Biography

Jane Buchan is the Chief Executive Officer and one of the four original founders of Pacific Alternative Asset Management Company (PAAMCO), a leading independent fund of hedge funds investment firm dedicated to offering strategic alternative investment solutions for sophisticated investors. Clients include large public and private pension plans, foundations, endowments and financial institutions. Headquartered in Irvine, California, with an office in London, the firm currently manages in excess of $7 billion.

PAAMCO constructs diversified portfolios of hedge funds for large institutional investors and utilizes advanced risk analytics to monitor their return. The firm has a sector specialist, research-driven approach to investment management with a dedicated focus on non-directional hedge fund strategies. In her investment role, Jane oversees the convertible bond as well as the sovereign debt and mortgage hedge fund allocations in the various PAAMCO portfolios.

Jane is highly credentialed with eighteen years of experience in investment management and portfolio construction, beginning with her career at JP Morgan Investment Management. Prior to forming PAAMCO, she held positions ranging from Director of Quantitative Analysis to CIO of non-directional strategies at Collin Associates, an institutional fund-of-funds and consulting firm.

Jane received her undergraduate degree in Economics from Yale University and her Masters and Ph.D. in Business Economics (Finance) from Harvard University. She is a member of PAAMCO's Investment Management Committee. In the field of market neutral and alternative investment strategies, Jane has numerous professional publications. Jane has also served as an Assistant Professor of Finance at the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. Jane currently serves on the advisory board of the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association (CAIA).