Mark Spindel

Senior Advisor at F/m Investments

Speaker

Senior Advisor with over 35 years of institution and team building, asset allocation and investment experience in the private and public sector, across all asset classes and risk factors. Co-founded multi-billion dollar single family office, with investment responsibility across all assets, including public and private markets, real estate and direct opportunities. Hired key staff and service providers, at scale. Executed investment process, asset allocation and formational governance structure for first and next generation stakeholders.

Previously, CIO for the District of Columbia Retirement Board, an $11bn public retirement plan for DC’s 25,000 teachers, firefighters and police officers. Responsible for asset allocation, manager selection, investment advisor and consultant oversight, risk management and performance. Well funded, multi-asset, global investment portfolio, public and private markets (PE/VC, credit, RE/Real assets, infrastructure, alternatives); negotiated, executed investment management agreements, limited partnership agreements, side letters, represented DCRB on multiple private fund LPAC/Board perspectives. Lead ESG and D&I initiatives across plan assets. Significant process and performance improvement.

Founder, CEO and CIO of Potomac River Capital ($800m global macro hedge fund). Previously Deputy Treasurer and CIO at World Bank/IFC ($15bn reserves portfolio) and Board of Trustees of World Bank pension fund. Expert on the Federal Reserve’s relationship with Congress and its impact on financial markets. Co-authored award-winning research, The Myth of Independence (Princeton University Press, 2017).

Investment philosophy focuses on macroeconomic, policy and political forces across all markets and market conditions, building and managing collaborative investment teams and an unrelenting appreciation for risk management. Traditional investment experience includes global bonds, equities and commodities. Alternative investment experience includes hedge funds, private equity, venture capital and real estate from identification to due diligence to execution. Earlier investing roles with ABN AMRO and Salomon Brothers in London and New York.

BS from Cornell University in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering (1987). Member of the Board of Visitors of the UCLA Economics Department, UCLA investor-in-residence.