Speakers

Manas is the head of research at Hedgeweek®. With a background in financial journalism he has previously served as finance editor for EU and UK at LinkedIn News and has covered hedge funds at HFM (With Intelligence) and credit markets at Bloomberg.

Charles-Henry Monchau is the Chief Investment Officer (CIO) and Member of the Executive Committee at Bank Syz. He joined the firm in early 2021 from a Swiss Digital Bank, where he was CIO and Chief Commercial Officer. Prior to this, he had been CIO of Al Mal Capital (Dubai Investments), Head of the Asset Allocation Team for the EMEA region at Deutsche Bank and held various C-level positions in Geneva, Zurich, Dubai, Nassau and Paris. He has an Executive MBA from IE Business School and an MSc in Finance from HEC Geneva. He is also a CFA, CMT, CAIA and CIIA charter holder. 

Rebecca Kerner Reiss serves as the Head of Business Development and Investor Relations. Before joining the Firm in July 2021, Rebecca worked for Levin Easterly Partners (previously Levin Capital Strategies) for six years as the Director of Business Development.  From 2012-2014, she was a Client Relationship Manager with Atlantic Investment Management. Prior to joining Atlantic Investment Management, Rebecca spent 5 years at Vision Capital Advisors in Marketing and Investor Relations. She graduated from University of Wisconsin – Madison with a BS in Sociology and Communication. Rebecca serves as co-Head of volunteer committee, Head of Americas volunteer committee as well as a member of the Steering Committee and Allocator Committee for 100 Women in Finance, the Steering Committee of NASP’s Women’s Forum as well as serving as a mentor for 100WF LaunchME Program since 2022 and Rock the Street, Wall Street career development program.  She has been a panelist and moderator for various organizations including Live Girl, SHEWORKS, Viable Edu, 100WF, NASP and Shook Forbes. 

Ryan Kanaley is the Chief Investment Officer for Overbrook Management Corporation and is the lead Portfolio Manager of the Overbrook Core Equity Fund.  Mr. Kanaley is responsible for investment allocation, portfolio management and oversight, security selection and risk management. Prior to joining Overbrook in 2022, Ryan served as a Senior Research Analyst for Seven Canyons Advisors, as an Equity Research Analyst for Wasatch Global Investors, as a Principal for a Global Macro Hedge Fund and as an analyst for JPMorgan Chase & Co. Mr. Kanaley holds an MBA from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and a BS in Finance from Brigham Young University. 

Mr. Greenhaus joined Solus in October 2015 as the Firm’s Chief Economist and Strategist. Prior to Solus, Mr. Greenhaus served as Chief Strategist at BTIG, where he was responsible for analyzing economic and market trends and helping clients to formulate investment strategies. Prior to BTIG, he was at Miller Tabak where he served as Chief Economic Strategist. Previously, Mr. Greenhaus was with Credit Suisse First Boston in the high yield research department after beginning his career with Bear Stearns. Mr. Greenhaus received his undergraduate degree from the University of Buffalo and an MBA in Finance and Investments from Baruch College. He is a member of The National Association for Business Economics and The New York Society of Security Analysts. 

David has decades of experience building investment businesses, managing portfolios and analyzing stocks. Prior to CenterBook Partners, he founded and was Portfolio Manager/Managing Member of Conatus Capital, a multi-billion-dollar global long/short equity fund manager. David was a Partner and Portfolio Manager at Lone Pine Capital, an associate at McKinsey & Company and served as Trustee and Chair of the Investment Committee of Greenwich Academy. He graduated from Yale with a B.A. in History summa cum laude, Harvard Business School with an MBA with distinction, and Harvard Law School with a J.D. magna cum laude. 

Nishant leads futures and FX research at Versor Investments working closely with the Investment Committee in driving the investment research agenda across all strategies. Based in New York, Nishant operates across the full spectrum of strategy development from alpha signal generation to portfolio construction. Additionally, he plays an integral role in the Firm’s efforts in alternative data sourcing and the applications of machine learning. Prior to joining Versor Investments, Nishant was the second hire on the data team at Brex, a San Francisco-based financial technology firm, working on a mix of data science, analytics and engineering projects focused on credit risk. Nishant holds an A.B. in Mathematics from Princeton and an M.S. in Statistics from UC San Diego. 

Divya Singaravelu is a Senior Portfolio Manager at Itaú Asset Management, covering multi-asset Fund-of-Funds and international fixed-income funds. Her approach combines quantitative models and macroeconomic research to optimize portfolio allocation, enhance performance, and ensure effective risk management. Divya also oversees trading activities across ETFs, MFs, bonds, derivatives, and money market instruments to maintain liquidity and cost efficiency. Before her current role, Divya was an Emerging Markets Credit Trader at Banco Santander, where she managed trading activities and risk exposure for emerging markets sovereign and corporate debt instruments. Her experience extends to hedge funds, having worked as a Global Macro Research Associate at Light Sky Macro LP, where she analyzed global economic indicators and developed strategies that effectively monetized shifting market conditions. Divya holds an MBA from NYU Stern School of Business, where she graduated as a Dean’s Scholar, and a master’s degree in advanced data science and journalism from Columbia University 

Mr. Powell has spent more than two decades in financial services, primarily in hedge funds and private equity. As Principal and CIO of Brookmont Capital Management, he oversees the firm’s investment and operational teams, including managing investment activity, coordinating with external analysts, and supporting investor relations. He also manages Brookmont’s ILS ETF, the first catastrophe bond ETF, bringing structured risk expertise to the firm’s product lineup. Ethan founded the nonprofit affiliate asset manager Impact Shares and serves as Chairman of the board for three mutual fund complexes totaling over $4 billion in assets. Previously, he held several roles at Highland Capital Management Fund Advisors, L.P., including head of product and strategy, portfolio manager, and interested board chair. Mr. Powell earned a Master of Science in Management Information Systems and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Texas A&M University. He was a Certified Public Accountant and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Mayank is Founder and CEO of Museum Mile Funds, prior to which his two decade career included managing derivatives portfolios in leadership positions at some of the largest institutions like Merrill Lynch, Bank of America, UBS, MUFG, and AQR Capital. He noticed a glaring lack of efficient access to the financing markets and is very motivated to level the playing field by offering sophisticated investment strategies as off-the-shelf investable products. Mayank holds an MBA from New York University’s Stern School of Business and a BTech from the Institute of Engineering & Technology, Lucknow, India. He is also a CFA Charterholder. 

Thejas Nalval is a co-founder and Chief Investment Officer of the Investment Manager. Previously, he was a Portfolio Manager with LedgerPrime, a digital asset hedge fund. In that role, Mr. Nalval managed a long/short book and incubated strategies that incorporated deep technical and fundamental analysis. Prior to LedgerPrime, Mr. Nalval was the Head of Asset Management at the Element Group, a digital asset merchant bank. Prior to joining the digital asset space, Mr. Nalval spent 8 years at Goldman Sachs, most recently as a trader within the firm’s Macro Trading group. Mr. Nalval is a graduate of the Stern School of Business at NYU (MBA) and Rutgers University (BA). 

Joe Armao is the Portfolio Manager of the Galaxy Fintech Fund. He brings over 15 years of buy-side investing experience spanning public, private, equity, credit, and token investing. Prior to Galaxy, Joe worked at Senator Investment Group where he served as Fintech Sector Head and Co-Portfolio Manager of the Strategic Resources Fund. He also managed a digital asset strategy and a number of private fintech investments in growth-stage companies, including multiple board seats. Previously, Joe worked at Blackstone Strycker View Capital, a financial sector hedge fund, and began his career with Blackstone Strategic Capital Group focused on seed and GP investments. He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University with a B.A. in Mathematics and Physics, and an Honors thesis in Game Theory. He is a New York Board member of Music Will, a national charitable organization dedicated to music education.