Join us for a discussion with the combined SBAI Operational Communities on the unique challenges in manager due diligence and emerging best practice trends.
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Carmen Lam joined Albourne Partners Limited in 2008. She is a Partner and a Senior Analyst in Albourne’s Operational Due Diligence Team. Since 2013, Carmen has been dedicated to private markets operational due diligence, including real estate coverage.
Prior to Albourne, Carmen joined the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (“CPPIB”) in 2007 as part of the Operational Due Diligence Team. Before that she was a Senior Financial Analyst at the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (“OTPP”), primarily responsible for the financial reporting for OTPP’s alternative investment portfolio. Carmen started her career with Ernst & Young LLP (Canada) in the Assurance & Advisory practice focused on financial services institutions.
Carmen has a MSc in Accounting from the University of Notre Dame, and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Toronto. She is a CFA Charterholder, and a Certified Public Accountant (Illinois).
Brian Digney joined the SBAI in March 2023 in the role of Research and Content Director. He is responsible for content development and co-ordination of the ongoing and future working groups on a wide variety of topics, including valuation of private assets, ESG & carbon footprinting, governance, insurance linked strategies, digital assets, asset management regulation and compliance as well as new topics to be determined in the future.
Prior to joining the SBAI, Brian was the Head of Due Diligence & Governance Oversight at Innocap Global Investment Management (Ireland) Ltd (2018-2023) in Dublin, a subsidiary of Innocap Investment Management Inc., a US$50bn hedge fund platform. He acted as Designated Person for Operational Risk Management, a regulated role by the Central Bank of Ireland. He also sat on Innocap’s Irish Risk Oversight and Valuation Committees. In 2017, Brian joined Albourne Partners in London as a Senior Operational Due Diligence Analyst. From 2015 to 2017 he was employed as an Operational Due Diligence Analyst at Mercer Sentinel in London. From 2010 to 2015 he held various Associate level roles at Decura LLP, Morgan Stanley and Citi.
Brian holds an LLB Hons in Law with Criminology and an M.Sc. in Management and Corporate Governance from University of Ulster. Brian is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst.
