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GAIM Ops West
October 5 - 8 2025
Waldorf Astoria Monarch BeachDana Point CA

Nicole Ford
Director, Operational Due Diligence at F.L.Putnam Investment Management Company
Speaker

Profile

Nicole is responsible for implementing and executing operational due diligence mandates across Atrato Consulting’s client base.

Prior to joining the Atrato Consulting team at FLP, Nicole held senior operational due diligence consulting roles at Kroll/Duff & Phelps and RVK, Inc, where she evaluated operational risks of private equity, venture, private credit, real asset, hedge funds, and traditional asset managers on behalf of a range of institutional and ultra-high net worth clients. She also worked for over two decades in various operational and trading-related roles, including 15 years at TCW Group, LLC.

Nicole holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Management from Pepperdine University, and an MSc Financial Compliance and Risk Management from Albany Law School (summa cum laude). She sits on the Board of Directors for the Cultural Coalition of Washington County in her home state of Oregon, and also volunteers as a mentor for American Corporate Partners.

Agenda Sessions

  • Risk management workshop – focus on 3rd party vendor risk

    9:45am