Dhaval Patel, CFA

Investment Management at Wikimedia Foundation & Wikimedia Endowment

San Francisco Bay Area

About

Experience

  • Treasurer at Wikimedia Endowment
    Mar 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 4 mos

  • Principal of Investments at Wikimedia Foundation
    Mar 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 4 mos

  • Tides (San Francisco Bay Area)
    • Director of Investments
      Jan 2019 - Mar 2023 · 4 yrs 3 mos

      > Oversaw Tides' $1.5B+ portfolio, spanning the entire spectrum of assets classes, across 100+ subaccounts. > Responsible for Treasury and Cash Management as well as institutional asset management. > Notable Projects/Accomplishments: • Investment Policy Statement and mission-related investing guidelines’ development • Product development across equities, fixed income, private equity, venture capital, and real assets • Manager selection (equities and fixed income – RFP through selection) • Tamarac, Addepar, and Morningstar implementations • Asset custody centralization (RFP through selection) • Private warrants’ (pre-IPO) management • Liquidity and banking management • Board of Directors reporting • Cryptocurrency processing and trading • Speaking engagements/panels and impact investing education • Marketing and business development

    • Investment Manager
      2016 - 2019 · 3 yrs

  • Treasury Manager at NORCAL Mutual Insurance Company
    2014 - 2016 · 2 yrs

    > Oversaw and supported management of $1.5B+ institutional portfolio invested across: fixed income, public equities, real estate, and alternative assets. > Core project-work included annual strategic asset allocation, LDI modeling, manager selection, technology adoption (Bloomberg, Barra, SNL, etc.), Board of Directors education, M&A (three deals), cash/liquidity management, annual reporting to rating agency (AM Best).