office

Regina Thoele
Senior Vice President, Compliance, National Futures Association (NFA)

Heather L. Traeger
Deputy General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, Teacher Retirement System of Texas

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

Jeffrey H. Wechselblatt
General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer, Lone Pine Capital LLC

Michael R. Weiner
Senior Deputy General Counsel, Citadel LLC

Kirk Wickman
President, Angelo Gordon

Hermine Wong
Special Counsel, Division of Economic and Risk Analysis, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Brodie Woods
Vice President, Head of Data Strategy for Equity Research, Bank of Montreal (BMO)

Ted Wright
VP of Customer Success, Bipsync

Brian Yegidis
Director, Hedge Fund Consulting, Credit Suisse

2020 Sponsors

• Akin Group
• BNY Mellon
• Bofa Securities
• Bipsync
• CENTRL
• Citi
• Credit Suisse
• Crux
• Delta
• Eisneramper
• First Republic
• FundApps
• Golden Sachs Asset Management
• HSBC
• Hedge Fund
• J.P. Morgan
• Leap Year
• Morgan Lewis
• Newmark Knight Frank
• Preqin
• PWC
• Promontory
• Proskauer
• SS&C Advent
• Schulte Roth & Zabel
• Sidley
• Societe Generale
• State Street
• UBS
• Wells Fargo