Tanya Kemp, Managing Director, Private Markets at SFERs/ Anita Ng, Managing Director, Private Investments at Cambridge Associates "Private Equity Perspectives from Two Female Powerhouse Allocators"

We have two special guests for our podcast today:  Anita Ng, MD for Private Investments @ Cambridge Associates and Tanya Kemp, MD and Head of Private Markets at San Francisco Employees' Retirement System.  Anita has more than 25 years of investment experience, 15 of those managing client portfolios at Cambridge Associates (a global advisory investment firm responsible for advising on over $500B in aum).  She is a trusted advisor to a broad group of institutional clients, including endowments and foundations, public pension plans, and private clients. In 2020, Anita was named in Chief Investment Officer's annual list of Knowledge Brokers, a list of the most influential investment consultants and advisers.  Prior to joining Cambridge Associates in 2006, Anita was a technology investment banker at CIBC World Markets, Credit Suisse First Boston and Banc of America Securities and earlier in her career, worked in Hong Kong at Merrill Lynch. 
 
Our co-guest is Tanya Kemp, Head of Private Markets.SFERS is a public plan with over $34B assets.  Tanya rose up through the ranks from inv analyst in VC then PE and head of Pvt mkts overseeing a $14 billion portfolio comprising private investments across leveraged buyouts, venture capital, growth equity, real estate and natural resources strategies.  Prior to joining SFERS, Ms. Kemp was Risk and Performance Analyst with Missouri State Employees Retirement System. She holds an MA, MBA, CFA and CAIA designations. She has received numerous awards including Private Equity Buyouts "Trailblazers: Ten women pioneering new paths in private equity" in 2016; Trusted Insights Top Public Pension Investment Directors 2021, Rising Star 2021 Venture Capital Journal.
 
Anita and Tanya are two highly talented, engaging women in our industry passionate about investing and their roles. What a pleasure it was for me to speak with them together during this podcast.
 
 
Without further delay, here is my conversation with Anita and Tanya.