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Arthur is a member of the North American Investment Manager Research Group serving as Head of Alternatives for BMO Family Office, he is responsible for working with the bank’s largest clients in North America supporting their implementation, understanding and utilization of alternatives (private markets & hedge funds). As part of this role, he leads on manager diligence, selection and implementation of alternatives within client portfolios. The alternative group within BMO is designed to provide clients with their best thinking with their independent insights-based focus. Arthur joined BMO Private Wealth in 2018 as an Associate Director within the Investment Manager Research Team. Prior to joining BMO Arthur spent nearly 8 years in client facing & portfolio management roles at another major financial institution. Arthur is an active member in the alternative community regularly participating in articles and industry panels, while also serving as a member of the Canadian Hedge Fund Awards Committee. Arthur holds a Bachelor of Commerce from McGill University. In addition, he is a CFA charterholder, CAIA charterholder and PFP designation.

Kevin Purcell is a Senior Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the GP Strategic Capital Investment Team. In his role, he focuses on GP Stakes Investing and strategic initiatives across the GP Strategic Capital platform. Before joining Blue Owl, Kevin was a Vice President at Neuberger Berman Private Equity. Kevin began his career as an Associate in the Investment Management Division at Lehman Brothers focused on strategic projects throughout the hedge fund platform and minority stake acquisition program. Kevin received his MBA from the Krannert School of Management at Purdue University and holds a BS in Finance from Siena College.

Claire Van Wyk-Allan, CAIA is Managing Director, Head of Canada & Investor Engagement, Americas for AIMA, acting as staff lead for the AIMA Global Investor Board and allocator-only Investment Peer Group. She has over 16 years of professional experience in alternative investments across strategy, leadership and business development roles, having joined AIMA as Director, Head of Canada in 2018. Prior to joining AIMA as staff, Claire was the first female to serve on the AIMA Canada Executive Committee, a post held for almost four years while at RBC Global Asset Management (RBC GAM), where she was Business Development Manager, Advisor Channel Sales covering advisors in the Greater Toronto Area. Previously, she was the Manager, Sales Support at RBC GAM, where she built and led a junior sales team across Canada. Claire began her career at Arrow Capital Management, a boutique hedge fund firm where she spent almost four years as Regional Manager, covering wealth advisors across Ontario. Claire has been a two-time Co-Chair for the Hedge Funds Care (Help for Children) Charity Canada Gala. She graduated from the University of Western Ontario with a Bachelor of Management and Organizational Studies, specialising in Finance, is a CAIA Charterholder and proud mom of two young boys.