Unlocking the Future: Exploring the Intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Investing

Moderator

Kwesi Quaye

Partner

‘Smart people are everywhere and there is often more than one correct answer. The market can bring great ideas to you, if you have the ability to see it. I am drawn to conviction-led people who pursue and invest in new markets, products and services with deep passion. At Fairview, I’m fortunate to be part of a deeply experienced, diverse, and collaborative team guided by shared values and a commitment to excellence.  I’m so excited to be a member of a thoughtful team that doubles down on strategies positively affecting the quality of life of many communities every single day.’

Mr. Quaye, who joined Fairview in 2017, is a Partner and a member of Fairview’s Investment Committee. He focuses on research, due diligence, deal sourcing, investment monitoring, and business development for Fairview’s venture capital and private equity partnership and direct co-investment portfolios. Prior to joining Fairview, Mr. Quaye was an Investment Officer at the Cook County Pension Fund, where he supported portfolio strategy across all asset classes. Additionally, in that role, Mr. Quaye led investment manager due diligence and performed various portfolio optimization analyses to maximize risk-adjusted returns. Mr. Quaye also spent time with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP where he served as a Senior Transaction Advisory Associate performing buy-side mergers and acquisitions due diligence on companies in the healthcare, education, and consumer products spaces. Moreover, Mr. Quaye also spent time with Ernst & Young LLP as a Senior Associate in the Assurance practice where he led day to day audit engagements for diversified services clients.

Panelists

Margot Brandenburg

Senior Program Officer, Mission Investments

Margot Brandenburg is a senior program officer on the foundation’s Mission Investments team, focused on building and strengthening the infrastructure of the impact investment market—with an eye to shaping the broader capital markets. She has spent two decades working at the intersection of philanthropy, capital markets, and social and environmental justice.

Prior to joining Ford, Margot served as founder and CEO of MyStrongHome, a benefit corporation delivering resilience finance services to homeowners across the Southeast and Gulf Coast of the US. Before that, she helped design and lead the impact investing initiative at the Rockefeller Foundation. She co-authored the book The Power of Impact Investing with former RF president Judith Rodin. While at Rockefeller, she also focused on job creation and issues of economic security for low-wage workers.

Margot began her career in international microfinance and has worked with several community development finance institutions in the US. She serves on the boards of the Workers Lab, Brooklyn Cooperative Credit Union, and the Woodcock Foundation, and as an adviser to the National Domestic Workers Alliance as well as the National Energy Improvement Fund.

She received a master’s in public affairs from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University and holds an undergraduate degree from Stanford University.

Kenneth Chenault Jr.

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Ken is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Benchstrength. Benchstrength is an early-stage venture firm with a mission of supporting underrepresented founders. Prior to launching Benchstrength, Ken was a Principal at General Catalyst, where he was a multi-stage investor with a primary focus on Healthcare and Fintech. He was also the Co-Head of the firm’s DE&I team. Prior to GC, Ken was an early employee at WayUp, an HRTech company that helps match college students and grads with job opportunities. Before WayUp, Ken was an Associate at Global Infrastructure Partners on the investment team. Ken began his career at Goldman Sachs on the sales desk for the Prime Brokerage group.

Ken received his Bachelor’s degree and MBA from Harvard. He is also a co-founder of the Anti-Racism Fund (ARF). ARF is a non-profit fund of funds with a focus on raising money to support different initiatives that benefit the African American community.

John Kim

Managing Director, Investor Relations & Chief Development Officer

Prior to joining GC, John Kim was a Partner leading investor relations at Kelso Private Equity where he focused on marketing, fundraising and co-investment syndication. Previously, he ran investor relations and marketing at Court Square Capital.

As Managing Director, Investor Relations & Chief Development Officer of GC, John is a member of the Executive Committee, oversees the fundraising and investor relations functions and works on strategy and product development for the firm. He is based in New York.

John is a Trustee Uncommon Schools NYC Charters and the JW Foundation.

John earned an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and received an A.B., magna cum laude, from Brown University

Charlie Tafoya*

Co-Founder and CEO

• Co-Founder and CEO, Chronograph
• SEO Investment Banking Career Alum 2008, Mentor
• SEO Alternative Investments Fellow 2012, Mentor
• SEO Junior Leadership Board 2018

Charlie is the Co-Founder and CEO of Chronograph, provider of next-generation portfolio monitoring and reporting solutions to private capital LPs and GPs. He previously was a private equity secondaries investor with Pantheon Ventures and investment banker with Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Charlie is an SEO alum and current mentor of both the Investment Banking Career program and Alternative Investment Fellowship and joined the SEO Junior Leadership Board in 2018.

* indicates SEO Alumnus