Mr. Kirchner serves as the COO of the Strategic Investments Group and leads the group’s operations, business development, and investor relations functions. Mr. Kirchner is also the strategy head for the firm’s hedge fund seeding platform, where he is responsible for sourcing and structuring seed investments in new hedge fund managers and working to support the managers’ growth. He also serves on the ESG & Impact Committee. Mr. Kirchner received his Bachelor of Science in Finance with high honors from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Mr. Kirchner holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.