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nominations close 29 January 2009
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Nominations deadline
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Submit all nominations by 29 January 2009
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The Judges
 Mr Peter Fletcher
Managing Director
Parly Company SA (Switzerland)
Mr. Peter H. Fletcher is the Managing Director of Parly Company SA, Geneva, Switzerland, a family office which invests internationally in private/direct equity and alternative investment strategies. Mr. Fletcher has over 30 years of international experience covering a broad spectrum of financial management functions in the trust and banking industry in Canada, Australia, Bermuda, Hong Kong and Switzerland. In addition to holding numerous directorships of investment funds and companies, Mr. Fletcher has served on various governments financial regulatory bodies. He holds the professional designation of Chartered Financial Analyst.
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 Mr Mark O'Hare
Founder and Managing Director
Preqin Ltd (UK)
Mark was one of the founders of Preqin in 2002, and is responsible for the company's strategic development, sales and marketing. He is a frequent speaker at conferences, and is also a point of contact for other companies and organisations wishing to form strategic partnerships with Preqin. Mark was previously a Manager with Boston Consulting Group, and founded Citywatch, the equity shareholdings information service that is now part of Thomson Reuters.
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 Ms Pamela E. Chikhani
Vice President – Funds Investment
Zawya.com
After occupying different positions, such as research and financial analysis, in various departments at Zawya, Pamela currently holds the position of Vice President - Funds Investment, namely in charge of the Funds Monitor and all its related activities. Her mission is to help develop the nascent funds management industry in the region by making it more transparent and professional to reach the required international standards, serving Institutional Investors and Fund Managers alike. Previously and to gain experience in investment banking, she held the position of Investment Analyst at DAMAC Invest, which consisted of analyzing companies, sectors, private investments and buyouts for the company. As for her education, she completed her Bachelor in Finance from John Molson School of Business at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. Afterwards, she did a Masters of Science in Economics and graduated from Birbeck College, University of London, in London, United Kingdom.
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Mr Matthias Knab
Managing Director & Managing Editor
Opalesque
Matthias Knab heads Opalesque - the world's largest subscription-based publisher covering alternative investments - and is a well-known expert on hedge funds and alternative investments. He studied computer science and psychology in Freiburg i.Br. (Germany), graduated in economy in Munich and subsequently passed exams as a FSA (Financial Services Authority, UK) Securities Representative, FSA Futures and Options Representative and XETRA trader (Frankfurt). Mr. Knab is a member of the German Association of Technical Analysts (VTAD).
He has frequently served as chairman of hedge fund conferences in New York, Greenwich, Tokyo, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Miami, Bahamas, Stockholm, Dubai etc. In addition, he has presented or moderated at hedge fund events in London, Geneva, Zurich, Singapore, Sydney, Cape Town, Madrid, Moscow, Sao Paolo, San Francisco, Toronto, Cayman Islands, Auckland and Bombay, and lectured at numerous universities on the subjects of hedge funds and the state of the global alternative asset management industry.
Mr. Knab established the first contacts to the alternative investment world back in his trading days. Mr. Knab speaks English, German, Spanish, French and some Italian. His latest challenge is learning Mandarin. At Opalesque, he oversees as Managing Editor the publishing of nine industry-leading publications focusing on hedge funds, commodities, real estate, alternative alternatives, sovereign wealth funds and Islamic finance.
Since 1989 he has been working as a consultant for major German institutions, most notably Allianz and Vereinte Versicherungen. 1998 he created and served as CEO Börsenakademie AG - the first German institution directed at offering educational services on investing themes. Matthias Knab also served as Managing Director at TradeStream Global AG, a technology firm developing trading solutions for institutions and hedge funds.
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Judging the awards, the process
Judging the Awards
All categories, are awarded based on the decision of an independent panel of judges. They determine their decision purely on the basis of the submission from the entrant or nominee.
All nominations for each category will be forwarded to the judging panel for them to review.
If the judges require more information from entrants they will, via Terrapinn, contact them.
At the Awards Dinner the judges' rationale for selecting the winner will be announced and each winner will receive an engraved award from Terrapinn.
» Have a look at the categories
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