Ms. Ferguson is Global Co-Head of Investment Specialists, Americas, for J.P. Morgan Alternative Asset Management Hedge Fund & Alternative Credit Solutions. She is member of both JPMAAM Investment Committee as well as the group’s Management Committee. Before her current role Ms. Ferguson served as a partner and CEO at Blantyre Capital , where she was also a member of the Investment Committee and managed the non-investment aspects of the business. Earlier in her career Ms. Ferguson was the Head of Marketing & Investor Relations for the JPS Credit Opportunities Fund, a relative value credit hedge fund managed by JP Morgan Asset Management. Additionally she has extensive experience in Manager Research having been a director at Financial Risk Management, where she was responsible for underwriting macro and credit hedge fund managers. Ms. Ferguson holds a Master’s Degree from the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA) designation.