SBAI Names Jane Buchan As New Chair
Mario Therrien said: “It was an incredible honour for me to lead the Board of Trustees of the Standards Board for the last four years and further the mission of the SBAI around the world. When I took over the reins of the SBAI, we were all in the midst of a pandemic facing unprecedented times. With the support of our Board and the team, the SBAI not only rose to those challenges but also made considerable progress, specifically in producing significant industry guidance in several areas, including ODD, governance, digital assets, responsible investment, and culture and diversity, amongst other things. We deepened our engagement with global regulators and established partnerships with leading industry organisations. However, there is still a great deal to be done, and I am confident that under the leadership of Jane Buchan, the SBAI will reach new heights for the benefit of its stakeholders and the industry as a whole.”
Jane Buchan stated: “I am deeply honoured to be elected Chair of this organisation, which I have been involved with over many years as a Trustee. I strongly believe in its mission, and, in my new capacity, I am looking forward to working with the SBAI team and my esteemed colleagues from the Board of Trustees and benefiting from their counsel in continuing the SBAI’s mission and contributions to the industry.”
Jane is CEO of Martlet Asset Management, Newport Beach, California. Prior to this, Jane co-founded and led Pacific Alternative Asset Management Company (PAAMCO), a Fund of Hedge Funds focused on institutional investors for 18 years. Under her leadership first as CEO of PAAMCO and then co-CEO of PAAMCO Prisma, the firm grew to $32 billion AUM placing it third globally in the league tables by the time of her retirement in July 2018. Jane began her career at J.P. Morgan Investment Management in the Capital Markets Group. She has been an Assistant Professor of Finance at the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. She recently served as chairwoman of the board for the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association (CAIA) and is a member of the Advisory Board for the Master of Financial Engineering Program at UCLA Anderson School of Management. Jane holds both a PhD and an MA in Business Economics (Finance) from Harvard University. She earned a BA in Economics from Yale University.
The SBAI is an active alliance of over 150 alternative asset managers and over 100 institutional investors dedicated to advancing responsible practice, partnership, and knowledge. The SBAI advocates for an effective alternative investment ecosystem through robust standards and the exchange of ideas. For more information on the SBAI or to join the SBAI community, please contact [email protected] or visit the website www.sbai.org.
