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John Cunningham
WR Capital Management
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| John Cunningham is the President and Chief Operating Officer of WR Capital Management. He co-founded the WR managed account platform in 2004. WR executes over 50,000 equity, option and futures trades per day across thirty hedge fund strategies.
From 2000 to 2003, Mr. Cunningham was the Chief Financial Officer of Knight Securities, LP. Walter Raquet was the founder of Knight Securities and the founder of WR Capital Management. Mr. Cunningham has spent the last 10 years working closely with Mr. Raquet. From 1996 to 2000, Mr. Cunningham was an officer at Greenwich Capital Markets where he was responsible for issuer risk and counter party risk management on fixed income, asset backed securities, derivatives, and foreign currencies. From 1993 to 1996, Mr. Cunningham practiced at the accounting firm of Deloitte & Touche LLP where he earned his CPA while specializing in the capital markets group. Mr. Cunningham earned his MBA from Cornell University and his BS from the State University of New York at Albany. |
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Steve Oyer
Family Office Exchange
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| Steve Oyer is Managing Director-Business Development for Family Office Exchange, a membership-based advisory firm that provides research, education, and advice to more than 500 members in 22 countries. He has over 30 years of business and investment experience and most recently served as the CEO of Saflink Corporation, a biometric software company until its sale to IdentiPHI. He was also a board member of Salton, Inc., a designer, marketer, manufacturer and distributor of a broad range of branded small appliances like the George Foreman Grill until its sale to Harbinger Capital. Previously, he was managing director of Global Business Development for Standard and Poor’s, where he led initiatives to expand S&P’s advisory services, the derivatives licensing of S&P strategies with investment banks and the distribution of the S&P Hedge Fund Index. Prior to that he worked for Murray Johnstone International Ltd. a Scottish money manager, where he was responsible for the sales of international investment management services and private equity to families and institutions in North America. He has also developed family office relationships for Harris Bank; served as treasurer and managing director of Bank of Montreal Trust Co. Channel Islands Ltd; and worked as an investment executive at Paine Webber. |
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Sa'ad Shah
DGAM (Diversified Global Asset management)
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| Sa’ad Shah is a Managing Director at Diversified Global Asset Management, and leads the firms customized mandates and client services initiatives.
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Shah worked at RBC Capital Markets where he led the Financial Engineering Deal Team that specifically sought to identify, structure and execute the FX risks inherent in cross border Mergers & Acquisitions. Mr. Shah’s responsibilities also included the structuring of sophisticated financial products and solutions to corporations and financial institutions. In eight years with RBC he also has experience in syndicated finance and real estate markets.
Mr. Shah holds a B.A. (Hons) in Economics and Political Science from Columbia University. |
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RIva Waller
ISAM
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| Based in New York, Riva M. Waller was named Head of the Investment
Structures Group (ISG) for Man Investments in January 2007. ISG, with
members in London, New York and Switzerland, primarily focuses on the
structuring and implementation of Man’s managed account platform for more
than 100 managed accounts. Additionally, ISG performs legal due diligence on
investments and allocations to third party managers.
Riva joined Man Group plc in 1993 in the Controllers group of Mint Investment
Management Company, the former CTA division of Man. In 2000, she began
working with the Man Investment Products New Managers’ Initiative Team where
her responsibilities included helping to build the implementation procedures for
the managed account platform as well as operational trouble shooting, including
valuation and operational due diligence. In 2004, following Man’s purchase
of RMF, Riva was part of the team responsible for successfully integrating the
various processes related to underlying managers and managed accounts into
one combined business unit.
Prior to joining Man Investments, Riva was a senior accountant from 1989 to
1993 with J.H. Cohn LLP, an accounting and consulting fi rm based in Roseland,
New Jersey. Ms. Waller earned her BS degree from Rutgers University in New
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