Founders

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Chief Investment Officer

Mark has 20 years of experience in equity investing and almost 9 years in commodity trading, working at top-tier hedge funds and mutual funds with some legendary value investors.

Mark’s experience prior to founding MAC Alpha Capital Management:

• Co-Portfolio Manager, First Eagle Investment Management, 2014 to 2019 | International Small Cap Value strategy.
• Portfolio Manager and Analyst, PIMCO, 2010 to 2014 | Global generalist managing a diversified quantitative U.S. equity fund.
• Partner and Portfolio Manager, Omega Advisors, 2005 to 2010 | Global industrials, capital goods, and commodities/energy sectors.
• Analyst, Pequot Capital Management, 2002 to 2004 
• Portfolio Manager, JP Morgan, 1992 to 2000 | Fixed income, commodities, and foreign exchange asset classes, co-managing a $50 billion notional value portfolio investing in both European and exotic options and managing a $10 billion portfolio focused on long-dated gold and silver.
• Adjunct Professor of Finance and Economics, Columbia Business School, 2004 to Present | Applied Value Investing, Heilbrunn Center for Value Investing.
• Education and Credentials:
• MBA - Columbia Business School 2002 | Bachelor of Science - Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1991. Former US Army officer Former Vice Chairman of Harlem success academy HSA #2 (a charter school) |Co-author of Value Investing: From Graham to Buffett and Beyond  – Second Edition.

President & Chief Risk Officer

Tom  Luke has 25 years of experience in the trading and risk management arenas and has worked at many of the top firms in the industry over his career.

• Chief  Risk Officer, Alphadyne Asset Management, 2012 to 2020 l $9 billion global macro investment manager.
• Managing  Director, North American Trading, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, 2008 to 2012. 
• Head of U.S. Structured Products and Municipal Derivatives, Deutsche Bank, 2004 to 2008. 
• Vice  President, Goldman Sachs, 2002 to 2004 | U.S. Exotics and Muni Derivatives Trading.
• Trader,  JP Morgan, 1996 to 2002 | U.S. Exotics derivatives.
•  Associate,  Credit Suisse Financial Products, 1994 to 1996. 
• Education:
• Ph.D. Physics and Master of Science Business - Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1994.
• Bachelor of Science - California Institute of Technology 1986.

Chief Executive Officer

Jema  Gonzales Cooper worked for many years in management consulting and at GE in various roles. Her expertise is in strategy, marketing, sales management, and operational improvement.

• Director of Marketing, General Electric Direct Investments, 2006 to 2008.
• Director of Global Corporate Social Responsibility, Governance, and Charitable Contribution Programs, GE Commercial Finance, 2004 to 2006.
• Sales  Management at GE Commercial Finance, 2002-2004
• Strategic  Initiatives at GE Corporate, 2000-2002.
• Principal,  A.T. Kearney, 1994 to 2000 | Strategy, operational improvement, and change management consulting.
• Education:
• MBA  - Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania 1994
• Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering - Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1990.