Joao Adamo Vision Investments

Joao Adamo Jr. - Mr. Adamo is Managing Partner at Vision Brazil Investments. Mr. Adamo has an extensive background in banking sector. Mr. Adamo joined Vision from UBS group focusing in implementing and developing Wealth Management products platform in Brazil. During his stay he also played an important role in the integration of Banco Pactual into UBS platform a deal of $3 billion. Prior he worked at Deutsche Bank from 1997 to 2003 as Head of Structured Products. During his period at Deutsche Bank he was appointed as the Country Head of Maxblue Investments - a start up initiative of Deutsche in Latin America. Maxblue was an internet based asset management with an open architecture for access independents Asset Managers in Brazil for retail affluent customers. In 2001 Mr. Adamo sold 49% of Deutsche Bank's stake to Banco do Brasil for USD90million with 11,000 clients on its portfolio. Prior to that Mr. Adamo spent 5 years at Banco Fenícia, a Brazilian Investment Bank, known as an innovative house in terms of Asset Backed Securitization in Brazil back in 1995. Mr. Adamo holds a MS in Philosophy from PUC-SP. Also he has a BA from Fundação Getúlio Vargas and a JD from University of São Paulo Law School.

Marco André Almeida Partner KPMG Auditores Independentes

Marco André C. Almeida is an audit Partner of the Financial Services group of KPMG Brazil.  He has a degree in accounting and a MBA.   He joined KPMG Brazil in 1991 and has worked at KPMG Toronto, Canada, for two years.  He has wide audit and advisory experience with banks, brokers and dealers, investment companies and funds in Brazil and offshore, real estate and construction entities.  He is a member of the leadership of the Private Equity Group in KPMG Brazil, a member of the Alternative Investments Group of KPMG International and an International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) accredited reviewing partner.

Daniel Walter Maeda Bernardo Analyst Comissão de Valores Mobiliários

Daniel Bernardo has been working since 2005 for the Collective Investment Schemes Department (Superintendência de Relações com Investidores Institucionais) at the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM). Among several subjects in the past years, he was involved in the recents changes in the regulation of the Brazilian investment funds industry, as well as in its enforcement. Daniel Bernardo is a civil engineer graduated from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ).

Lauro Araujo Principal Mercer

Graduated in Business Administration in 1985, from Faculdade Tibiriçá and Master in International Finance from Glasgow University, 1989 ) and Executive Education from Refco Inc., Chicago (1991). Mr. Araujo has been working in financial institutions since 1982, when he started his career at UNIBANCO. Since the he has worked both in national and multinational financial institutions. Lauro was also a lecturer at Fundação Getulio Vargas and has more than10 years experience in teaching Finance and Risk Management, at MBA and Post Graduation courses for USP, IBMEC, The São Paulo Stock Exchange and the Commodities and Futures Exchange. He is also well known for his articles, and three books. The first one about Options and Options Pricing. Being the second about Derivatives and Risk. Currently Mr. Araujo is Senior Consultant at Mercer and head of the Investment Consulting Division, in Brazil.

Andrés Azicri Managing Partner Convex Fund

Andres Azicri is the president and founder of Convex Management. Mr. Azicri is the CIO of the Convex Fund. Prior to founding Convex, Andres Azicri was a Managing Partner of Cima Investments and the senior portfolio manager of the Cima Aconcagua Fund, with over 20% average return during the period under his management (2000-2006). He was also president of Safimar S.A., a local mutual fund manager. Before joining Cima, Mr. Azicri was the head of Asset Management at MBA, prior to which he headed the Proprietary Desk for Latin America at Bankers Trust in New York (1997-1999) and the Emerging Markets Fixed Income Research Department at Oppenheimer & Co., in New York (1995-1997). He has more than fifteen years of experience in financial markets in Argentina and abroad. Mr. Azicri is an economist from the University of Buenos Aires (1988), and has a Master in Economics from Instituto Di Tella (1991) and a Master of Science in Economics from the University of London (1992). He is currently a professor of finance at CEMA University and the University of Buenos Aires. He served as an external consultant for the Argentine gas regulator ENARGAS (2000), and for the Peruvian Pension Fund Regulator (1996).

Caroline S. Bentz  Managing Director Parker Global

Ms. Bentz has been with Parker Global Strategies since its founding in 1995.  Her principal areas of focus include strategy allocation, portfolio management, manager research, due diligence and new product development/structuring.  Ms. Bentz has been performing extensive research and due diligence on hedge fund managers for over 12 years. She has been instrumental in the development and management of the Parker FX Index, Parker Systematic FX Index and Parker Discretionary FX Index, performance-based indices for currency managers with data back to 1986.  She has supervised the construction of PGS’s proprietary database of over 2,500 hedge fund programs and, during the past decade, she has overseen the research team’s on-site due diligence of over 1,000 managers. In 2003, Ms. Bentz and her team performed considerable work on Japanese long/short equity managers and distressed securities mangers as part of specific client mandates. Additionally, since joining PGS, Ms. Bentz has set up over 35 investment funds and thirteen multi-manager programs. Ms. Bentz is a member of the Investment, Portfolio, Management, Risk Management and Implementation Committees.  Additionally, she serves as Director for several of PGS’s funds. Prior to joining PGS, Ms. Bentz was a Research Associate at Ferrell Capital Management where she participated in hedge fund manager due diligence and was instrumental in developing a family of single-manager and multi-manager offshore funds applying a variety of  strategies across a broad spectrum of asset classes.  Prior to this, Ms. Bentz worked in the Asset Management Group of Prudential Securities Inc., structuring U.S. and offshore open-end and closed-end funds for retail investors in the U.S. and 14 countries worldwide. She was responsible for the evaluation of non-proprietary products for inclusion in the national sales network. Ms. Bentz graduated magna cum laude with an AB in Government-International Relations from Georgetown University in 1990.

Kelsey Biggers Managing Director K2 Advisors

In April 2002, Mr. Biggers joined K2 Advisors, a Fund of Hedge Funds headquartered in Stamford Connecticut with $5.5 billion under management. He is responsible for risk management and sits on the Management committee. He has worked in financial services and institutional investing since 1983 when he joined General Electric Information Services as the Financial Services Marketing Manager developing global network solutions for Wall Street trading firms.

Steven C Bussey Director, Sales, Global Markets Financing and Services Merrill Lynch
Mr. Bussey is a Director in Financing Sales at Merrill Lynch. Mr. Bussey is responsible for sales of Merrill Lynch’s financing and prime brokerage platforms with a specific focus on Latin America. He works closely with his colleagues across execution, derivatives, structuring and banking to provide clients with innovative solutions.

Camila Capel Head of Latin and South America Sales  Bloomberg Tradebook

Elsen Carvalho Partner Investidor Profissional

Elsen Carvalho is a partner and a member of the Board of Directors at IP. Mr. Carvalho joined IP in 2003 and is responsible for the Investor Relations Department. Prior to IP, Mr. Carvalho worked in Invent S.A., a venture capital company focused on technology projects, as a senior executive and partner from 2000 to 2003. He holds a bachelors degree in Economics from the Rio de Janeiro Federal University (UFRJ) and Masters Degree in Business Administration from COPPEAD/UFRJ.

Rogerio Chequer Principal and Founding Partner Atlas Capital Management

Rogerio Chequer is a principal and founding partner of Atlas Capital Management with responsibility for the firm's fixed income and currency investments.  From 1999 to 2006, he was a Portfolio Manager and Principal of Discovery Capital Management, LLC.  Mr. Chequer has over a decade's experience managing multi-asset class investment funds. He received his undergraduate degree in engineering from Escola Politecnica - Universidade de Sao Paulo and is fluent in Portuguese, Spanish and German.

Guilherme da Nobrega Chief Economist Itaú Corretora

Elizabeth Denman Senior Associate, Leader of the Investment Funds Practice Mello Jones & Martin

Elizabeth Denman is a Senior Associate and Leader of the Investment Funds practice at the Bermuda law firm of Mello Jones & Martin. Elizabeth has an LL.B from Queen’s University at Kingston, Canada and an Honours B.A. from the University of Toronto. She routinely advises investment funds and fund managers with respect to structuring their operations.  Elizabeth sits on the Collective Investment Schemes Committee for the Bermuda International Business Association (“BIBA”).

Adrian Devenyi Portfolio Manager Elliott Management Corporation
Adrian Devenyi holds a PhD in Physics from MIT and M.Phil. and M.Sc. degrees from Yale University. He joined Elliott Associates in 2006, and is focused on Latin American and Eastern European markets. His investment activities span debt and equity markets. Prior to joining Elliott Associates, he held positions at Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearns and Goldman Sachs.

Gustavo Dominguez Managing Director Gottex Fund Management

Mr. Dominguez joined Gottex in June 2005. Until February 2005, he was a Managing Director of J.P. Morgan in the Emerging Markets Division. Mr. Dominguez was in charge of Emerging Markets Americas business (sales, trading, research, syndicate and capital markets execution), comprising cash foreign exchange and fixed income, as well as derivatives (credit, foreign exchange and fixed income). He also ran J.P. Morgan’s Emerging Markets global proprietary business and chaired the EM Global Risk Committee for 7 years. Until December 2000 (merger of Chase and J.P. Morgan), Mr. Dominguez was Global Head of Risk Taking for the International Fixed Income Division of Chase Manhattan Bank, covering non US fixed income markets and structuring business lines globally, proprietary and market making client books. Prior to joining Chase 1994, he was employed with J.P. Morgan for eight years where he held the position of Co-Head of Mortgage Backed Securities Trading for 18 months. During his employment with J.P. Morgan he also ran US dollar interest rate options trading, within the US dollar derivatives business. Mr Dominguez holds a Bachelors degree and Doctorate in Economics from the University of Buenos Aires.

Florence Duculot Deputy CIO Europe and Asia E.I.M. S.A.

Ms. Duculot began her career with Société Générale in Paris as an Emerging Markets strategist.  There, she was responsible for Emerging Europe and Latin America Bond Research and Strategy for SG Capital Markets. She joined E.I.M. (Nyon) S.A. in 2003 where, in addition to her research responsibilities, she managed portfolios for major international institutions. Ms. Duculot assumed her present role in January of 2007.

Christopher Edwards Director Fabien Pictet & Partners

Chris Edwards is a partner at Fabien Pictet and Partners (FPP), a global emerging markets investment manager based in London.  He manages the Global Emerging Markets Hedge Fund as well as maintains FPP’s proprietary country macro evaluation models. Prior to joining FPP, Chris managed global portfolios for Henderson Global Investors, sitting on the investment committee there, and previously was a portfolio manager at NPI. He is a graduate of Oxford University with an M.A. (Honors) in History.

Antenor G. Fernandes Chief Executive Officer Safra Asset Management Corporation

Antenor Fernandes, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Investment Officer. Mr. Fernandes is responsible for Safra Asset Management Corporation’s (“Safra’s”) investment process, managing the due diligence process, analysis of existing and new investment managers, portfolio construction, and risk management of the hedge fund portfolios. Previously, Mr. Fernandes was the head of Alternatives Investments and Equity Trading at Safra National Bank of New York.. Antenor joined Safra in 1999 to build the alternative investments business. Antenor brings over 14 years of finance experience, with 7 years exclusively dealing with hedge funds and alternative investments. In 1998 he worked as an investment analyst at Vision International, a family office group in New York, where he traded arbitrage strategies and identified investment opportunities in hedge funds. In 1997 and 1998, Antenor worked at Paribas in Capital Markets as an equity analyst where he had a variety of hedge fund clients. Prior to that, he worked for 5 years at Unibanco in investment banking. Antenor graduated from Candido Mendes University with a B.S. in Economics in 1990 and received an MBA from Columbia University in 1997.

Luiz Fernando Figueiredo Founding Partner Maua Investimentos

Mr. Figueiredo is the Founding Partner and Head Portfolio Manager of Maua Investimentos. He is also the President of AMEC (Capital Markets Investors Association) and member of the Board at BM&F (Brazilian Mercantile & Futures Exchange) and at ANBID (National Association of Investment Banks). He has lectured extensively on derivatives and financial mathematics and, more recently, has written about inflation targeting, public sector debt management and open market operations. Mr. Figueiredo holds a B.A. in Business Administration, with a major in Finance, from the Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado in São Paulo.

André Freitas Managing Director and Partner Credit Suisse Hedging-Griffo

Andre Freitas started working at Hedging in 1982 as commodities trader, being responsible for the development of the agricultural commodities trading desk. In 1988, Mr. Freitas became the Agricultural Commodities Director being co-responsible for the development of the retail brokerage business.  Currently he is the Head of the Brokerage area of Credit Suisse Hedging Griffo ,coordinating a group of more than 60 brokers that is in charge of all the business that the company executes in BMF , BOVESPA and BBM . Some of the highlights of Mr. Freitas career were linked with the Funds Industry in Brazil , he was part  of the team that launched the first Commodities Fund in Brazil in 1991 , also the first Fund-of –Funds of the Brazilian industry launched in 1995 and, more important the most pretigious Hedge Fund of  Brazil , called Fundo Verde. In addition , Mr. Freitas is the Chairman of the Coffee Committee at BMF , and member of the Financial Assets and Brokerage Committees as well, that are support for the Board , besides that, he is a former Board Member ( 1999 to 2007 ) of BMF and actually a Board Member of the Associação Nacional das Corretoras de Valores – ANCOR and Bolsa Brasileira de Mercadorias – BBM.

Ron S Geffner Corporate and Financial Services Partner Sadis & Goldberg LLP

Ron S. Geffner is a member of Sadis & Goldberg LLP and oversees the Financial Services Group. He regularly structures, organizes and counsels private investment vehicles, investment advisory organizations, broker-dealers, commodity pool operators and other investment fiduciaries. Mr. Geffner also routinely counsels clients in connection with regulatory investigations and actions. Mr. Geffner's broad background with federal and state securities laws and the rules and regulations of the National Association of Security Dealers, Commodities Futures Trading Commission and various other regulatory bodies, enables him to provide strategic guidance to a diverse clientele. He provides legal services to hundreds of hedge funds, venture capital funds and funds of funds, organized in the United States and offshore.

Peter Getsinger Managing Partner Nexstar Capital Partners

Peter Getsinger has been involved in international business for 27 years and has 16 years experience in Latin America. Prior to forming Nexstar, he was head of global investment banking for Latin America at Deutsche Bank. He held the same role at Bankers Trust prior to its merger with Deutsche Bank, where his responsibilities included head of global project finance and international finance. Previously, he served as senior vice president at Lehman Brothers, where he established Lehman’s fixed income origination business in Latin America. His prior position at Lehman was head of fixed income sales in London for the UK, Europe, and the Middle East. Prior to this, Peter was with Smith Barney in London, where he managed the fixed income sales effort and the international fixed income asset management business in Europe. Peter graduated from Williams College with a BA in American Civilization.

Alexander Gorra Head of International Platform BNY Mellon ARX

Alexander Gorra, a member of ARX’s Investment Committee, is responsible for International Business Development. Mr. Gorra was a partner at ARX Capital since 2006 (acquired by BNY Mellon in Jan 2008) where he was responsible for launching its international fund business. Mr. Gorra previously was responsible for UBS' Key Client business in Brazil (2001-2005). Additionally, Mr. Gorra was a Corporate Finance specialist in M&A and Capital Markets transactions at Rothschild (1996-2000) and JP Morgan (1994-1996). Alexander graduated in 1994 from the Wharton School of Business.

James Greenberg Managing Director JP Morgan

Roberto Haddad Partner KPMG Auditores Independentes

Roberto has a breadth of tax advisory experience including: corporate reorganizations, national and international tax planning, negotiations, acquisition and sale structuring, due diligences, transfer pricing, direct and indirect taxes reviews, labor reviews, tax and operational mapping, as well as general services related to tax consulting. He is also very active as a national and international speaker on Brazilian taxation.

Doug Harrell Partner KPMG

Doug has worked with KPMG for over 19 years and has worked extensively in the area of offshore funds in the Cayman Islands practice. Doug is partner is charge of the United States tax practice for the Cayman Islands office.  Doug’s current responsibilities encompass the provision of United States tax compliance and advisory services to the offshore investment funds, captive insurance market and United States individuals. In addition to managing a portfolio of tax clients, in his capacity as head of the United States tax practice, Doug’s responsibilities include strategic management, thought leadership, business development and technical support . Doug joined KPMG as a graduate and left the Atlanta, Georgia KPMG practice in the U.S. as a tax senior accountant to join the KPMG practice in the Cayman Islands.  During this time Doug gained significant tax and technical experience from involvement on global tax engagements.

Dave Henry CFA, Chief Investment Officer Carruth Associates

Mr. Henry is responsible for strategizing, implementing, and monitoring all outside investments. David has an accounting degree from the University of Cincinnati and a MBA from University of Houston. He is active with the BSAS’s Education and Program Committees. He has taught, coordinated and created several dozen advanced investment seminars ranging from currency management to managing investments for individuals.  He also served as an instructor for the Boston Security Analysts Society’s CFA review program.

Maurice Holmes Director Prime Services Credit Suisse

Maurice Holmes is a Director of Credit Suisse in the Investment Banking Division and Senior Sales Coverage for Prime Services.  His focus is on Prime Services Sales for Emerging Markets and quantitative strategies with an emphasis on the Latin American Markets. Prior to his current position, Mr. Holmes served as the Global Head of Hedge Fund Consulting within Prime Services.  He joined Credit Suisse in October 2003 from Morgan Stanley Prime Brokerage where he was an Executive Director and Manager of the Consulting Services Group. Maurice holds a BA from Dartmouth College and an MBA from the University of Chicago.

Alper Ince Managing Director Pacific Alternative Asset Management Co

Alper Ince, CFA is a Managing Director and the Sector Specialist responsible for evaluation and management of the non-US Long/Short Equity hedge funds in the various PAAMCO portfolios.  He is a member of the Investment Management Committee, and also the Asset Allocation Committee.  Alper focuses on establishing and assessing overall asset allocation among the various hedge fund strategies and the impact on overall portfolio risk. Prior to joining PAAMCO, Alper was Associate Director at BARRA RogersCasey, a major pension-consulting firm, where he led the firm’s hedge fund investment and manager research effort.

Amaury Junior Founding Partner and CIO Vision Brazil Investments

Amaury holds a PhD from MIT in Engineering and Applied Mathematics and an MSc and BSc from PUC Rio. Prior to Vision Brazil Investments, his professional experience has included: (1) Founding Partner and CIO of Capitania Asset & Risk Management; (2) Managing Director, Head Trader, and Treasurer for Bank of America in Brazil; (3) Head of Brazilian FX and Derivatives Market Making and Head of Brazilian Fixed Income at JP Morgan in Brazil; (4) G7 Proprietary Trading, Mortgage Backed Securities Strategy, Derivatives and Advanced Technology Research at JP Morgan in New York; and (5) consultant in mathematical modeling and numerical algorithms for Thinking Machines Corporation, a US supercomputer manufacturer, and for several large US oil and gas companies. In addition to his professional activities, he conducts research as Professor of Risk Management at FGV in Sao Paulo. Amaury holds patents in the field of financial data visualization, and has published articles in international journals and financial magazines. Amaury is currently a member of the Monetary Policy Committee of ANDIMA, the National Association of Securities Dealers in Brazil.

Marcelo Schunn Diniz Junqueira CEO Clean Energy Brazil

Marcelo Junqueira, 38 years, is an Agronomist with MSc in Business Administration. Mr. Junqueira has being working with agribusiness for more than 15 years including submission, and subsequent approval, of first new methodology (NM0001) for carbon emission reduction calculation, under Clean Development Mechanism on the Kyoto Protocol, providing certification of emission reduction from sugarcane waste biomass electricity cogeneration projects. Co-founder of Econergy Brasil Ltda and ex- Vice President of Econergy International Plc; on 2006 joined Clean Energy Brazil Plc (CEB), listed on London Stock Exchange (LSE-AIM), as Non-Executive Board Member and Temple Capital Partners as director for management advisory to CEB. From April 2008 on, Mr. Junqueira was appointed CFO of CEB on recent internalization of the company´s management.

Julien Lascar Head of Sales - LATAM, Equity Derivatives and Structured Products SG Americas Securities
Julien Lascar is the Vice President of Sales - LATAM in the Global Equity and Derivatives Solutions ("GEDS") division of SG Americas Securities, LLC, and has been with the Société Générale organization since 2003.  SGAS is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Société Générale, headquartered in Paris and rated AA and Aa1 by Standard & Poor's and Moody's Investor Services, respectively.

Robert Leonard Managing Director Credit Suisse

Robert Leonard is a Managing Director of Credit Suisse in the Investment Banking division, based in New York. He is Chief Operating Officer for Capital ServicesSM, which works closely with departments across the Bank covering hedge funds and their investors, in order to serve as a single center for capital sourcing, advisory, structuring and distribution services for clients. Prior to his current position, Mr. Leonard served as Global Head of Capital Introductions within Prime Services. He joined Credit Suisse First Boston in March 2003 from Morgan Stanley Prime Brokerage, where he was an Executive Director in the Capital Introductions Group. He originally joined Morgan Stanley in 1999 as a member of the Prime Brokerage Sales team. Prior to that, Mr. Leonard worked at State Street Global Advisors, where he established and managed the commission recapture program for retirement plan sponsors. Previously, Mr. Leonard also worked at Fidelity Investments, where he was responsible for institutional sales to pension plans, endowments and foundations. Mr. Leonard holds a BA in Economics from The College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA.

Mauricio Levi Chief Investment Officer Fama Investimentos
Mr. Levi graduated from Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV-SP ) with a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration and Finance. After working for Procter & Gamble Brazil for 2 years, he co-found FAMA Investimentos in 1993 and is responsible for political and economic analysis and portfolio management.

Duncan Littlejohn Latin American Representative Paul Capital

Mr. Littlejohn is the Latin American representative of Paul Capital Partners based in Sao Paulo.  In Brazil since 1989, he has been active in principal investing, in the US and Brazil, and in corporate finance.  He was previously a partner of BPE Investimentos and its predecessor, Brasilpar, a Brazilian primary private equity fund manager whose portfolios have included companies such as Datasul, Injepet, Mobitel, Getec, Autotrac, Armco Staco and others. BPE has invested in 15 Brazilian medium sized companies with a combined enterprise value of over R$1.5 billion.  Before joining Brasilpar in 1995, he was director and President and major shareholder of AVM Auto-equipamentos Ltda, a local auto parts manufacturer and Partner of Pirelli Fintec Ltda, a financial advisory firm associated with the Pirelli Group.  He began his career in New York with the S&W Berisford (UK) Group concentrating on the coffee, cocoa and sugar business. He spent 10 years in Ecuador as CEO of  Productos Ecuatorianos (Prodec) a leading coffee and cocoa exporter. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania where he majored in International Relations. He has served on the boards various portfolio companies, associations and non profit organizations.

Walter Maciel Partner Quest Investimentos

Mr. Maciel began his professional career in 1991 at Banco Safra, as a trader at the Equity Trading Desk. In 1995, he joined Banco Garantia (later acquired by Credit Suisse) as a trader, and in 1996 he became responsible for the Equity Sales and Distribution. In 2003, Mr. Maciel left Credit Suisse to become the CEO of Trend Bank (an investment boutique), where he stayed until early 2006. Later that year, Mr. Maciel joined Quest, becoming a Senior Partner responsible for Business Development and Investor Relations. Mr. Maciel holds a BA degree in Economics from Pontifícia Universidade Católica - PUC-RJ.

Richard Malpas Director Liability Solutions

Richard has 30 years experience in investment banking. He joined the Chase Manhattan Bank in New York after receiving an MBA from the Wharton School. During his 18 years with Chase, Richard held numerous positions in New York and Latin America in corporate finance and debt capital markets. Richard joined ING in 1994 to head Corporate Finance for Latin America. Shortly after his 1995 move to London he became Global Head of the Debt Products Group for ING Barings. Richard joined Liability Solutions in June 2001.

Dan Mathisson Managing Director, Head of Advanced Execution Services Credit Suisse

Head of Advanced Execution Services (AES) Credit Suisse Mr. Mathisson is the Head of Advanced Execution Services at Credit Suisse. He founded the AES group in 2001 after decimalization hit the US equities markets. AES has since grown to be a full-service suite of algorithmic strategies, tools, and analytics for trading securities throughout the world. He is on the Board of Directors for BATS Trading, is a member of the NYSE's Electronic Traders Advisory Committee, and is a member of NOIP. Prior to joining Credit Suisse, Mr. Mathisson was the head equity trader at D.E. Shaw Securities. He graduated from the University of Michigan.

Neil Meadows Head of Fixed Income and Macro Research NewFinance Capital

Neil Meadows is responsible for Fixed Income and Macro Investments at New Finance Capital, a London based $5.5bn Fund of Funds. Mr Meadows received his MBA from Harvard Business School in 1994 and went on to join Merrill Lynch in New York as a Fixed Income Derivatives Salesman. Neil then went on to manage a proprietary trading fixed income and macro book from 1996 to 2003 for DKB in London including appointments to DKB International, DKB Treasury, and Mizuho internal Hedge Fund. Neil has been engaged in the financial markets for sixteen years and joined NFCP from BlackSquare Capital LLP Investment Company where he was founding partner, principal and CEO. Previously Neil was a member of Aurum Fund Management, a private asset management company specialising in alternative investments.

Wendell McCain Managing Director Parish Capital

Mr. McCain is one of three founders of Parish Capital Advisors, LLC, which focuses on providing institutional investors access to small, experienced private equity funds. He has spent the last ten years focused on alternative asset classes and has also experienced the private equity business from the perspective of advisor, direct investor, and limited partner. While his direct private equity focus is on early stage venture capital investments, he has also executed mezzanine, leveraged buyout, secondary and PIPE transactions. Mr. McCain was most recently a Vice President at BancBoston Ventures, where his group managed a $600 million diversified private equity portfolio, and he managed a direct investment portfolio of eleven early stage companies and four limited partnerships. Mr. McCain was active as a board member or board observer of seven of those companies. Mr. McCain aggressively sourced new investment opportunities and reviewed over two hundred opportunities annually. In addition to his investment and portfolio management responsibilities, he also assisted the BancBoston fund-of-funds group with fundraising and strategic partnerships. Mr. McCain received a BA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a Morehead Scholar, and an MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg School, where he was a Toigo Fellow.

Ken Minklei Managing Director SCS Financial

Ken serves as a Managing Director at SCS Financial, a $5 billion investment advisory firm in Boston. He is responsible for the portfolio management and manager evaluation of marketable alternative assets for the firm. SCS focuses on building best-of-class hedge fund portfolios by engaging in intense research and oversight of the underlying managers, thoughtful portfolio construction and proactive risk management.

Arthur Mizne Partner M Square

Arthur Mizne is the CEO of M Square Investimentos. Prior to this he was the Co-Founder and President of Synthesis Asset Management Services, Inc, from 1998 to 2005, a company that advised the Synergy Fund of Funds in New York. Before founding Synthesis he was an Associate with Booz Allen and Hamilton from 1995 to 1997. Mr. Mizne holds a BA in Public Administration from Fundação Getúlio Vargas and an MPPM/MBA from Yale University's School of Management.

Paulo Mordehachvili Partner Axxon Group
Paulo Mordehachvili entrou na equipe do Axxon Group em 2006. Paulo começou sua carreira no JPMorgan, divisão de Equities, em Nova Iorque. Posteriormente, trabalhou na Unitas Capital, firma de seed capital investment baseada em Nova Iorque, e liderou o estabelecimento da Unitas Telecom, um investimento no setor de infraestrutura de telecom no Brasil.

Shaun Morris Managing Partner Appleby Bermuda

Ken Napolitano Global Head of Sales  Bloomberg Tradebook

Zeca Oliveira CEO BNY Mellon Brasil

Chairman of BNY Mellon in Brazil, a company currently performing the following business lines in the country: Asset Management, Asset Servicing, Wealth Management, Corporate Trust and Corporate Governance. Under his management, Mellon Serviços Financeiros - the Asset Servicing line of business - has reached an impressive mark, thus becoming the 6th major asset servicing company in Brazil, having more than R$60 billion under its administration, providing fiduciary administration and controlling services, legal representation, as well as risk and compliance services for more than 800 investment funds. Zeca has joined BNY Mellon in February/1998, undertaking the Group’s activities in Brazil, with direct participation in the development of every business line. Firstly, Zeca Oliveira acted as Director of the Group, being responsible for both administrative and financial areas of the Company.

Daniel Ostrolencki Managing Director EVN Advisors

Mr. Ostrolencki is the founder and Chief Investment Officer of EVN Advisors. The firm manages the EVN EMAR Fund, a multistrategy, LatAm focused fund. Prior to establishing EVN Advisors Mr. Ostrolencki had a stint at Citigroup Private Bank, with responsibilities for asset allocation and risk management of a USD 3 billion global securities portfolio. Early on he joined Columbus Advisors, a Greenwich, CT based emerging markets hedge fund focusing on fixed income strategies. Mr. Ostrolencki held proprietary trading responsibilities at WestLB, Credit Suisse and Deutsche Morgan Grenfell, overseeing emerging markets fixed income and currency positions in excess of 500MM. He began his career in 1989 at Banque Nationale de Paris, New York, pioneering the trading of Latin American local securities and their derivatives. Mr. Ostrolencki holds an Industrial Engineering degree from Universidad de Buenos Aires and a MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University.

Cesar Pachon Chief Investment Officer GenSpring Family Offices, International

Mr. Pachon is responsible for the ongoing review and analysis of worldwide financial markets. Additionally, he oversees and monitors investment allocations of client portfolios. Prior to joining GenSpring International, he was with Merrill Lynch International in New York where he was a Relationship Manager for their International Private Banking Group. Prior to Merrill Lynch, he was an associate at Goldman Sachs International in London for the Equity Research Group covering the Scandinavian steel industry. He also worked for Warren Capital in London as a Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) analyst. Mr. Pachon holds a BS in Industrial Engineering from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Colombia and a MBA joint degree from the London Business School and NYU Stern School of Business.

Cheryl Packwood Chief Executive Officer Bermuda International Business Association

Cheryl Packwood is the Acting Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Bermuda International Business Association (BIBA). Ms. Packwood has over 20 years of international and local experience in the financial services, legal and telecommunications sectors. In Bermuda, Ms. Packwood has been general manager at Digicel Bermuda (formally Cingular and AT&T Wireless Bermuda) and general manager, Corporate Services, at the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA), as well as secretary to the board of directors and director, Legal Services, Enforcement and International Affairs.

Neil R. Paragiri Managing Director Harcourt Alternative Investments LLC

Neil Paragiri is the Managing Director and the Head of North America for Harcourt. Prior to joining Harcourt, Neil was a Managing Director at Measurisk, where he was the head of sales and marketing for four years. At Measurisk, he was credited for developing innovative risk transparency solutions for the hedge funds and funds of hedge funds. Previously, Neil worked at Bankers Trust for five years where he was a Vice President and business manager for risk management service group. Neil started his career at Bankers Trust in the area of structured derivatives. Prior to joining Bankers Trust, he spent two years as Senior Management Analyst at Cincinnati Bell and also worked as Project Engineer for five years in the field of aerodynamics. Neil received his MBA in finance from Columbia University and also holds two other Master’s degrees in aerospace engineering and systems engineering from the University Maryland, College Park. He received undergraduate degrees in mathematics and aerospace engineering. Harcourt Investment Consulting AG is a leading fund of hedge funds company head quartered in Zurich with offices in New York, Hong Kong, Madrid, Stockholm, and Geneva. Harcourt currently manages in excess of USD 4.5 bn in hedge fund investments.

Cristiano Pardi Partner & Head of Asset Allocation Arsenal-BPW Investimentos

Cristiano F. Pardi, Brazilian citizen, is partner and responsible for Fund of Funds business at Arsenal BPW Investimentos. He was a manager of ABN AMRO Advisory Services and Asset Management in Brazil. He holds a BS in Physics from Unicamp and in System Analysis from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas. He also holds Specialization in Finance from both FGV (São Paulo) and University of California (Berkeley).

Samir Patel Latin American Equities Polar Capital Partners

Samir joined Polar from Charlemagne Capital where he was a senior fund manager responsible for the firm’s OCCO Latin America hedge fund strategy and the firm’s Magna Latin America long-only fund.Samir also ran the highly successful Pictet Latin American fund from 1999, achieving top quartile performance over 1, 2 and 3 years. Samir holds a BSc in Financial Economics from Birkbeck College, University of London.

Michael Paton Senior Partner Lennox Paton

Mr. Paton is a senior partner in the law firm, Lennox Paton, which has offices in Nassau, Bahamas, Tortola, British Virgin Islands and London, England. He is the head of the firm’s Financial Services Group. He is ranked in Band 1 (top Band) by Chambers Global Directory. He is a member of the Bars of England and Wales, The Bahamas and the International Bar Association. He is also qualified as a Certified Public Accountant (USA). Mr. Paton is past Chairman of The Bahamas Financial Services Board and is a Director and past Commodore of the Bahamas Air-Sea Rescue Association.

Domingos Pires Managing Partner Rio Bravo Crédito
Domingos Pires joined Rio Bravo in June 2007, as an executive director of the Agribusiness Department. He is the founder and a shareholder of a cattle breeding and feedlot operation in Goiás, Brazil, since 1983. He is also a member of the BM&F Live Cattle Chamber Domingos has a degree in Civil Engineering from Escola Politécnica at the University of São Paulo, USP (1982).

Bruce Richards President and CEO Marathon Asset Management

Bruce Richards is President, Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Marathon Asset Management. Mr. Richards is responsible for general oversight of the firm and managing its strategic direction, which includes, among other things, the development of new business lines. Involved in all phases of the firm’s development since its founding in 1998, Mr. Richards’ oversight currently includes 170 investment professionals dispersed amongst the New York headquarters, offices in London and Singapore, as well as satellites in Hong Kong, India, Turkey and Brazil. Mr. Richards also sits on Marathon’s Investment Committee, which includes oversight and authorization of principal investments. In addition, Mr. Richards’s day to day presence is critical in maximizing the firm’s synergies and leveraging the intellectual capital that resides throughout the firm. Prior to founding Marathon, Mr. Richards worked on Wall Street for 15 years, including ten years as a Managing Director in charge of trading, investments and risk management in the Fixed Income Divisions at Smith Barney and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, after starting his career at Paine Webber. Mr. Richards received his B.A. in Economics, summa cum laude, from Tulane University in 1982 and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

Eduardo L. Rocha Founder and CEO BER Capital

Eduardo is founder and CEO of BER Capital. Mr.Rocha has an extensive background in derivative markets and private equity investments.  He holds an International Business MBA from Thunderbird - The American Graduate School of International Management, Arizona, and a Business Management degree from FAAP - Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado, São Paulo. He has served in various corporate Boards of Directors, and he is currently a member of the new products committee, and asset management committee of ANDIMA – National Association of Securities Dealers in Brazil.

Rene Romer Assistant Managing Director, Marketing Director, Citco Banking NV

René Philippe Römer, Marketing Manager of Citco Banking Corporation N.V. and its subsidiaries in the Bahamas and the Cayman Islands. Mr. Römer has been with the Citco Group of companies for nearly 25 years. A lawyer by education, Mr. Römer has worked within in the Citco Group of companies in both the Corporate and Trust Divisions and the Banking division. Having had a broad experience in primarily legal, corporate and banking operations he was asked to head the marketing activities of the Citco Banks in the Americas. The Citco Banks in the Americas, together with their affiliate banks in  Europe , are leaders in providing specialized trading and custody services to Financial Institutions and Funds of Funds investing in hedge funds and presently have over US$ 335 billion of assets under custody.

David Rosenberg Managing Director, Chief North American Economist Merrill Lynch

David Rosenberg is Merrill Lynch's Chief North American Economist and has been a member of the firm's Global Research group since May 2000.  Mr. Rosenberg was named to his current role on December 2002 and is the primary economic spokesman for the United States and Canada and is responsible for formulating and communicating Merrill Lynch's North America economic, interest rate and earnings outlook.  He works closely with our US strategist, as well as our equity, fixed income and economics teams globally. Previously, Mr. Rosenberg was Merrill Lynch's Canadian Chief Economist and Strategist.  He began his career in 1983 at the Bank of Canada as an economist.  Prior to joining Merrill Lynch, he was a senior economist at BMO Nesbitt Burns as well as the Bank of Nova Scotia.  For seven consecutive years, Mr. Rosenberg has ranked first place in economics in the Brendan Wood International Survey for Canada.  In 2007, he ranked third place in the US Institutional Investor Survey for the third year in a row. Mr. Rosenberg earned a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts degree in economics from the University of Toronto.

Marcia Rothschild Managing Director BNP Paribas

Marcia Rothschild is responsible for the business development of BNP Paribas fund services in the Americas. Marcia has over 15 years of financial services industry experience including positions at FXall, an online foreign exchange trading portal and at Citigroup's Securities Services Division in Brazil, Luxembourg and the United States. Born in Brazil, Marcia received a BA from Fundacao Getulio Vargas and a MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.

Al Samper Former Chairman Virginia State Retirement System

Al Samper is the immediate past Chairman of the Board of Trustee of the Virginia Retirement System and former Chairman of the Board of the Virginia College Building Authority. He also serves on the advisory board of the Mid-Atlantic Hedge Fund Association. Al was Director of Public Sector Marketing at Wachovia Securities. Before that he served as Assistant State Treasurer, Virginia Department of the Treasury. He earned his BS in economics from Virginia Tech in 1975 and his MBA in finance from Virginia Tech in 1978. He is a 1990 graduate of the Virginia Executive Institute, and the Wharton Pension Fund and Investment Management Institute.

Gina Sanchez Managing Director Public Markets and Research, The California Endowment

Ms. Sanchez is responsible for overseeing and making recommendations regarding the 30+ outside managers in global public equity, fixed income, and absolute return strategies.  Ms. Sanchez is a regular Market Maven for CNBC’s Power Lunch as well as a regular guest on Bloomberg TV and Radio. She is frequently quoted in Barron’s, Bloomberg, The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, etc.  She received her A.B. in economics from the Harvard University and an MS in international economic policy from Stanford University.

Enio Shinohara Partner and Fund of Funds Manager Claritas Investimentos

Mr. Shinohara started his career in 1994 at Hedging-Griffo where he built the Fund of Funds business, becoming a partner in 1998. Enio is currently a partner of Claritas Investments, where he leads the Fund of Funds team, investing in different hedge fund strategies globally but with a particular emphasis on Asia and Latin America. Enio holds an MBA degree – INSEAD (France/Singapore) and a BA degree in Business Administration – FGV, Brazil.

Nathan Shor Director Galloway

Holds a BSBA from Boston University (Boston, USA) and a Masters degree in Finance from IESA (Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administracion, Caracas, Venezuela). In 1998 he worked at The Nash Fund being responsible for its US equities, Forex and Fixed Income allocations. In 2003 he started building the Galloway Companies that today are Galloway Emerging Markets, Galloway Capital Management, Galloway Agentes Autonomos and ANG (a Wealth Management Company).

Ilicia Silverman Vice President Credit Suisse

Ilicia Silverman is a Vice President of Credit Suisse in the Equities Division and a senior member of the Prime Consulting team within Prime Services. Her focus is assisting start ups, spin outs and existing hedge funds build out their operational infrastructure. Ms. Silverman joined Credit Suisse in August of 2007. Prior to her current position, Ms. Silverman worked as a Senior Sales Executive with SunGard focusing on portfolio accounting and partnership allocation/investor accounting systems for hedge funds and administrators. She has also worked as a Business Development Manager with Global Investment Systems and as a Sales Executive with Financial Models Company. Prior to working in financial software Ms. Silverman was a Financial Consultant with Merrill Lynch and an Assistant Vice President with Cantor Fitzgerald in Government Securities Brokerage. Ms. Silverman holds a BA in Political Science from Trinity College in Hartford, CT.

Kenneth Smythe Director Crystal Advisors

Mr. Smythe is currently the Director of Marketing & Investor Relations for Crystal Advisors LLC, a fund of hedge funds based in Bal Harbour, FL managing over $1bln in assets. He is currently responsible for all aspects of raising capital and managing relationships with current investors. He focuses a majority of his time on Latin America & Europe. Prior to Crystal, Mr. Smythe was a managing director at Van der Moolen Holdings LLC, a European trading and asset management firm in NY. He has also held positions in Institutional Sales at Neuberger Berman in New York and was also a Director in the Latin America group at the New York Stock Exchange. Mr. Smythe received his BA from the University of Florida and also completed the Advanced Financial Statements Analysis program at New York University. He holds the Series 3,6 & 7 securities Licenses and is fluent in Spanish.

Mario Torós Deputy Governor of Monetary Policy Central Bank of Brazil

Date and city of birth: 17th October 1963, Rio de Janeiro - RJ. Academic Degrees:  MSC from Coppead / Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, 1990. Bachelor of Economics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, 1987. Current Function: Deputy Governor for Monetary Policy of Central Bank of Brazil, from April 2007. Work Experience: Founder and Managing Director of Thassos Fundo de Investimento Multimercado, from january 2007 to abril 2007. Managing Director Treasury and Markets, Santander Banespa Group, São Paulo, from february 1999 to July of 2006. Managing Director and Head of Emerging Markets , Santander Investments London, from february 1997 to january 1999. Vice President Treasury, Santander Investments São Paulo, from June 1992 to January 1997. ING Bank – Privatization Area, Mergers and Acquisitions, São Paulo, from 1990 to May 1992. Publicações: Teses e dissertações: Mestrado: “O Estágio de Diversificação dos Grupos Industriais Brasileiros”, 1993.