Jamil McNeal, CFA, CAIA, Chapter Executive, Dallas

Jamil McNeal is a member of True North Advisors’ investment team and investment committee working as a Director of Investments - Private Markets, where he helps manage investments on the firm’s private and alternatives investment platform, Western Alternative Strategies. He has worked in the investment industry for many years, including at notable firms such as Guidestone Capital Management, JPMorgan, and Wells Fargo and has experience as an analyst and investing broadly across private and alternative markets.

Justin Ellsesser, CFA, CAIA, Chapter Executive

Justin currently serves as Director of Investments at Matthias Private Wealth, where he leads the firm’s portfolio construction, securities selection, and overall investment strategy. 

Justin has over 15 years of experience in the investment industry, with a career spanning institutional, family office, and advisory roles. His experience spans both public and private markets, but with a focus on private markets for most of the last 10 years. 

Don-Romário Watson, CFA, CAIA, Chapter Executive, Austin

Don-Romário Watson,  is a member of the Manager Research & Origination team within the Investments vertical at CAIS, where he leads the sourcing, underwriting, and ongoing due diligence of private market strategies for North American and European asset managers. His remit spans private equity, private credit, hedge funds, real assets, and digital assets. His work blends rigorous fund-level assessment with deal-by-deal evaluation, enabling a nuanced view of underwriting quality, risk controls, portfolio construction, and operational resilience.

Tobias Gresham, CAIA, Chapter Executive

Toby Gresham is a Director and Banker Team Lead for Australia and New Zealand for Citi Private Bank based in Singapore.

Prior to this Toby was the Investment Counselor Team Lead for Australia and New Zealand, as well as the India (offshore) business.

Toby’s previous role was with JP Morgan Private Bank, where since 2007 he was an investment specialist covering Indonesian, Singaporean, Malaysian clients and then Investment Team Lead for Australia.