Robert Woods

Robert Woods is an Associate Director at Delaware Life on the Private Credit team. He is focused on originating, underwriting, and monitoring debt investments in middle market companies. Robert invests across a broad spectrum of industries, providing capital to facilitate acquisitions, growth, recapitalizations and leveraged buyouts. Prior to Delaware Life, Robert was an investment analyst…

Igor Yasenovets

Igor Yasenovets is a Senior Partner with McKinsey & Company. He focuses on large-scale transformations in the financial services space. Igor has been with McKinsey since 2006, and over the years, he has served leading banks, insurance companies, wealth managers, and fintechs in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and North America. His primary focus is…

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Amie Patel

Amie Patel is a Principal with Elevar Equity where she will lead the fundraising efforts, LP and co-investor relations as well as support the existing portfolio with current and future partner relationships. Prior to joining Elevar, Amie was a Vice President with Goldman Sachs Asset Management which she joined through the acquisition of Imprint Capital.…

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Manoj Susarla

A native of Vestal, New York, Manoj Susarla a talented and committed musician who served as Principal Violist with the University of Pennsylvania Symphony Orchestra as well as the organization’s President and Treasurer. He also was a founding member of the Penn Chamber Music Society.Mr. Susarla graduated summa cum laude with a BA in Mathematics…

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Cecil Smart, Jr.

Cecil Smart is a Principal on the Sixth Street Asset Based Finance team focused on commercial and esoteric assets. Prior to joining Sixth Street, Mr. Smart was a Senior Managing Director with Kroll Bond Rating Agency, where he led the Commercial ABS group. Before Kroll, Mr. Smart worked for DZ Bank, where he spent time…

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Michael Schaefer

Michael R. Schaefer is a former Managing Director at a major financial services firm. For many years, he was a member of all major commodity exchanges in the United States and served on many industry-related committees. A long time member of the Board of ETM, Mike is happily retired and enjoys traveling and supporting Broadway…

Aly Alibhai

Aly Alibhai is Managing Director, Global Head of Media and Entertainment at Credit Suisse. Aly has an MBA from Columbia Business School, where he graduated Beta Gamma Sigma, and a BSc. in Cell Biology and Genetics from the University of British Columbia. Aly is also a CFA charterholder. Aly resides in New York City with…