MFA WEST 2021 | MFA / Midwest Finance Association | 7 April 2021 | Virtual

MFA West delivers unparalleled, peer-to-peer exchanges for fund managers, allocators and institutional investors to evaluate operational, compliance and operational due diligence frameworks. This is THE event where the industry establishes consensus on the ever-changing foundations of: ODD, regulation, operations, compliance, leadership and communications. Industry leaders reveal best practices and lessons learned and active 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 the following executive titles:
• Chief Operating Officer
• General Counsel
• Chief Compliance Officer
• Head of Operational Due Diligence
• Chief Technology Officer
• Chief Financial Officer
• Director of Human Resources
• MFA applies for CPE and CLE credits for all qualified sessions.

2021 Speakers

Peter Altman
Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

James J. Angel
Associate Professor of Finance, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University

David Angstreich
Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Palestra Capital Management LLC

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

Yehuda Biber
Principal, DavidsonKempner Capital Management LP

Capito, Shelley Moore
U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito

Adam Cohen
Managing Director, Head of Operational Due Diligence, Agility

Bryan N. Corbett
President & Chief Executive Officer, Managed Funds Association

Brynn Coursey Heegan
Managing Director and Global Head of Operational Due Diligence, Lyxor Asset Management Inc

Patricia Cushing
Director of Compliance, National Futures Association

Bruce S. Darringer
Member and Chief Operating Officer, King Street Capital Management

Christopher B. Davis
Managing Director & Deputy General Counsel, Tudor Investment Corporation

Gary DeWaal
Special Counsel and Chair, Financial Markets and Regulation, Katten

U.S. Senator Chris Dodd
Senior Counsel, Arnold & Porter

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

Darrell Duffie
Adams Distinguished Professor of Management and Professor of Finance, Stanford University

Paige Ernst
Senior Associate – Investment Operations, Alfred I. duPont Charitable Trust

Matthew Hartsough
Independent Risk Oversight, UAW Retiree Medical Benefits Trust

Chris Hedberg
Chief Financial Officer, CarVal Investors

William Hedden
Partner, Chief Operating Officer, Summit Rock Advisors, LP

Rusty Helton
Partner, Southwest Market Financial Services Tax Practice Leader, PwC

Nathan A. Howell
Partner, Sidley Austin LLP

Brendan R. Kalb
Global General Counsel, ExodusPoint Capital Management

Michael Kanaan
Author -T-Minus AI: Humanity’s Countdown to Artificial Intelligence and the New Pursuit of Global Power, Former Chairperson of AI, U.S. Air Force, HQ Pentagon

Elizabeth Keeley
Principal, Taconic Capital Advisors LP

Steve Kurz
Head of Asset Management, Galaxy Digital

Reena S. Lalji
General Counsel, Wilshire

Christine Lombardo
Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Colleen K. Lynch
General Counsel, Coatue Management, L.L.C.

Dr. Cindy Ma
Managing Director and Global Head of Houlihan Lokey’s Portfolio Valuation and Fund Advisory Services practice, Houlihan Lokey

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

Kevin Mandia
Chief Executive Officer, FireEye

Edouard Matitia-Cohen
Global Head of Equity Financing Distribution, Bank of America

Michael F. Mavrides
Partner, Proskauer

Warren McCormick
Head of Equity Finance Americas, HSBC

Patrick McCurdy
Managing Director, Head of Capital Consulting, Wells Fargo

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

Katherine Molnar
Chief Investment Officer, Fairfax County Police Officers Retirement System

Dan Morehead
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Pantera Capital

Bryant Morse
Americas Head of Business Consulting Services, UBS Securities LLC

Patricia C. Mosser
Director, MPA in Economic Policy Management, Columbia University SIPA

Erin Mullen
Chief Compliance Officer, Woodline Partners

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

Jim O’Hara
‎Managing Director of Operational Risk, Lighthouse Partners

C. Dabney O’Riordan
Co-Chief, Asset Management Unit, Division of Enforcement, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Amanda L. Olear
Acting Director, Deputy Director, Registration and Compliance, Market Participants Division, Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Laura Payne
Director, Citadel LLC

Michael Pedroni
Executive Vice President and Managing Director, Head of Global Research and Markets, Managed Funds Association

Alan Polo
Global Head of Account Management, Enfusion

Beste Portnoff
Principal, Head of Operational Due Diligence, Bessemer Trust

Sujit Raman
Partner, Sidley Austin LLP

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

John Ringwood
Deputy General Counsel & Head of Human Resources, Fir Tree Partners

Ernie Rogers
Chief Operating Officer & Chief Financial Officer, Magnetar Capital LLC

Devinder Sangha
Portfolio Advisory, Partner, Albourne Partners

Mark Schein
Global Chief Compliance Officer, Värde Partners

Carlos Schmidt
Partner, Global Head of Tax, Ares Management

Cameron Schroeder
Chief, Cyber & Intellectual Property Crimes Section, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California

Nathan P. Shields
Supervisory Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation

Gregory Shih
Associate General Counsel, Two Sigma Investments LP

Kristin A. Snyder
Associate Regional Director, San Francisco and Deputy Director, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, OCIE

Randy Stuzin
Member and General Counsel, King Street Capital Management GP, L.L.C.

Wesley Tellie
Global Head of Operational Due Diligence, Goldman Sachs

Regina Thoele
Senior Vice President, Compliance, National Futures Association

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

Vincent Tortorella
General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer, Point72

Heather L. Traeger
General Counsel & CCO, Teacher Retirement System of Texas

Jeanette Turner
Managing Director, Global Regulatory & Compliance, SEI

Sam J. Waldon
Partner, Proskauer

Richard Walz
General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer, Element Capital Management LLC

Mark W. Yusko
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer, Morgan Creek Capital Management, Managing Partner, Morgan Creek Digital Assets

2021 Sponsors and Partners

PRIME PARTNERS:
• B of A Securities
• Credit Suisse

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• Sidley
• UBS

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Akin Gump
• Enfusion
• Houlihan Lokey
• HSBC
• Katten
• Morgan Lewis
• Proskauer
• PWC
• SEI
• Wells Fargo

SILVER SPONSORS:
• bipsync
• Citi
• Securities Tracker
• Schulte Roth & Zabel

INDUSTRY PARTNERS:
• Hedge Fund Alert
• Preqin