Jamie Kramer
Head of Alternative Solutions Group, J.P. Morgan
Jamie is Head of the Alternatives Solutions Group at J.P. Morgan Asset Management. In this role, she is responsible for insights, analytics and cross alternatives investment solutions. Additionally, she is the CEO of the Global Hedge Fund and Alternative Credit Solutions business.
She is a member of the Alternatives Operating Committee, The Asset Wealth Management Investment Committee, and the founder and current member of the Sustainable Investment Leadership Team.
Previously, she was the Global Head of Strategic Product Management for J.P. Morgan Asset Management where she led innovation and ongoing product management across all asset classes and distribution channels. She was a member of the Asset Management Operating Committee. In this role, she reduced the global funds range by ~25% and launched an ESG initiative where under her leadership, the firm adopted a common framework and language for ESG and doubled ESG integrated AUM to $250bn.
Jamie was the CIO of the Thematic Advisory Program, providing JPM’s Global Wealth Management clients with innovative solutions. She created the program in 2010 and grew AUM to $20bn. For nearly a decade, she served as Global Head of Manager Selection.
She holds a B.A. from The University of Pennsylvania, an M.B.A. from The Wharton School and is a CFA charter holder. She serves on the executive committee of the Trustees Council of Penn Women and is a board observer of iCapital.
Jamie enjoys golf, animals, and travel. She lives in New York with her husband, two teenage sons and two dogs.
Adrienne Ross
Vice President Research and Portfolio Management, AQR Capital Management
Adrienne is a member of the research and portfolio management team within AQR’s Global Stock Selection group, where she conducts research on equity markets and engages clients on equity-related topics. She has published research in The Journal of Portfolio Management, The Journal of Alternative Investments, The Journal of Economic Geography, and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Her research was selected in AQR’s 20 for Twenty anniversary book. She has also been featured on AQR’s podcast, The Curious Investor, on the topic of systematic vs fundamental investing. Prior to AQR, she worked at PIMCO and began her career as a researcher at a macroeconomic think tank in Canada. Adrienne earned a B.A. in economics and mathematics from the University of Toronto and an M.A. in quantitative finance from Columbia University. Adrienne is a CFA charterholder.
Lily S. Trager
Executive Director and Director of Investing with Impact, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management
Lily S. Trager is an Executive Director and the Director of Investing with Impact for Morgan Stanley Wealth Management. For over a decade, she has dedicated her career to sustainable and impact investing. Lily joined the Firm in 2014; previously, from 2007 until 2014, Lily worked for Veris Wealth Partners in New York, a Registered Investment Advisory focused exclusively on serving clients with interest in sustainable and impact investing, most recently as Head of Research. Lily began her career at Cambridge Associates, where she worked on teams overseeing $3.9 billion in nonprofit, high-net-worth and foundation investment portfolios.
Lily was named to the 2018 class of MAKERS @ Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, a recognition that celebrates women who are ground breakers, advocates, and innovators in their given field.
Lily earned a M.B.A in Sustainable Business from Presidio Graduate School and her B.A. in Anthropology from Bates College. She also co-founded Women Investing for a Sustainable Economy (WISE), a professional networking group in New York City with chapters in Boston, DC, San Francisco, Toronto , London, Los Angeles and Philadelphia. Lily lives in Manhattan with her husband and daughter.
Naomi English
Executive Director, Head of ESG Solutions, MSCI
Naomi English is Executive Director, Head of ESG Solutions at MSCI ESG Research. In this role, Naomi is responsible for developing ESG Solutions to enable investors to integrate ESG throughout their varied investment processes, across teams and asset classes. Her team is responsible for new and existing product development including ESG Ratings, Climate Change Solutions, Sustainable Impact Solutions and Controversies & Global Norms Solutions.
Naomi has worked at MSCI since 2008. Until recently, she was based in London as Head of ESG Products for EMEA & APAC. Prior to her Product roles, Naomi was Global Head of ESG Consultants & Client Service, advising institutional investors on integrating ESG into their investment process. While in London Naomi led MSCI’s EMEA Women’s Leadership Forum.
Naomi holds a B.A. in International Relations from the University of British Columbia and a Master of Science (MSc) in Development Management from the London School of Economics, with a focus on Economic Development in Africa. Naomi is an avid runner and triathlete and has completed more than 20 races around the world, including seven Ironman races and one ultramarathon.
