GAIM USA 2008 Speakers

Rick Bookstaber: author of - “A Demon of Our Own Design: MARKETS, HEDGE FUNDS"

Nancy C. Everett: Chief Executive Officer - GM ASSET MANAGEMENT

Steve Galbraith: Limited Partner - MAVERICK CAPITAL

William C. Powers: Managing Director and Senior Member - PIMCO

Max Stone: Managing Director - D.E. SHAW & CO., L.P.

David L. Henry: CFA Chief Investment Officer - CARRUTH MANAGEMENT

Felix P. Chee: President & CEO - UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO ASSET MANAGEMENT

Theodore Economou: CFA, Assistant Treasurer - ITT Corporation

Jeremy Ellermeyer: Director, Alternative Investments - High Return Group - METLIFE

Dave Finstad: Director, Hedge Funds & External Equity - ALBERTA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT

Dominic Garcia: Deputy Director of Investments - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION OF NEW MEXICO

T. Britton Harris IV: Chief Investment Officer - THE TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF TEXAS

Lawrence E. Kochard: Chief Investment Officer - GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

Orin S. Kramer: Chairman - NEW JERSEY STATE INVESTMENT COUNCIL

Nikos Latsos: Director Hedge Fund Investments - ALPHEUS GROUP

Maurice E. Maertens: Chief Investment Officer - NEW YORK UNIVERSITY

Andrew P. Mehalko: CIO - GENSPRING FAMILY OFFICES LLC

Mihir Meswani: Head Of Hedge Fund Investments & Director of Public Market Securities - ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION

Kenneth M. Miranda: Investment Advisor - INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Bill Morris: Chief Executive Officer - FIRE & POLICE PENSION ASSOCIATION OF COLORADO

Luis Rodriguez: Risk Manager - THE MANHATTAN FAMILY OFFICE

Al Samper: Former Chairman - VIRGINIA STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM

Salim Shariff: President - WEYERHAEUSER ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC

David W. Wiederecht: Vice President – Alternative Investments - GE ASSET MANAGEMENT INC.

Jaeson Dubrovay: CPA, Senior Consultant - HEDGE FUNDS, NEPC

Sorina Givelichian: National Director—Canada - RUSSELL INVESTMENT GROUP

David Katz: Partner - ROCATON INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC

J. Alan Lenahan: CFA, Vice President - Alternative Investments - FUND EVALUATION GROUP, LLC

Kevin E. Lynch: Managing Director, Co-Head Non-Traditional Research - ROGERS CASEY

Michael Rosen: Principal and Chief Investment Officer - ANGELES INVESTMENT ADVISORS

Benjamin S. Appen: CFA, Partner - MAGNITUDE CAPITAL

Steven H. Bloom: CFA, Senior Managing Director - SILVER CREEK CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC

Brad Cole: President - COLE ASSET MANAGEMENT

Simon Coxeter: Co-Founder And Managing Director - ASIASOURCE CAPITAL, LLC

Timothy J. Crowe: CFA, Managing Director & CIO - ELK CREEK CAPITAL, LLC

Roy D. Henriksson: Principal and Chief Investment Officer - ADVANCED PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT

Lindsay Holtz: CFA,Vice President - DGAM

Robert E. Kiernan III: Principal and Chief Executive Officer - ADVANCED PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT

Neil Loden: Partner and CIO - MARTELLO INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, L.P

George Main: Chief Executive Officer & Chief Investment Officer - DIVERSIFIED GLOBAL ASSET MANAGEMENT

Kyle McDaniel: Director of Risk Management - AUSTIN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

James Nicholas: Executive Director - Senior Investment Officer - ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS

George O’Dowd: Head of Structured Products - EDEN ROCK CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

Jason D. Papastavrou: Founder - ARIS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

Robert Picard: Chief Investment Officer - OPTIMA FUND MANAGEMENT, LLC

Claude F. Porret: Chief Executive Officer - 47 DEGREES NORTH CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

Keith M. Rosenbloom: Managing Member - CARE CAPITAL GROUP

Arthur J. Samberg: Chairman & Chief Executive Officer - PEQUOT CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

Randy Slifka: Managing Principal - SLIFKA ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC

Coen Weddepohl: Head of Environmental Finance - MAN INVESTMENTS

Randall S. Yanker: Senior Partner & CIO - ALTERNATIVE ASSET MANAGERS, L.P. (AAM)

Paul Zummo: Managing Director - JP MORGAN ALTERNATIVE ASSET MGMT.

Ken Akoundi: Head of Portfolio Risk Management - OPTIMA FUND MANAGEMENT LLC

Sassan Alizadeh: Portfolio Manager & President - HIGHVIEW GLOBAL CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC

Alan J. Andreini: Managing Director - MONEY MANAGEMENT GROUP (MMG)

Michael Balboa: Portfolio Manager - MILLENNIUM GLOBAL

Brian Batt: Managing Member - BRICK CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

Marc A. Bender: Managing Director & Chief Operating Officer - EFX CAPITAL

Scott Booth: CEO - EASTERN ADVISORS

Leda Braga: President - BLUECREST CAPITAL

Cato Brahde: Managing Director - TUFTON OCEANIC (ISLE OF MAN) LIMITED

Richard Brennan: Chairman & CEO - CAMULOS CAPITAL

Christopher Brodie: Partner - KROM RIVER PARTNERS LLP

James-Keith Brown: Member, Head of Global Investor Relations - OCH-ZIFF CAPITAL MANAGEMENT GROUP

Tom Capasse: Co-Founder and Principal - WATERFALL ASSET MANAGEMENT

Donn Citu: - ADVANTAGE MANAGMENT

Timothy S. Clark: Senior Partner - CARVAL INVESTORS

Stephen Cohen: Managing Director - TROIKA DIALOG LIMITED

Mark Cox: Portfolio Manager - NEW ENERGY FUND LP

Erika M. Cramer: Advisory Director - SILVER LANE ADVISORS LLC

Mauro Cunha: Equities Portfolio Manager - MAUA INVESTIMENTOS

Jeff Czarniak: Co Portfolio Manager - TERRAPIN ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC

John Eckstein: co-founder - CORNERSTONE QUANTITATIVE INVESTMENT GROUP

Amin El Kholy: Chief Investment Officer - SHUAA CAPITAL P.S.C.

Philip A. Falcone: Senior Managing Director - HARBINGER CAPITAL PARTNERS

Avi Faliks: Managing Director - APEX CAPITAL, LLC

Carlos Fernandez-Rubies: CEO - VALIRA ASSET MANAGEMENT

James Finkel: Chief Executive Officer - DYNAMIC CREDIT PARTNERS, LLC

David Ford: Portfolio Manager - LATIGO PARTNERS LP

Stephen C. Freidheim: Managing Partner - CYRUS CAPITAL PARTNERS, L.P.

Alison Graham: Chief Investment Officer - VOLTAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

Dennis Hammond: CEO - HAMMOND ASSOCIATES

Brent Hankins: Senior Portfolio Manager - WELTON INVESTMENT CORPORATION

Patrick J. Hess: CEO - UNIVERSAL CAPITAL STRATEGIES GROUP, LLC

Melissa Hill: Managing Director - SABRE FUND MANAGEMENT LTD

Karine Hirn: Founding Partner - EAST CAPITAL

Max Holmes: Founder and Chief Investment Officer - PLAINFIELD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC

Vassilis T. Karatzas: President - GLOBAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. (GFM)

Hilary Kramer: Portfolio Manager & CIO - GREENTECH RESEARCH

Charles Krusen: Partner - ALPHA EQUITY MANAGEMENT

Jonathan Laredo: Cofounder - SOLENT CAPITAL PARTNERS, LP

Ken Lu: Managing Director - APAC CAPITAL ADVISORS LTD.

Walter Maciel: Managing Partner - QUEST INVESTIMENTOS

Ziad Makkawi: Founder & Chief Executive Officer - ALGEBRA CAPITAL LIMITED

Claus J. Moller: Managing Partner - P2 CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC

Donald E. Morgan, III: CFA, Managing Partner, Lead Portfolio Manager - BRIGADE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC

Paresh Patel: CEO - SANDSTONE CAPITAL

Emanuel R. Pearlman: Chairman & CEO - LIBERATION INVESTMENT GROUP

Carl Peters: Director of Research - MMG

Gautam Prakash: Founder and Managing Director - MONSOON CAPITAL LLC

Thomas C. Priore: Chief Executive Officer, President - INSTITUTIONAL CREDIT PARTNERS LLC

Shiv Puri: Managing Director - VOYAGER INVESTMENT ADVISORS

Tulio Ribeiro: FRM, Partner & Portfolio Manager - SPM PARTNERS

Bruce Richards: President & Chief Executive Officer - MARATHON ASSET MANAGEMENT

Juan Luis Rivera: Partner, Portfolio Manager - MONEDA ABSOLUTE RETURN FUND LTD.

Richard Robb: CEO - CHRISTOFFERSON ROBB AND COMPANY

Robert Rosen: Managing Partner - RLR Capital Partners

Michael Roth: Founding Principal - STARK INVESTMENTS

Amir Sahibzada: Managing Director and Global Head of Risk Management - D.B. Zwirn & Co

Ruiz-Bachs Salvador: Partner - URIA & MENENDEZ

Isabel C. Serra: Founding Partner & CEO - CYGNUS ASSET MANAGEMENT SGIIC S.A.

Greg Tournant: Co-Founder - INNOVATIVE OPTIONS

Paul Udall: Managing Director - EQUITIES CLIMATE CHANGE CAPITAL

Paul A. Ullman: Chief Executive Officer & Chief Investment Officer - HIGHLAND FINANCIAL HOLDINGS

Ross Warner: Energy Trading - CREDIT SUISSE

Jamie Weinstein: Managing Director - KKR FINANCIAL

Stuart Wilson: Principal - STARK INVESTMENTS

Joseph Wolnick: CIO - HALYCON ASSET MANAGEMENT

James Zelter: Managing Partner - APOLLO CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

Jaimie R. Zimmerman: Portfolio Manager - LIGHTSPEED MANAGEMENT LLC

Craig E. Barnett: Managing Partner - BARNETT & PARTNERS, LLC

Howard Altman: Co-Managing Principal & Principal-In-Charge Of Financial Services - ROTHSTEIN KASS

David J. Barrett: Managing Director - MERRILL LYNCH

Bill Bassin: Senior Vice President - LEHMAN BROTHERS

Stephen H. Belgrad: Vice President - AMG

Kevin Birkett: Director - Asset Management - DUBAI INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTRE

Francisco Blanch: Head of Global Commodity Research - MERRILL LYNCH

Rob Cox: US Editor - BREAKINGVIEWS.COM

Jeffrey R. Currie: Managing Director - GOLDMAN SACHS & CO

Declan Denahan: Managing Director - THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

Paul Ezekiel: Head of Global Carbon Trading - CREDIT SUISSE ENERGY TRADING

Richard J. Fortwengler: Managing Director - The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc.

Christpher Geczy: Assistant Professor, Finance Department - THE WHARTON SCHOOL AT UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

Dwight Grant: Managing Director, Financial Engineering Services - DUFF & PHELPS

James Greenberg: - JP Morgan

Todd Groome: Director, Financial Markets Stability - INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF)

Ellen Heller: Managing Director, - WHITNEY GROUP

Jason Hsu: Principal & Director, Research & Investment Management - RESEARCH AFFILIATES

Robert Johnston: Director & Transnational Issues Practice Head - THE EURASIA GROUP

Steven T. Kargman: President - KARGMAN ASSOCIATES

Joel Katzman: - Private Investor & Consultant

Patrick McKenna: Global Head of Hedge Fund Credit - DEUTSCHE BANK

Sergio Miguez Martín: Director - BANSABADELL INVESTMENTS

David Newman: Director, Global Markets Financing & Servicing - MERRILL LYNCH

Joel Press: Managing Director - MORGAN STANLEY

Miguel Sagarna: Partner - KPMG

Thomas Schneeweis: Professor of Finance - UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSSETTS

Hagai M. Segal: Lecturer - NEW YORK UNIVERSITY IN LONDON

Brian S. Strauss: Managing Director, Co-Head of Hedge Fund Credit for the Americas - UBS Americas Inc.

Michael Tannenbaum: Sr. Partner - TANNENBAUM, HELPERN, SYRACUSE & HIRSCHTRITTT LLP

Barbara Tsarnas: Senior Vice President, Head of Hedge Fund Credit for the Americas - HSBC SECURITIES USA INC.

Kurt J. Von Holzhausen: Managing Director - GOLDMAN SACHS

Michael Woolfolk: Senior Currency Strategist and Vice President - BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON