Silver Creek Capital Management, an alternative investment boutique focused on building investment solutions for institutional and sophisticated investors globally, announced that Nathan Kelso has joined the firm as Chief Technology Officer. For over a decade, Kelso was Chief Information Security Officer of Research Affiliates, a leader in smart beta and asset allocation, and earlier worked in a senior information technology role at BlackRock.
The addition of Kelso follows Silver Creek’s recent hiring of David Matter as co-chief Investment Officer and Michael Callahan as Managing Director of business development.
Kelso has nearly 30 years of experience serving in information technology roles in the investment management sector. Before Research Affiliates, he was Director of the Platform and Integration team supporting BlackRock Alternative Advisors, where he managed the deployment of a client tracking system across the platform. Kelso joined BlackRock in 2007 upon acquiring the core asset management business of Seattle-based Quellos Group, where he was Associate Director of product management. He holds a BA in Business Administration with an emphasis in Finance from Washington State University. He is a CFA charterholder and an Orange County Society of Financial Analysts member.
KEY QUOTES:
“We are excited to welcome Nathan to Silver Creek as we scale our Firm with best-in-class talent. Nathan’s extensive information technology experience, paired with his deep understanding of the investment management sector, will be invaluable as we build systems to increase efficiency and strive to provide the highest-quality service for our clients.”
– Bob Ratliffe, President of Silver Creek
“Silver Creek has established itself as an innovative investment manager that values utilizing leading-edge technology across strategies. I am pleased to join the team and share my considerable experience to continually enhance the Firm’s platform to support its future growth and performance.”
– Nathan Kelso
