John Robinson

Chief Executive Officer

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John Robinson is Founder of Bridge Capital Global is a seasoned investment professional with 30 years of global institutional financial services and capital markets experience and has held senior management, investment consulting, marketing and product development roles in the private and public sectors.  Mr. Robinson has extensive experience in the Southeast and nationwide.  During his career, he has been the Acting Deputy Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer for the Government of District of Columbia and Trustee for the District of Columbia Retirement Board.  He also served in the City of Atlanta’s Finance Department as Chief Investment Officer, Cash and Investments.  He was a Board Member for the Pan-American Development Foundation and currently serves as Treasurer for the Sickle Cell Foundation of Georgia, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.  He is a Member of the Board of Directors for Vantera Commodities Group LLC.  Mr. Robinson holds a Master of Business Administration from Kennesaw State University and Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.  He is a member of the Association of Financial Professionals, hold the Certified Treasury Professional (CTP) designation and a Certified Alternative Investment Analyst Level II Candidate.

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Robert Russell

Chief Investment Officer

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Robert Russell has over 25 years of experience managing institutional, high net worth and endowment investment portfolios.  Prior to joining the Fund, Robert was a Senior Portfolio Manager at Avenue Capital Group in New York.  He managed the Avenue Strategic Partners funds strategy and was responsible for the investment and business-related activities for the group.  Prior to joining Avenue in 2007, Mr. Russell was a Portfolio Manager in the external manage group and member of the Portfolio Committee at Harvard Management Company, the investment manager that oversee the endowment and other assets for Harvard University.  At Harvard Management Company, Mr. Russell was responsible for the management and oversight of Harvard’s eternal hedge fund and global equity investments, a portfolio with over $10 billion in assets, including gall aspects of manager sourcing, investment due diligence, legal and structuring aspects of manager search and selection.  Mr. Russell also served as a Portfolio Manager for Harvard Master Trust, an ERISA pension plan with over $900 million of assets.  Mr. Russell was actively involved in the shaping and streamlining of Harvard Management’s risk and technology platforms. . Prior to that, Mr. Russell was a Principal and Portfolio Manager in the Fundamental International Equity Research Group at State Street Global. At State Street Global, Mr. Russell managed long only non-U.S. developed-market equity portfolios for Institutional and high net worth clients.  Prior to State Street Global, Mr. Russell was at Eaton Vance Management where he had several roles, the most recent was in the firm’s equity research division as an Assistant Vice President and Equity Research Analyst where he focused on international equities. Mr. Russell received a Bachelor of Science in Finance, Investments and Accounting from Babson College.