Lakshmi Narayanan

Lakshmi Narayanan comes with over 20 years of experience in venture investing, impact investing, and entrepreneurship. As SWFI’s Chairman, Narayanan is responsible for formulating and driving the execution of SWFI’s corporate strategy and growth. In addition to his role as Chairman of SWFI, Lakshmi serves as Managing Partner and Member of the Board of Trustees […]

Benjamin Page-Fort

Benjamin Page-Fort

Ben Page-Fort is responsible for overseeing Go-to-Market strategy at SimCorp. Ben brings over 15 years of experience helping buy-side clients with front, middle and back-office technology solutions, most recently as Chief Revenue Office at Solovis (acquired by Nasdaq). Ben also spent time at StatPro and Algorithmics (now SS&C), where he specialized in multi-asset class performance […]

Dipika Patel

Chairwoman, Patel Family Office

Dipika is the Chairwoman of the Patel Family Office, a responsible investment firm that manages family-owned sustainable businesses worth more than $3 Billion in National Housing, Hospitality, Healthcare, Energy Transition, Entrepreneurship, and Environmental science. Affectionately known as Dee, she has over 20 years of experience in the real estate industry across the United States. She […]

Jake Pasternack

Jake Pasternack

Over 10 years of intellectual property development, brand building, product commercialization and brand licensing experience. Developed a unique portfolio of branded products positioned to build long term value through brand sophistication product quality and product consistency.

Michael Ross

Michael Ross

Ph.D., CFA Michael Ross is CIO and sole GP of Joseph Ventures. He was a former Vice President of Technology Investment Banking covering Israel for Bank of America. Michael has also worked at Sanford C. Bernstein, Salomon Smith Barney/Citi and Lehman Brothers and was the sole lead analyst to a hedge fund that was, at […]

Anya Schiess

Anya Schiess

Anya Schiess is Co-Managing Partner of Life Science Private Capital (“LSPC”) within J.P. Morgan Private Capital, a division of J.P. Morgan Global Alternatives in J.P. Morgan Asset Management. Anya joined J.P. Morgan Private Capital in 2022. Alongside Gaurav Gupta, Anya is co-managing partner of the LSPC platform, which leverages the global scale, robust healthcare service […]

Richard D. Squires

Richard D. Squires

Richard D. Squires is the Founder of Lennox Capital Partners, LP, a special situations and value-oriented investment partnership and family office active in public and private equities and catalyst-driven securities as well as extensive national real estate holdings.  Mr. Squires is also a Managing Director and Co-founder of SPI Holdings, LLC, a predecessor of Lennox […]

Christian K. Winkler

Mr. Christian K. Winkler

Christian K. Winkler co-founded ASC impact, an owner-led firm managing sustainable investments in agriculture and forestry, primarily focusing on impact funds. With up to €200 million, their first fund supports sustainable forestry and agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa, managed by the team locally. In addition, Christian co-founded Evergryn Ventures, an early-stage venture family office evergreen vehicle […]

Scott Werbel

Scott Werbel

Scott Werbel is a Partner at The Ardent Companies with offices in Atlanta, Charlotte, London and New York – $4.3B in capital deployment & ownership of assets in a robust range of CRE asset classes including urban & suburban office, high street retail, shopping centers, flex, industrial, hospitality and multifamily in US, UK, Ireland and […]

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