Miguel Silva

Investment Manager at CalPERS

Speaker

Miguel Silva is an Investment Manager within the Sustainable Investments team at CalPERS, where he leads strategy, oversight, and engagement for the organization’s emerging manager platforms across private markets. His responsibilities include sourcing and leading due diligence on new fund and co-investment opportunities and overseeing performance across intermediated emerging manager strategies in Private Equity. He works closely with asset class leadership, external advisors, and investment managers to support disciplined capital deployment aligned with long-term beneficiary outcomes.

Miguel began his investment career in 2002 and has experience spanning institutional allocation, private market sponsorship, financial advisory, and commercial brokerage. Earlier in his career, he served as a Managing Member of real estate partnerships, raising capital and executing value-add investment strategies in Northern California. He also worked as a financial consultant and as a commercial brokerage professional advising on acquisitions and dispositions. This cross-platform experience across LP, GP, advisory, and transactional roles informs his approach to manager evaluation, risk assessment, and capital formation.

A first-generation Portuguese American, Miguel is fluent in Portuguese and Spanish. He earned dual Bachelor of Arts degrees from the University of California, Davis.