CONFERENCE SPEAKERS
James Dinan
Founder, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, York Capital Management
Jamie founded York Capital Management in September 1991 and is the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and a Managing Partner of the Firm. Jamie is a Co-Portfolio Manager of the York Multi-Strategy, York Credit Opportunities, York Event-Driven UCITS funds, and York Sub-Advised '40 Act Strategy and the Chair of the Firm's Executive Committee. From 1985 to 1991, he worked at Kellner, DiLeo & Co., where he became a General Partner and was responsible for investing in risk arbitrage and special situation investments. From 1981 to 1983, Jamie was a member of the investment banking group at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Inc. Jamie is currently the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Museum of the City of New York, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Alternative Investment Management Association, the Board of Directors of the Hospital for Special Surgery, the Board of Directors of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Harvard Business School's Board of Dean's Advisors, the Board of Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania and the Wharton Board of Overseers at the University of Pennsylvania. Jamie received a B.S. in Economics from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
York was founded in September 1991 as a hedge fund platform, with the goal of generating attractive, risk adjusted returns across business and market cycles. York employs 49 investment professionals and 178 total employees globally, located primarily in New York, London, and Hong Kong. As of April 1, 2014, the Firm managed approximately $21.7 billion in assets across eight hedge fund strategies as well as three other investment strategies. York leverages its global research platform to employ a multi-strategy, event-driven investment approach, which emphasizes the fundamental analysis of industries and businesses.
