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Brendan Ahern is the Chief Investment Officer at KraneShares. Brendan joined KraneShares in 2013. Brendan leads the firm’s research and education efforts and actively works with investors on a variety of subjects ranging from asset allocation to trading to articulating the growing influence that index providers hold in the

Brendan is considered a preeminent expert in global financial markets with a particular focus on China. He is a frequent visitor to China and actively maintains daily contact with a deep local research network comprised of investment banks, brokers, and regional and boutique research firms. He produces a daily update

Brendan graduated from the College of the Holy Cross and has a Master of Science in Financial Analysis from the University of San Francisco.

Mr. Rubenstein is Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of the Board. He was elected to our Board of Directors effective July 18, 2011. Previously, Mr. Rubenstein served as Co-Chief Executive Officer of Carlyle. Prior to forming Carlyle in 1987, Mr. Rubenstein practiced law in Washington, D.C. with Shaw, Pittman, Potts &

From 1977 to 1981, Mr. Rubenstein was Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy. From 1975 to 1976, he served as Chief Counsel to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments. From 1973 to 1975, Mr. Rubenstein practiced law in New York with Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP. Among other philanthropic endeavors, Mr. Rubenstein is Chairman of the Boards of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Council on Foreign Relations, the National Gallery of Art, the Economic Club of

Mr. Rubenstein is a magna cum laude graduate of Duke University, where he was elected Phi Beta Kappa. Following Duke, Mr. Rubenstein graduated from the University of Chicago Law School, where he was an editor of the Law Review.

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Alona Gornick serves as a Managing Director, Senior Investment Strategist, and Co-Head of the Chicago Office for Churchill Asset Management. In her role, Alona provides meaningful investment

Alona joined Churchill in 2017 as an Originator, developing relationships with leading private equity sponsors to source and structure high-quality deal flow for the platform.

Prior to joining Churchill, Alona spent 14 years in various investment, capital markets and investor relations roles at leading organizations, including Nuveen (Churchill’s parent company),

Alona earned her B.A. in Business Administration from the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her M.B.A. from The Wharton School at the

Joseph Mazzoli is a member of Barings’ Client Portfolio Management Team, responsible for the distribution and management of Barings’ Private Credit Direct Lending BDC franchise. Joseph has worked in the industry since 2012. Prior to joining the firm in 2022, he worked for Wells Fargo Securities’ Leveraged Finance Sales and Trading Group, where he worked as a Senior Investment Analyst covering loans and bonds in the Healthcare, Packaging, Real Estate, and DATS sectors. Before that, Joseph worked in the Equity Research Department of Wells Fargo Securities covering BDC’s and Private Credit. In a prior role at Wells Fargo Securities, Joseph worked on the Leveraged Loan Syndicate desk with a focus on structuring and underwriting syndicated loan transactions. He holds a B.S. in Business Administration from the College of Charleston and is a member of the CFA Institute. Barings has been named the 2nd most active lending to private equity sponsors in both North America and Europe consecutively over the past few years. The Barings Private Credit Corporation (BPCC) has been one of the best performing and highest yielding funds in the category with the lowest volatility and fee structure since inception.

Tom Harvey is a Senior Equity Specialist at Aberdeen. Tom focuses on the firm's equity strategies. Prior to joining the company in February 2013, he served as Vice President, Institutional Sales and Consultant Relations at Delaware Investments. In this role, he worked with institutional clients, prospects, and consultants in the eastern United States. Tom earned his bachelor's degree in history studies from Juniata College and an MBA with a concentration in finance from Philadelphia University. He is a CFA charterholder.

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