2024 Wrap Up: Part 1 with John Harney of AON, from Total Return Portfolios (the Wood) to putting Members First (the Trees) and everything in between

In this podcast John Harney, associate partner at AON, actuary and expert on pensions – see https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnwilliamharney/ leads the discussion on what was learned over the course of 2024 – how we separated the wood from the trees and what trends we perceived. Both Episode 270 Penny Green (https://www.fiftyfaceshub.com/2...
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292. Steve Neel of New Mexico Educational Retirement Board: Partnerships as a Pathway to the Future?

Steve Neel is Deputy Chief Investment Officer at the New Mexico Educational Retirement Board.  He spearheads the substantial alternative investing program at the fund. Our conversation starts with Steve’s childhood in the wettest state in the US – Hawaii – and how he ended up in one of the driest – New Mexico...
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Bonus Series 2024 – Trailer – Moon Shots and Deep Dives

Do you ever over order? This year, as is the case every year we were bursting at the seams with guests and talent here at Fiftyfaces Productions and were delighted to produce a bonus series featuring 8 inspiring guests at the end of 2024. We hope you can take some time over the break to listen back to some big themes – neurodivergence and the wor...
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291. Raudline Etienne of Daraja Capital: The Power of Being First When Scouring for Talent

Raudline Etienne is the Founder and CEO of Daraja Capital, an investment and advisory firm providing seed capital to new, diversely owned, private fund managers and independent sponsors. She has over 25 years of experience in institutional investing and consulting and previously served as CIO for the New York State Common Retirement Fund, the th...
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290. Frank Dixon: Why System Change can be the Answer to Everything

Frank Dixon is an expert on Systems Change.  He has been interested in sustainability since his MBA, joined one of the first ESG research firms, saw ESG wasn’t enough, and has been working on system change ever since.  ...
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289. Carol Geremia of MFS Investment Management – Why Fiduciary Responsibility is always in Fashion

Carol Geremia is president of MFS Investment Management® (MFS®) and head of Global Distribution. She leads the firm's worldwide client-facing teams as well as product and marketing strategy. Since joining MFS in 1984, Carol has held roles focused primarily on fiduciary responsibility, stewardship and sustainability, and she has actively engaged w...
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288. Steve Foresti: Senior Advisor at Wilshire: From a Vision to Reality

Steve Foresti is a Senior Advisor, Investments, at Wilshire, where he has spent almost 30 years.  He previously held a role as Chief Investment Officer, among other roles and is currently in a part-time role as he pursues other interests.  Steve was recommended to us as a guest because of his extraordinary career arc in which he overcame a substa...
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287. Matt Whineray: Former CEO of NZ Super Fund: Towards a Total Fund Portfolio Approach

Matt Whineray recently retired from the role of Chief Executive Officer at the NZ$77 bn NZ Super Fund, where he had spent close to 16 years in a series of roles, culminating in CEO but which included 4 years as CIO. He previously worked in a series of corporate finance roles, and currently holds a number of Chair and Board roles....
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286. Tiffany Wilding of PIMCO: Reflections from the Room where it Happened

Tiffany Wilding is a managing director and economist based in the Newport Beach office of PIMCO.  She leads PIMCO’s Cyclical Forum, crafts the firm’s outlook for the global economy, and analyzes key macro risks for the firm’s Investment Committee. Previously, she was a U.S. interest rate strategist in two firms and a Treasury market policy a...
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