John L. Bowman, CFA

John was appointed CEO for the CAIA Association in January 2025. He has devoted over 25 years to the asset management industry to recover the narrative of the value that the investment profession brings to society. He is a staunch public advocate for market integrity, long-termism, investor outcomes, diversity, human dignity and educational standards, as necessary ingredients to building a sustainable and healthy profession.

Cody Tafel, CMT, CAIA, Chapter Executive

Cody Tafel serves as Head of TSW Strategic Advisory, working with private client relationships, endowments, foundations, and OCIO mandates. Cody’s focus is on asset allocation, investment strategy and business development. Cody brings extensive global market knowledge that helps our investment team and clients connect the dots between the macro environment and our security selection to construct portfolios. 

John L. Bowman Named Senior Managing Director of The Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) Association

Former Managing Director, Americas for CFA Institute comes to CAIA as organization is building its global footprint and embarking on the next phase of its growth AMHERST, MASSACHUSETTS (July 18, 2019) – The Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) Association, the global leader in alternative investment education, today announced that John L. Bowman has joined the CAIA Association and been named Senior Managing Director. Mr. Bowman is an industry veteran and previously held a number of senior roles with CFA Institute, most recently Managing Director, Americas.
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Alexandra McGuigan, CAIA, Chapter Executive

Alexandra McGuigan Head of APAC for Qblue Balanced, a Copenhagen based systematic and sustainability focused fund manager. She works with some of the world’s largest institutional clients and is responsible for the business in the region.

With a 20-year career in financial services, she has worked in various roles with globally renowned fund managers including BNY Mellon Asset Management, Investec, GAM, Adveq, Och Ziff and has raised over $3 Billion AUM.

Darren Chua Chee How, CAIA , CFA, Chapter Executive

Darren Chua Chee How is an experienced investment professional with extensive expertise in energy, infrastructure, and renewables, specializing in M&A, commercial strategy, and financial management. As the Chief Investment Officer at PT Asian Bulk Logistics, Darren is responsible for managing the company’s investment portfolio, identifying strategic opportunities, mitigating risks, and driving sustainable growth through innovative financial solutions and partnerships.

Bennett Lee, CAIA, Chapter Executive

Bennett has almost a decade of Private Equity & Venture Capital, Investment Banking and Equity Research experience across the Technology, Financial Services, Consumer, Healthcare and F&B sectors. He has executed over ~15 transactions with a combined value of more than ~US$400million. Bennett is currently an Investment Director with Velocity Ventures specializing in South East Asia growth equity investments.  

Andrew Keenan, CAIA

“When you are working in the valuation space for an investment bank the size and scope of Credit Suisse, exposure to alternative investments is ineluctable. As part of the Inventory Valuation Review process, I help breakdown and explain both why the investment bank has taken certain valuation adjustments used in fair value measurement (e.g. Credit Valuation Adjustments, Debit Valuation Adjustments, Funding Valuation Adjustments, etc.) and what were the key drivers behind salient, usually quarter-to-date, movements.

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