Chapter Head

CAIA Member since 2013

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.

CAIA Member since 2008

Over 20 years industry experience having worked for international asset managers and fund distribution platforms. Business development in Iberia and Latinamerica, servicing institutional and wholesale clients. Wide experience in both traditional asset classes and alternatives (hedge fund, private equity, private debt).

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.

Michael Griffin is a founding partner of SilverOak Financial Group, Ltd., an investment management and financial planning firm in Houston, TX. He began his financial services career in 1999. He subsequently took an interest in the CAIA designation and received his Charter in 2010 in an effort to better serve his clients and in support of his own direct investment activities. Michael graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1990 with a BBA in Finance and a BA in Japanese.

CAIA Member since 2005

CAIA Member since 2009

Keenan Carstens, CFA, CAIA, is currently Head of US Client Relations for the CFFA Group. The CFFA Group provides Registered Investment Advisors investment consulting services as well as web based applications designed to capture new client assets as well as retain existing clientele through improved communication protocols.

CAIA Member since 2014

Josh Kernan is a Partner of Simple Alternatives, LLC. Founded in 2009, Simple Alternatives is an institutional alternative investment provider. Simple Alternatives’ S1 Fund (SONEX) is a long/short equity fund of fund in a mutual fund structure.

CAIA Member since 2015

CAIA Member since 2010

Marco Calleja, CA, CAIA has been a CAIA member since 2010 and played an active role in the foundation of CAIA Cayman Islands.