, CAIA, has been appointed Managing Director by Bryan, Garnier Asset Management (BGAM), a part of the privately owned French investment bank, Bryan, Garnier & Co. He is responsible for business development activities extending to product development and structuring. Steve will also be part of the senior management team and the investment committee.

Prior to joining BGAM, Steve was Director, Industry Relations – EMEA for the CAIA Association. During this time, he was instrumental in building a number of CAIA communities and chapters in addition to building awareness of the CAIA designation.

A member of the CAIA Class of March 2007, Steve describes the benefits of the CAIA designation: “I studied CAIA before joining the CAIA Association and found it to be an extremely robust study across the spectrum of alternative investments. In addition, the strength of the CAIA network shouldn’t be underestimated and I would encourage all CAIA members to be active in their local CAIA communities. The brand is gaining momentum and given the continuing growth in alternative investments I believe it will only become stronger.”

Steve studied Financial Planning at RMIT in Australia. In addition to the CAIA designation, he is a chartered member of the CISI and a member of UKSIF.