 : IPE Summer Pensions Congress 2021

Daniel Leger is Managing Director at MGG Investment Group. Leger has over 19 years of experience in the asset management business. Prior to joining MGG, he was head of strategic planning and client services at Akre Capital Management in Virginia where he helped grow the then 24 year old firm’s private partnership and mutual fund assets from $2 billion in 2013 to approximately $14 billion in 2019. Previously, he worked as managing director, head of marketing at Geosphere Capital, a $1.4 billion hedge fund based in New York City. Prior to that, Leger worked in a similar capacity at Steel Partners, a $5 billion global activist manager. He began his career in asset management at BRI Partners, a venture capital firm and joint venture with Mesirow Financial that seeded hedge funds, helping grow their collective assets to in excess of $5 billion. Leger received his doctorate in political philosophy and international relations from The University of Notre Dame in Indiana and his BA from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada.

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