Nalaka is the Portfolio Manager for ASI’s flagship Global Private Markets Fund and the head of Private Markets Solutions. He is responsible for developing and implementing strategies across the Private Markets spectrum. This includes investments across Private Equity, Infrastructure, Real Estate, Natural Resources and Private Credit on a global basis. Solutions based strategies are designed around client outcomes including growth, income and proactive ESG strategies. Nalaka joined Aberdeen Standard Investments in 2012. Prior to this, Nalaka held senior roles at Australian and European Investment management firms. He has lead M&A activity, off-market acquisitions and divestments of assets, offshore and onshore capital rising in debt and equity markets. Nalaka is a Qualified Chartered Accountant and holds a postgraduate degree in Commercial Law and Accounting.

Chris DeMeo is Head of Americas within the Client Solutions Group (CSG) at Aberdeen Standard Investments. In this role, he provides investment solutions for all types of clients across the Americas working in close collaboration with the global Strategic Client Solutions group, asset class teams and specialist investment functions. Prior to joining ASI, Chris co-founded Nu Paradigm Investment Partners in 2014, delivering individually-tailored investment solutions ranging from strategic advice to full portfolio implementation for a wide range of clients. Before Nu Paradigm, Chris was Head of Investment, Americas at Towers Watson, and was responsible for leading the Americas investment business which had more than 200 clients with over $600 billion under advisement and $20 billion under management. He was responsible for developing and implementing investment solutions for a number of the firm’s major clients, including strategic asset allocation, portfolio construction and alternative investments. Prior to Towers Watson, Chris was Director, Investment Strategy at Russell Investments where he led the team that delivered investment strategies for retirement plans, foundations & endowments, operating assets and insurance companies. Previous roles included Director, Retirement Capital Solutions at Merrill Lynch where he advised numerous Fortune 500 retirement plan sponsors; and Vice President, Global Structured Products at Bank of America where his team developed and marketed fixed-income structured solutions for the institutional retirement and insurance markets.Chris earned a B.A. in Mathematics and Philosophy from Syracuse University. He is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA) and a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charter holder. He also regularly presents at investment industry conferences on a wide range of topics including strategy, risk management and alternative investments.

Darren Wolf is a Senior Investment Manager and is the Global Head of Investments, Alternative Investment Strategies, at Aberdeen Standard Investments. As such Darren is responsible for working with and managing the investment team, which oversees hedge fund manager research, portfolio construction and top down strategy research. Darren joined Aberdeen Asset Management via the acquisition of Arden Asset Management LLC in 2015 where he was the Director of Research and a member of Arden’s Investment Committee. At Arden, Darren was responsible for managing the day-to-day research activities of the firm. Previously, he was on the Investment Committee and the Head of Research at Robeco-Sage Investment Management, where he joined as a member of the investment team in 2001.

LODE J. DEVLAMINCK, Managing Director, Global Equities, is the lead portfolio manager for the firm’s EAFE and Global Equity strategies and is also a portfolio manager on Emerging Markets Equity strategy. Prior to joining DCM in 2014, Mr. Devlaminck was a Senior Portfolio Manager and Sector Specialist of Global Equities at Hermes Fund Managers in Boston, Massachusetts; a Portfolio Manager at Fortis Investments in Boston, Massachusetts; a Global Sector Manager at Fimagest in Paris, France; and a Financial Analyst at Generale Bank in Brussels, Belgium. Mr. Devlaminck joined the investment industry in 1989. Mr. Devlaminck holds a Master’s degree in Applied Economics from the University of Antwerp, in Antwerp, Belgium. Mr. Devlaminck is fluent in three languages: English, Dutch, and French.

Adi Divgi has been CIO of EA Global, his family investment vehicle, since its 2005 inception. He is also Head of Alternative Investments at Catalina, a $3+bn AUM reinsurer. Prior to his current institutional investor role, Mr. Divgi oversaw the Opportunistic Fixed Income investment program at the New York City Bureau of Asset Management from March 2011 to April 2014. With approval from the 4 participating Boards of Trustees, he executed $3.6 billion in capital commitments. Mr. Divgi began his credit career at Deutsche Bank, working in New York and Mexico City, and is a graduate of the Huntsman Program, with a BA in International Studies (Spanish minor) from the University of Pennsylvania and a BS in Economics and MBA in Finance from Wharton.

Mr. Neale has nearly 20 years of institutional investment experience, and is responsible for the oversight and investment of more than $2.3B of investable assets on behalf of the University of Nebraska Foundation. In this role, his principal duties include establishing long-term asset allocation policies and short-term tactical tilts, manager research and selection, portfolio compliance and oversight, and serving as principal staff liaison to the Foundations Investment Committee. Additionally, Mr. Neale is part of the Foundations Executive Leadership Team. Mr. Neale has been with the Foundation since 2014, having joined most recently from MedStar Health (Baltimore, MD), and Wells Fargo Securities (Richmond, VA) prior to that. He Holds a Bachelors of Arts degree in History from the Virginia Military Institute and an MBA from The College of William & Mary. Proud to call himself a Midwesterner, he resides in Lincoln with his wife and two children.

Michael has more than 30 years of experience as an institutional portfolio manager, investment strategist, and investment consultant. From 1997 to 2001, he was a partner at Asset Strategy Consulting. From 1993 to 1997, Michael was the director of investments for WellPoint/Blue Cross of California. He managed a substantial portfolio of fixed income and equity assets internally and oversaw all outside investment managers. Previous to 1993, he worked as a bond and currency trader, and then as Chief Market Strategist with First Interstate Bank, Ltd. in Los Angeles. He started his career as a derivatives trader with Barclays Bank plc in New York and in London. Michael was an Adjunct Professor of Finance at Pepperdine University from 1991-2000 and at Loyola Marymount University. He earned his Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, from Tufts University, and Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. He is the former Chairman of the Board of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra.