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Please join us as we are gathering a group of thoughtful investors to discuss the rapidly evolving, global opportunity set in climate – breadth of the opportunity, new technology solutions and business models and risks.
We will also discuss what we are hearing from clients looking to build climate considerations into their portfolios.
Moderated By
Matt Doyle, LPL Financial
Matt Doyle, AVP Product Management, conducts sourcing, diligence, and monitoring of Alternative Investment strategies at LPL Financial with a focus on hedge fund, private markets, and real estate investments. Prior to joining LPL in 2022, Matt served in multiple roles at Raymond James Financial, including, most recently, Alternative Investments Due Diligence Analyst, where he served as a generalist over hedge fund, private markets, real estate, and credit asset classes.
Prior to the Alternative Investments Group, Matt worked with Raymond James’s Private Institutional Client Group, where he conducted diligence on institutional offerings including venture capital, late stage growth equity, PIPEs, and niche fund offerings.
Matt earned his BS in Finance with a concentration in Asset Management from the University of South Florida and holds his FINRA Series 7 and Series 66 licenses
Guest Speakers
Bhavika Vyas, Managing Director | StepStone Group
Ms. Vyas is a member of the responsible investing team at StepStone, with a focus on impact investing. She is also involved in the Firm’s responsible investing initiative.
Prior to StepStone, Ms. Vyas was a managing director at East Rock Capital, a multi-family office, and focused on private equity co-investing. Before that, Ms. Vyas was a vice president on the private equity and co-investment teams at Goldman Sachs Investment Management and Siguler Guff, covering a wide range of strategies, including impact investing, energy and infrastructure, emerging markets private equity, distressed and traditional buyouts. Ms. Vyas also spent time as a portfolio manager at the Acumen Fund, an impact investment manager, focused on emerging market water and sanitation issues, and was a founder of Velocitas Partners, a responsible investing advisory firm.
Ms. Vyas received an MBA from Stanford Business School and a BSE from Duke University.
Dawn Powell, Principal | StepStone Group
Ms. Powell is a member of the responsible investing team at StepStone, focusing on ESG integration and impact investing across asset classes and investment strategies. She is also a member of the private equity team, focusing on venture capital and growth equity.
Prior to joining StepStone, Ms. Powell was an Investor Relations Officer and member of the ESG team at Capital Group Private Markets, where she managed ESG factors across a portfolio of emerging markets private equity investments. Previously, she worked for Global Equity Administradora de Recursos, a Brazilian private equity firm, and performed research in Brazil on a Fulbright scholarship.
Ms. Powell received an MBA with honors from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a BA in International Relations from the University of Southern California. She is a CAIA Charterholder.