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Hedge Fund Business Operations Association
Mission Statement
Our mission is to provide reliable and practical information for hedge fund operations personnel
through industry updates, articles, educational summits, email distribution, useful weblinks,
industry directories, and much more. In addition, this association will provide an excellent forum
to exchange ideas, present recommendations, generate ideas for advancing the industry, share best
practices, improve job performance, and provide networking opportunities for our members to interact
on a regular basis. This association will also provide practical strategies for developing,
implementing and executing a profitable hedge fund.
Membership
Supporting the hedge fund and funds of funds community, Executive Memberships are open to:
- Chief Financial Officers
- Chief Operating Officers
- Chief Compliance Officers
- Executives performing CFO/COO/CCO functions
at hedge funds and funds of funds. For the opportunity to connect with your peers and stay informed
on the top issues affecting your profession, click here to apply for membership and activate your
website account.
For individuals that don’t qualify for an Executive Membership, Associate Memberships are available.
Click here for more information
Benefits of Joining
Benefits of joining the association include:
- receiving our newsletters
- discounted attendance at our Annual conference
- notice of webinars and other educational events
- access to “members only” website information
About the Board of Directors
Jill Zelenko, CPA, Chief Financial Officer/Chief Risk Officer, EnTrust Capital Inc.
Jill has been the Chief Financial Officer/Chief Risk Officer of EnTrust Capital Inc. since
July 2000. Prior to joining EnTrust Capital, Jill was a Managing Director/Partner of
American Express Tax & Business Services Inc./Goldstein Golub Kessler LLP, which she joined
in 1990. There she served as auditor, regulatory and business advisor to her clients, which
included investment advisors, broker-dealers and hedge funds. Jill has a BS degree from
Hofstra University and is a CPA. Jill is a member of the Executive Committee of the
Securities Industry Association, Internal Auditors Division and is the President of the Board
of Directors and Chairman of the Finance Committee of the Block Institute, Inc., a not-for
profit organization for mentally retarded and developmentally disabled children and adults.
Gerald J. Cavataio, Chief Financial Officer, Alicanto Capital Management, L.P.
Gerald Cavataio, 45, joins Alicanto from Iron Horse Capital Management, L.P., where
he served as Chief Financial Officer since June of 2002. Gerald was responsible for
the systems launch of Iron Horse and managed all accounting, reporting, and operational
functions at the firm. He was the primary contact for outside attorneys, auditors,
tax accountants, prime brokers, administrators and IT consultants. Prior to joining
Iron Horse, he was the Chief Financial Officer at Rudman Capital Management LLC,
a New York-based hedge fund with several hundred million dollars under management,
from 1998 until 2002. From 1993 until 1998, Gerald was the Accounting Manager at
Ardsley Partners, a multi-billion dollar hedge fund based in Connecticut, where
he was responsible for all performance and tax reporting, P&L analysis and he
was the portfolio administrator for four hedge funds. Gerald served as Assistant
Vice President in the financial reporting department for domestic derivative
instruments at Citibank Global Derivatives from 1989 to 1993.
Gerald began his career as an auditor with Touche Ross & Co. in 1985.
Gerald graduated from St. John's University with a BS in Accounting in 1985.
Matthew Jenal, Chief Financial Officer, Cadogan Management
Mr. Jenal is responsible for all financial, administrative, regulatory and compliance matters
at Cadogan Management. With over 20 years of financial management experience, he oversees all
performance and financial reporting to clients and senior management. Prior to joining
Cadogan, he was the Chief Financial Officer of T.C. Management in New York, which managed
$250 million in hedge-fund capital. Before that, Mr. Jenal was Controller and
Financial/Operations Principal at Sussex Asset Management, an offshore fund operator, and
securities broker/dealer. Mr. Jenal also spent ten years in various financial management
positions at Young & Rubicam Advertising in New York.
Mr. Jenal received a BS with honors in Accounting with a minor in Computer Science from
Oswego College, and an MBA in Finance with distinction from Pace University.
Marc Abel, Chief Financial Officer, Stonebrook Fund Management LLC
Mr. Abel is the CFO and COO at Stonebrook Fund Management LLC ("Stonebrook"). Stonebrook is
a US Long/Short hedge fund currently managing assets of $125 million. He is responsible for
overseeing all financial, operational and investment relationships. He was one of the
original members of Stonebrook when the fund started operations in October of 2001.
Previously, Marc was a tax compliance manager at Ernst and Young in their financial services
industry including giving various seminars in the taxation for hedge fund arena. In addition
he performed audit and tax services for numerous financial services clients while working at
Rothstein, Kass & Company, P.C. In total, Marc has had ten plus years in public accounting
service. Marc is a CPA and received his undergraduate business degree at Washington
University and his masters in taxation from Seton Hall University.
Michelle Kline, COO & CCO, Genesee Investments, LLC
Michelle Kline is a principal of Genesee Investments LLC (“Genesee”), a Registered Investment
Adviser located in Bellevue, Washington. Genesee provides investment management services to
affiliated and non-affiliated private investment funds and advisory accounts applying fund of
hedge fund strategies. Genesee launched its first fund of funds in 1983, making it one of
the oldest fund of funds managers in the country.
Ms. Kline, a CPA licensed in the State of Washington, has been with Genesee since 1990 and
oversees all operational, structural, regulatory, compliance, tax and accounting aspects of
Genesee and the Genesee Funds. Prior to joining Genesee, Ms. Kline was a senior audit
manager with a national CPA firm and focused primarily on audits of publicly traded
companies, public securities offering and other SEC filings. In addition to membership in
a number of professional organizations, Ms. Kline is an active community volunteer serving on
several boards and commissions in the human services and education areas. She is currently
serving as chair of the board of trustees of the French American School of Puget Sound.
Nancy Fox, Sr. Vice President & Chief Compliance Officer, Halcyon Asset Manangement, LLC
Nancy Fox joined Halcyon in 1983 as Office Manager. She was named Deputy Compliance Officer
in 2003 and Chief Compliance Officer in 2004. During that period, Halcyon grew from a single
arbitrage fund with $50 million in assets to a firm with six affiliated Registered Investment
Advisors with assets under management in excess of $5 billion. The Halcyon advisor firms
provide investment management services to more than 20 entities which invest across a myriad
of styles: hedge funds and managed accounts specializing in multi-strategy, structured
credit, or asset-backed securities, and CLO and CDO-squared entities. Prior to joining
Halcyon, she was an accounting supervisor at Computer Sciences Corporation and an executive
assistant in the Corporate Finance Department of New Court Securities, Inc. She studied at
the University of Nebraska and holds a M.A. and B.A. from Brooklyn College, City University
of New York, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
Kurt D. Koeplin, Chief Financial Officer/Chief Operating Officer, Rail-Splitter Capital Management, LLC
Kurt Koeplin serves as the Chief Financial and Chief Operating Officer of Rail-Splitter Capital Management.
Prior to joining the company, he was the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer of Mansur
Capital Corporation where his duties included the assessment of the financial controls, back office
operations and portfolio pricing of the underlying hedge funds included in its fund of hedge fund products.
Mr. Koeplin started his career at in the tax department of KPMG, LLP consulting with closely-held corporations,
and subsequently founded his own certified public accounting firm. Kurt received a BA in Accounting from Michigan
State University and earned a Masters of Science in Taxation from DePaul University.
Duncan Huyler, Chief Financial Officer, 360 Global Capital, LLC
Duncan has held the position of Chief Financial Officer at 360 Global Capital, LLC since February 2008. He is
responsible for all back office and support functions including portfolio & partnership accounting, compliance,
administration, human resources and technology. Prior to joining 360 Global Capital, Duncan was the CFO for
Thesis Capital Management,, LLC from April 2005 to February 2008 and Vice President, Operations for Media
Sciences International, Inc. (NASDAQ:MSII) from 1999 to 2005. Media Sciences is a manufacturer of supplies
for digital workgroup color printers. While there he was a member of the ASTM F05 committee on business
imaging products and authored ASTM F2406-04.
Duncan's previous professional experience includes Cadapult Graphic Systems: Director, Technical Services
from 1993 to 1999, Lord & Taylor: Director, Advertising Systems from 1988 to 1993, The May Department Stores
Company: Senior Financial Analyst from1987 to 1988 and the United States Army from 1983 to 1987 where he
attained the rank of Captain, Corps of Engineers.
Currently Duncan is a member of the HFA, the HFBOA, the Regulatory Compliance Association and is a Cornell
alumni volunteer. Additionally, he was a founding member of the Children's Cancer Research Fund of New York
Medical College. Duncan received an M.B.A. from the University of Louisville, and a B.S. from Cornell
University. He resides in Marlboro, New York with his wife and two sons.
George E. Roeck, Managing Director & Chief Financial Officer/Chief Compliance Officer, Agamas Capital Management, LP
Mr. Roeck joined Agamas Capital Management, LP, a manager of relative value focused, multi-asset class
hedge funds, as Chief Financial Officer upon its founding in September 2004. Prior to joining Agamas,
Mr. Roeck was a Vice President and Director of Fund Administration and Tax Services at The Bank of
New York where he was responsible for financial reporting, compliance and tax services for $250 billion
in third party assets. He also served as CFO of the $12+ billion BNY Hamilton family of mutual funds
and the Ivy Multi-Strategy Hedge Fund, a registered hedge fund-of-funds. Previously, Mr. Roeck was the
CFO of Greenbridge Group, a mergers and acquisitions boutique which advised strategic participants
in the telecommunications, technology and internet industries and sponsored a related venture capital
fund that invested alongside management. Prior to Greenbridge, Mr. Roeck was the CFO of GSC Partners,
a private equity fund manager specializing in leveraged buyouts, distressed investments, mezzanine
lending and CDOs. Mr. Roeck joined GSC from Arthur Andersen LLP where he served for 11 years and provided
tax advisory services to broker/dealers, hedge funds, mutual funds, private equity, venture capital
funds, investment managers, banks and real estate developers. George is a Certified Public Accountant
and member of the New York State Bar. George received his BS in Economics from Wagner College, an
MBA from St. Johns University and a JD from Touro College School of Law.
Eric S. Lazear, Head of Operational Due Diligence, FIM (USA) Inc.
Eric S. Lazear is Head of Operational Due Diligence for FIM, a leading alternative
investment management company active in the creation, management and servicing of
portfolios of hedge funds for institutions and private clients. Eric is responsible
for assessing the operational and business risk of hedge fund managers globally and
oversees all operational risk reviews for an array of hedge fund strategies worldwide.
Eric regularly speaks at conferences around the world on various topics regarding
operational risk, as well as maintaining an extensive network within the hedge fund
community to further advance the industry’s knowledge of operational risk.
Prior to joining FIM, Eric was Head of Operational Risk with IAM (International Asset
Management), in a similar role. Eric joined IAM from JPMorgan Chase where he was AVP
within the J.P. Morgan Performance Measurement, Analytics & Consulting Group between
1998 and 2005, specialising in performance analytics and manager searches.
Eric holds a BBA from Hofstra University (1992), and an MBA from Baruch College (2001).
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