Team

Senior investors. Aligned owners.

Westbridge is led by senior investors from many of the world’s leading financial institutions — and every partner is an owner of the firm.

Leadership & Executive

Managing Partners · Executive Committee
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Managing Partner & CEO

Michael Bennett

Founded Westbridge in 2011. 28 years across global equities and multi-strategy hedge funds.

MBA — WhartonAB — Princeton
Previously: Goldman Sachs, Point72
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Chief Investment Officer

David Renard

Sets firm-wide investment framework. 24 years across global macro, credit, and equities.

CFAMBA — HBS
Previously: Bridgewater Associates, Millennium
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Chief Risk Officer

Rachel Okonkwo

Independent CRO reporting to CEO. 20 years in risk management across multi-strat funds and banks.

PhD — MITCFAFRM
Previously: Citadel, J.P. Morgan
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Chief Operating Officer

Julian Voss

Operational infrastructure, technology, administration and vendor management across all offices.

MBA — Booth
Previously: BlackRock, D.E. Shaw
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General Counsel

Priya Ramanathan

Fund formation, regulatory, GP/LP alignment, and cross-jurisdictional compliance.

JD — Yale Law
Previously: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Apollo
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Head of Investor Relations

Kenji Watanabe

Institutional investor coverage across North America, EMEA and APAC. Reports to the CEO.

CFAMBA — Wharton
Previously: Morgan Stanley, KKR
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Investment Leadership

Strategy Heads & Senior PMs
SC
Head of Public Equities

Sarah Chen

Runs Global Equity strategy and oversees US L/S. 22 years global fundamental equities.

CFAMBA — Stanford GSB
Previously: BlackRock, Point72
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Head of Private Credit

Marcus Alderson

Runs direct lending. 20 years in leveraged finance and middle-market credit.

MBA — HBS
Previously: Oaktree, Apollo
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Head of Real Assets

Anna Kowalski

Infrastructure and real estate. 18 years underwriting long-duration contracted cash flows.

CFAMSc — LSE
Previously: KKR, Brookfield
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Head of Data Science

Elena Vasquez

Alternative data, ML infrastructure, and quantitative signals across strategies.

PhD — Stanford
Previously: D.E. Shaw, Two Sigma
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Senior Portfolio Manager, US Equity L/S

Robert Kim

TMT-focused sector specialist. 15 years running long/short equity books.

CFAMBA — Booth
Previously: Millennium, Citadel
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Senior Portfolio Manager, Emerging Markets

Aisha Bello

Bottom-up EM equities with a macro overlay. 16 years across Asia, LatAm, EMEA.

CFAMBA — INSEAD
Previously: BlackRock, JPMorgan
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Bench strength

47 investment professionals. 18 years average partner tenure.

Beyond the leadership team, Westbridge counts 35 additional investment professionals: sector analysts, quantitative researchers, risk analysts, and traders across four offices.

47Investment professionals firm-wide
18 yrsAverage partner tenure at Westbridge
27 yrsAverage industry experience, senior team
100%Employee-owned
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We are hiring across investment, risk, technology and investor relations in Los Angeles, London, New York and Singapore.