Isela Rosales, CAIA, Chapter Head

Managing Director, Head of ESG & Sustainability, Bridge Investment Group
Isela Rosales

Isela Rosales, CAIA, serves as a Managing Director of ESG and Sustainability at Bridge Investment Group. She leads the firm’s ESG Steering Committee to oversee the development, implementation and refinement of firm wide environmental, social and governance initiatives and practices, driving sustainable investments and operations. In addition, she launched and leads Bridge’s Climate Change Task Force to increase awareness of climate risks and opportunities at all levels of the organization. Isela also Chaired the Bridge Women’s Network (BWN) Inaugural Kick-Off, is a Steering Committee Member of BWN, Co-Leads Unidos @ Bridge employee resource group, and is an active mentor for Bridge’s overall and BWN mentoring programs.

Prior to joining Bridge, Isela worked at Brevan Howard in Investor Relations, managing corporate and public pension, endowment, foundation, private wealth, and investment consultant relationships. Previously, she was Head of Client Services for Lyxor Asset Management, Inc. and Director of Marketing & Investor Relations for Coast Asset Management in their New York offices, cultivating institutional level client relationships for each multi-billion dollar firm’s hedge fund and multi-manager products. She began her career at Cambridge Associates, serving on consultant teams for the firm’s endowment, foundation, and family office clients, covering traditional and hedge fund asset classes. Isela received her dual Bachelor of Arts degrees in International Relations and Spanish from Stanford University, graduating with honors distinctions.

She has moderated industry panels on Real Assets, Diversity & Inclusion, and Opportunity Zones as well as supported panels as a speaker on Real Estate and Opportunity Zone investing. Isela holds the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) designation and is the Chapter Head Executive for the CAIA San Francisco Chapter. She is fluent in Spanish and has competed in Ironman, endurance cycling, and marathon competitions.