Lapo Sogli, CAIA, CMT, FRM, Chapter Executive

Lapo Sogli is part of the European Equity Team at Candriam as Senior Fund Manager. He is also Head of Technical Analysis. He joined Candriam in 2010.

Lapo started his career as a trader. In 1995, he joined the proprietary desk of Bank of America in Milan, first as a forex trader, then as an equity trader.

In 2001 he moved to Luxembourg to join the advisory desk of Credit Agricole Indosuez where he  became the responsible for alternative investments and manager of a fund of hedge funds.

Hamlin Lovell, CAIA, Chapter Executive

CAIA Member since 2009

Hamlin is Head of Research at Tomlinson Research and has over 16 years' of economics and investment industry experience. He started his career in 1997 as assistant economist in the UK Government Department of Social Security; he then moved into equity analytics starting with the Universities Superannuation Scheme (pension) and IDEAglobal (independent research provider).

Silvia Writzel, CAIA, Chapter Executive in Munich

Mrs. Writzel began her career at Austrian financial service provider C-Quadrat GmbH, where she worked in client service. Since May 1998, Mrs. Writzel has looked after Asset Allocation AG’s institutional clients and is also responsible for product selection. A Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) with 25 years’ capital market experience, Mrs. Writzel has a solid background in alternative investments.

Panayiotis Lambropoulos, CAIA, Chapter Executive, Austin

CAIA Member since 2012

Panayiotis Lambropoulos is a Portfolio Manager of Hedge Funds at the Employees Retirement System of Texas – a $26 billion retirement plan – located in Austin, Texas. His responsibilities include sourcing, analyzing and evaluating potential hedge fund managers, process and performance assessment, interviewing various fund employees and third-party service providers, and maintaining due diligence efforts.

Dennis Montz, CAIA, Chapter Executive, Houston

Dennis Montz, CAIA, is the Senior Vice President and Director of Private Investments at Sentinel Trust Company. In this role, Montz sources, conducts due diligence on, analyzes, and monitors investments for four proprietary private equity funds of funds in conjunction with external specialized consultants. Additionally, he oversees limited partnership investments in venture capital, corporate finance, and real estate funds, as well as analyzes other private investment opportunities for clients.