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Chris Clair
HedgeWorld
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Chris Clair is the Managing Editor of HedgeWorld. He has spent the past eleven years covering the hedge fund industry, first as a reporter for Crain's Pensions & Investments and for the past eight years at HedgeWorld. Mr. Clair has been a journalist for the past 18 years, working at weekly and daily newspapers in his home state of Oregon and in Illinois.
Mr. Clair holds a BA degree in journalism from the University of Portland in Oregon. |
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Heather Slavkin
AFL-CIO
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| Heather Slavkin is the Senior Legal and Policy Advisor for the AFL-CIO Office of Investment. Ms. Slavkin.s work focuses on legal, regulatory, tax and corporate governance issues that impact union- and other worker-based pension, health and savings funds. She has also been active in the AFL-CIO.s efforts to improve transparency and accountability of private equity and hedge funds. Ms. Slavkin works with legislators, political organizations, pension funds and union affiliates to build support for policies that improve investor protections, regulatory oversight and tax fairness. Prior to joining the AFL-CIO, Ms. Slavkin was Assistant Counsel at BISYS Fund Services where she provided legal services related to establishing and maintaining mutual funds, money market funds and registered hedge funds of funds. Ms. Slavkin received her J.D. from Boston University School of Law and a B.S. in journalism from the University of Florida. |
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Jim Suglia
KPMG LLP
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| Jim is a principal in KPMG’s Advisory Services Practice serving on the Firm’s Alternative Investments Leadership Team and Executive Committee and is chairman of our Global Alternative Investments Advisory Committee. He joined KPMG in September of 2000. Prior to joining KPMG, Mr. Suglia was the Chief Financial Officer of EFC, a privately held specialty finance company. Mr. Suglia focuses on working closely with world class financial services institutions managing multi-disciplined engagements to enhance operational processes. He has extensive asset management operational experience, particularly within alternative investments and structured products. Jim’s clients included Apollo Management, Credit Suisse Asset Management/Credit Suisse First Boston, Deutsche Asset Management, Dover Management, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, JPMorgan, State Street Corporation and UBS. Jim has a Bachelor of Science degree in from New Hampshire College where he majored in economics and finance and minored in accounting. He is a speaker at industry events and most recently spoke at the 2007 FEI and NICSA Conferences. |
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Todd Whitenack
BBR Partners
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| Todd C. Whitenack is a principal and Director of Investment Management at BBR Partners, which provides financial management services to wealthy families. He has been with BBR since its inception. His primary responsibilities include manager selection and review, investment research and asset allocation. Prior to BBR Partners, he worked as an Associate Portfolio Manager in the Private Client Group at Global Asset Management (GAM). Previously he worked for Donaldson, Lufkin Jenrette as a currency trader making markets in commodity-linked currencies. Todd was also responsible for negotiating interbank credit lines with over 50 European banks. Before that, he worked as an assistant trader in several at UBS. He holds a bachelor of arts degree in International Relations with a minor in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania. |
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Victor L. Zimmermann
Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP
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| Victor Zimmermann is a partner in the Investment Management group. He
has experience representing broker-dealers, banks and investment
advisers in day-to-day regulatory matters, in acquisitions and in
regulatory proceedings before the Securities and Exchange Commission
(SEC) and other federal and state regulatory bodies. He also represents
sponsors, managers, investors, consultants and fund administrators
involved with domestic and offshore hedge funds.
Mr. Zimmermann is a frequent speaker at conferences relating to hedge
funds and other investment partnerships and is regularly published in
journals in the financial services industry. Mr. Zimmermann was formerly
with the Enforcement Division of the SEC in Washington, D.C.
Mr. Zimmermann received his undergraduate degree from the College of the Holy Cross and his juris doctor from Fordham University School of Law in 1977. |
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