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Before co-founding UGVP and Union Grove Farm, Greg was Managing Director for Morgan Creek Capital, expanding their venture exposure and raising a $106M fund that became number one in its class. Previously, Greg was a Portfolio Manager at Wasatch Global Investors, initiating and leading the venture investment category, Cross Creek Capital. Early in his career, as the 23-year-old President of Findlay Bancshares, Greg was the youngest board chairman and bank president in the FDI system.During Gregʼs 30 years in banking and venture capital, he has invested in over 60 venture-backed companies and successfully taken 24 companies public, including startups like Sourcefire, Samba TV and Beyond Meat. For Beyond Meat, Greg led the investment for rounds C, D, and F, resulting in the most successful public offering in the previous 20 years. In addition to its market success, Beyond Meat also opened a new category of investment in plant-based alternatives and was pivotal in Gregʼs shift to focus on green businesses that create a healthy and sustainable planet.

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Drobetz holds the Chair of Finance and Portfolio Management at the University of Hamburg. He received his doctorate from the Swiss Institute of Banking and Finance at the University of St. Gallen (HSG) and his habilitation at the Centre for Economic Sciences at the University of Basel. He has taught at Bucerius Law School, WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management and IAE Business School and was an Honorary Visiting Research Fellow at the Judge Business School of the University of Cambridge. He is co-editor of several international scientific journals and serves as managing director of the Hamburg Financial Research Center e.V. (HFRC).

Dr Christoph Kind is Chief Investment Officer and Head of Portfolio Management at the Hamburg multi-family office bank Marcard, Stein & Co. After studying economics and completing his doctorate, he worked as an economist at BHF-Bank and as a portfolio manager at the fund company Frankfurt-Trust, where he built up and headed the asset allocation division. He is a lecturer at the Ludwigshafen University of Business and Society and a speaker on a course for certified family officers.

Mrs. Writzel began her career at Austrian financial service provider C-Quadrat GmbH, where she worked in client service. Since May 1998, Mrs. Writzel has looked after Asset Allocation AG’s institutional clients and is also responsible for product selection. A Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) with 25 years’ capital market experience, Mrs. Writzel has a solid background in alternative investments.