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We are now accepting nominations for industry leaders to serve as speakers and panelists at Hedge Risk World 2009.
- Showcase your thought leadership. Share your latest research and case studies with our highly targeted audience of investors, asset managers, and industry professionals.
- Raise your profile. In addition to speaking in front of over 200 senior-level professionals, your name will be included on over 30,000 brochures distributed worldwide.
- Reinforce your professionalism. Professionals and organizations want to speak at Terrapinn events because they are completely committed to their clients. Our program and agendas are researched and trusted.
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Meet our speakers
Chief Operating Officer,
Toscafund Asset Management
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Hedge funds expert,
European Commision
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Chief Risk Officer,
Threadneedle
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Chief Operating Officer,
Clive Capital
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Chairman ,
Hedge Fund Standards Board
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Global Chief Operating Officer,
Halbis Capital Management
Nigel has been Global COO of Halbis Capital Management since December 2004. Prior to that he was Global Head of Risk Management for HSBC Asset Management for 4 years, and Head of HSBC’s Group Market Risk function for a further 4 years. Nigel has previously held positions as Head of Risk for the Treasury operations of TSB Bank Plc, and Treasury Risk Manager at Citibank London. Nigel holds an M.A. degree in Politics from the University of Edinburgh and an MBA from the Edinburgh Business School. He is a Fellow of both The Securities and Investment Institute and The Institute of Operational Risk, and a member of The Global Association of Risk Professionals.
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Head of Alternative Investments and Asset Management,
Financial Services Authority
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Managing Director,
BlackRock
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Executive Director,
Hedge Fund Standards Board
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Principal (London),
Investcorp
Jonathan Feeney joined Investcorp in 2003, originally as a member of the corporate risk management team before moving to the hedge funds team in November 2004 to focus on the analysis and risk management of our hedge equities portfolios.
Prior to joining Investcorp, Jonathan worked for Cazenove Capital Management in London as a Senior Risk Analyst, where he oversaw investment risk across headline equity funds and was a member of the Investment Process team. Jonathan has also held positions in management consulting, performance, risk and quantitative analysis and has more than ten years' investment experience.
Jonathan holds an MSc. in Economics and Finance from the University of Bristol and the IIMR (UK equivalent of the CFA) as well as being an Associate of the UK Society of Investment Professionals (ASIP).
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Head of Investment Risk and Performance,
Wellcome Trust
Sarah Fromson joined the Wellcome Trust, as Head of Investment Risk, in January 2008. Prior to that, she was Chief Investment Risk Officer of RBS Asset Management. Sarah was at Coutts from 1996 to 2004 and was responsible for long-only manager selection from 1998. She previously managed mutual funds at Shearson Lehman Global Asset Management and also worked at Quantec, providing portfolio management software consultancy and advice to a wide range of investment management clients.
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Chief Operating Officer,
Nau Capital
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Managing Director,
Diversified Global Asset Management
Mr. Groome is a Managing Director of the firm. He is a member of the Mosaic Multi-Strategy Hedge Fund team, contributing to portfolio management on macro issues and a variety of sector analysis. He is also Chairman of the firm’s Macro Committee, which provides input on macro investment trends and on the global economic and policy environment. He has significant financial markets experience developed over an extensive career in capital markets, in both the public and private sectors. Most recently he was an Advisor, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, of the International Monetary Fund (“IMF”). Prior to the IMF, he led investment banking teams in the banking and insurance areas at Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse and Merrill Lynch in London and New York. He is also the non-Executive Chairman of the Alternative Investment Management Association (“AIMA”), and a Visiting Scholar at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
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Chief Compliance Officer,
Cheyne Capital Management
Simon James MSC FSI MICA is the Chief Compliance Officer of Cheyne Capital Management (UK) LLP. From April 1999 to September 2005 Mr. James worked for Morgan Stanley in London where he was an executive director within the Law Division with particular responsibility for the Private Wealth Management Division. Prior to his time at Morgan Stanley, from 1997 to 1999 Mr. James was the registered Compliance Officer for various of the ABN AMRO asset management businesses in London, including institutional fixed income, unit trust management and multi-asset class portfolio management. From 1991 to 1997 Mr. James worked in the Compliance Department of Mercury Asset Management. Prior to that, from 1987 to 1991 Mr. James performed a number of operational roles at S G Warburg. Mr. James has a Master’s degree in International Financial Regulation and is a Fellow of the Securities and Investment Institute and a Professional Member of the International Compliance Association.
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Chief Executive Officer,
Da Vinci Invest
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Chief Risk Officer,
Concordia Advisors
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Chief Risk Officer and Partner,
Brevan Howard Asset Management
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Head of Operational Due Diligence,
RMB Asset Management
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Chief Executive Officer,
Stoneworks Asset Management
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Director for Financial Services Policy and Financial Markets,
European Commision
Emil Paulis was appointed as Director responsible for Financial Services Policy & Financial Markets in the Commission's Directorate-General for the Internal Market and Services (DG MARKT) in June 2008. Prior to that he worked from 1982 to May 2008 in DG Competition. There, he was Director responsible for Competition Policy and Strategy from 2003 and from February 2006 to August 2007 was Deputy Director General ad interim. Since joining the European Commission in 1982 he has held various positions: Head of Unit in charge of legislation and relations with Member States, Deputy Head and Head of Unit for general competition policy, case handler and interim Head of Unit in the Merger Task Force and case handler for antitrust cases. Between 1985 and 1987 he worked as a research assistant at the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg. From 1978 to 1982 he was an Attorney in the UK law firm of Clifford-Chance in Brussels, before which he was a Barrister at the Bar in Liège. He was awarded a scholarship by the British Council’s “European Young Lawyers Scholarship Scheme” to study common law at the University of Edinburgh, and studied Belgian and international tax law at the Ecole Supérieure des Sciences Fiscales in Brussels following Law studies at the University of Louvain and Commercial Law at the University of Liège. Between 1990 and 1996 he was Visiting Professor at the University of Louvain-la-Neuve lecturing on European competition law. In 2002 be became a Fellow of the Multination Programme of the Eisenhower Fellowship in the US with the Chairman's Fellowship award of Dr. Henry A. Kissinger. He has published several works in the field of tax and competition law. Emil Paulis was born in Belgium in 1952. He speaks fluent German, French and English and understands Dutch and Spanish.
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Operational Risk Manager,
Universities Superannuation Scheme
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Executive Managing Director,
FinAnalytica Inc.
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Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
Reech AiM
Christophe Reech is the Chairman and founder of the Reech AiM Group S.A, an alternative investment group specialized in Global Markets, Natural Resources and Real Estate. Christophe has over 15 years experience in investment banks derivatives and financing. In 2004, he was awarded the Risk Magazine's "Risk Technologist of the Year" Award. In 2002, Time Magazine short listed him in its Top 25 European Innovators for his visionary concept and the following year Capital IT included him in its Top 30 European Innovating Company.
Prior to founding the Reech AiM Group, Christophe established Reech Capital PLC, an independent derivative valuations and pricing house in February 1999. The group was acquired by SunGard in 2004. Previously, Christophe was part of the driving team that set up and ran derivatives divisions at Nikko Europe, Commerz Financial Products (the former derivatives arm of Commerzbank) and Banque Paribas (now part of BNP Paribas). Christophe holds a Master in Mathematics and Physics.
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Managing Director,
Albourne Partners Limited
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Partner and Chief Operating Officer,
TT International
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Chief Technology Officer,
Nylon Capital
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Chief Financial Officer,
Aspect Capital
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Conference:
Day 1
2nd November 2009
8am - 5:30pm
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Co-located with:
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