Alternative investment events in London

Anastasia Critides began her finance career at Morgan Stanley and spent over 28 years in a range of roles helping to build and expand its hedge fund franchise. She played a key role across Capital Introductions, European Prime Brokerage Sales, and European Fund Services in London, before relocating to New York to focus on strategic client management and hedge fund financing within the Corporate & Institutional Solutions group.

Upon returning to London, Anastasia led Marketing and Investor Relations at Pelham Capital, strengthening investor engagement and supporting institutional relationships. Most recently, as Chief Marketing and Client Officer at Nutshell Asset Management, she oversaw the launch of a hedge fund within a traditional asset management platform, leading regulatory and operational readiness and securing a cornerstone allocation.

Anastasia is also an active mentor and diversity advocate, committed to supporting the development and advancement of underrepresented talent across the industry.

Tom Lileng has spent his career on the allocator side of the alternative investment industry, with particular focus on hedge fund portfolio management and manager due diligence. He spent a significant period at General Oriental Investments (Cavamont Holdings), heading the previously Geneva-based investment office of the family of Sir James Goldsmith, where his responsibilities included overseeing both the direct and alternative investments with portfolio management, manager selection, and direct and co-investments. Prior to that, he served as Portfolio Manager and Head of Research at Optimal Investment Services, Santander's business for fund of hedge funds and bespoke alternative investments solutions.

Tom is based in Geneva, and is currently an independent advisor and Board member focused on investment matters, capital markets and governance, advising corporations and family offices.

Jacobo Silva is Portfolio Manager at Omega Capital, a Madrid-based single-family office, where he has been responsible for external manager research and hedge fund allocation since 2007. In this role he oversees manager and strategy selection and monitoring, across the family office's globally diversified investment programme.

Before joining Omega Capital, Jacobo served as Senior Hedge Fund Analyst and Associate Director at M&B Capital Advisers, where he was responsible for hedge fund research and selection. He began his career as an analyst at CECA in London.

In addition to his work at Omega, Jacobo also teaches the Hedge Funds module within the MSc in Banking & Finance programme at Centro de Estudios Garrigues Business & Law School in Madrid.

Igor Puljic has over twenty years of multi-asset investment experience across a broad range of alternative strategies, primarily hedge funds and private credit, gained at leading institutional fund-of-funds and family office firms. He served as Fund Investment Advisor at Seatankers, the London-based family office, where he was responsible for selection and oversight of public market as well as private credit strategies. Prior to that, he spent eight years as Senior Portfolio Manager at Kempen Capital Management in Amsterdam and London, building and managing primarily hedge fund portfolios for institutional clients.

Earlier in his career, Igor was Investment Director and Deputy CIO at Key Asset Management, where he managed the flagship Key Hedge fund of funds and a range of multi-strategy mandates. Before joining Key Asset Management, he managed a fund of hedge funds at io Investors for the Punter Southall Group.

Igor currently advises a private client investment office on a freelance basis.