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Past Events
Seminar with Neal Pawar
Fairfield Public Library, Rotary Room
Neal is a global business leader with a highly technical and quantitative upbringing. He is currently Chief Operating Officer at Enfusion, but has held senior operating roles on the buy-side of Investment Management at many other companies too (AQR Capital, Deutsche Bank, Qontigo, UBS).
In the seminar, he plans to discuss his path to where he is now, sharing his wisdom and knowledge, as well as offer guidance to high-schoolers about potential future paths they could take. At the end of his seminar he will answer any questions attendee’s may have in a Q&A, offering a great chance to get exclusive insight and opinions from a man at the top of his industry.
“The Prices, Struggles and Psychology Behind Leadership” with Chris Lasusa
New Canaan High School, Wagner Room
Mr. LaSusa is a Founder along with his partner Kevin Cottrell and is the Portfolio Manager at KCL Capital, LP, a fundamental long-short equity fund focused on the global technology, media, and telecom sectors. Chris manages all investment-related activity with specific responsibility for portfolio construction, risk management, and trading.
Prior to founding KCL Capital in 2017, Mr. LaSusa spent 14 years at Point72 Asset Management (previously S.A.C. Capital Advisors) as Portfolio Manager. Over his tenure, Chris made notable contributions in the areas of technology, best practices, and culture, as well as, served on the PMAC Committee for its duration. From 2000-2003, Chris worked at Circle T, initially as a Trader and later as a Portfolio Manager. He began his investment career in 1998 at Willowbridge Associates, a macro-economic hedge fund, as a Trader.
“Road to Entrepreneurship” with Matt Brown
New Canaan High School, Wagner Room
Matt has spent over 30 years at the intersection of wealth management, alternative investments, and platform design. He began his career as a financial advisor at Shearson Lehman Brothers and Smith Barney. In 2009, Matt founded CAIS, the first truly open marketplace for alternative investments, where financial advisors and asset managers can engage and transact directly on a massive scale. Financial advisors, the professionals we designate to oversee our economic futures, do not have the same access to alternative investments in comparison to large institutions. CAIS is changing that.
Matt believes entrepreneurship is the major driver of economic and social change. He’s spent the better part of two decades working with Endeavor, the world’s leading organization for high-impact entrepreneurs. During his tenure, he had the opportunity to mentor dozens of entrepreneurs from around the world, including Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East. Matt is honored to have been on Endeavor’s South African and Turkish Boards which ultimately led to a position on the Global Board of Directors. The experience deepened his belief that helping entrepreneurs build and scale their businesses promotes economic growth and prosperity. It’s Matt’s personal mission to ensure that anyone with a dream, and the drive to achieve it, have an equal opportunity to make it happen.
Workshop with Erin Mercede
New Canaan High School, AMSTED Room
Erin Mercede from the Connecticut Women’s Business Development Council is conducting a workshop regarding the formulation of a business idea/plan. The focus is taking students through the steps of transitioning an idea into a business model and the various factors that must be considered along that journey.
This workshop also serves as an open-forum for attendees to receive advice on their current endeavours and and obtain guidance for future plans/actions.