bio'S of a few of the attendees

Eric Upin

Eric Upin is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Main Post Advisors, a family office investments office, established in the summer of 2019.  Mr. Upin also serves as Executive Board Chair of the Washington University Investment Management Company, overseeing the $9.0 billion Washington University in St. Louis Endowment.  Mr. Upin also served as Interim Chief Investment Officer (2016-2017), Chair of the CIO Search Committee (2017) and Board Member (2007-2016). 

Prior to Main Post Advisors, Eric Upin was a senior partner and Chief Investment Officer at Makena Capital Management from 2009-2017.  At Makena Capital, Mr. Upin created and led the Makena asset allocation team, managed the critical build-out phase of the endowment portfolio and established key investment processes and functions.   Previously, Mr. Upin was the Chief Investment Officer at the Stanford Management Company (SMC), managing Stanford University’s endowment portfolio and other financial assets.  Mr. Upin was responsible for global asset allocation, portfolio analytics, risk management, portfolio tilts and quarterly board reporting.  Prior to Stanford, Mr. Upin was a managing director and senior research analyst at the investment banking firm, Robertson Stephens, leading a research team covering enterprise software, software services and other technology businesses and a senior associate at the consulting firm Booz Allen & Hamilton.  Mr. Upin received a BA in Economics from Washington University in St. Louis in 1983 and a MBA from Harvard Business School in 1989.   

Mr. Upin serves on the Board of Trustees at Washington University in St. Louis and on the Investment Committee of the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation for Brain Science.  Mr. Upin also served on two large family office investment committees for 10+ years, including the Stephen D. Bechtel Jr. Foundation Investment Committee and other non-profit investment committee boards.

Larry Hatheway

Larry Hatheway has over 25 years experience as an economist and multi-asset investment professional. He is co-founder, with Alexander Friedman, of Jackson Hole Economics, LLC, which offers commentary and analysis on the global economy, policy & politics, and their broad implications for capital markets.

Prior to co-founding Jackson Hole Economics, LLC Larry worked at GAM Investments from 2015-2019 as Group Chief Economist and Global Head of Investment Solutions, where he was responsible for a team of 50 investment professionals managing over $10bn in assets. While at GAM, Larry authored numerous articles on the world economy, policy-making and multi-asset investment strategy.

Larry was also the lead investment manager for various mandates, funds and an actively managed multi-asset index. Larry also served on the GAM Group Management Board, was Chairman of the GAM London Limited Board and served as member of the GAM Investment Management Limited Board. Larry was also Chairman of the GAM Diversity & Inclusion Committee. During his tenure at GAM, Larry was based in London, UK and Zurich, Switzerland.

From 1992 until 2015 Larry worked at UBS Investment Bank as UBS Chief Economist (2005-2015), Head of Global Asset Allocation (2001-2012), Global Head of Fixed Income and Currency Strategy (1998-2001), Chief Economist, Asia (1995-1998) and Senior International Economist (1992-1995). During his tenure at UBS, Larry was also a standing member of the UBS Wealth Management Investment Committee. While at UBS, Larry worked in Zurich, Switzerland, London, UK (various occasions), Singapore and Stamford, CT.

At both GAM Investments and UBS Investment Bank Larry was widely recognised for his appearances on Bloomberg TV, CNBC, the BBC, CNN and other media outlets. He frequently published articles and opinion pieces for Bloomberg, CNBC, Project Syndicate, and The Financial Times, among others.

Before joining UBS in 1992, Larry held roles at the Federal Reserve (Board of Governors), Citibank and Manufacturers Hanover Trust. Larry Hatheway holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Texas, an MA in International Studies from the Johns Hopkins University, and a BA in History and German from Whitman College. Larry is married with four grown children and a loving Cairn Terrier, and resides in Wilson, WY.