We are delighted to announce the appointment of Kristin Melino, Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for Appomattox. Kristin has over 25 years of financial services operations and compliance experience that includes both overseeing investment manager operations as well as evaluating the operations and compliance of hundreds of alternative investment managers.
Kristin has worked with Appomattox since 2021 to build out the operations and operational due diligence process, originally as a consultant for Adherence, LLC, where she was a Managing Director. She was previously the Global Head of Operational Due Diligence for The Carne Group. Before that, Kristin was an Executive Director, Senior Operational Due Diligence Officer for UBS Hedge Fund Solutions (HFS). Prior to joining UBS in 2013, she worked for Aksia LLC, a hedge fund consulting firm, as a member of their Operational Due Diligence team, also serving as Director of that team (2007-2013). Kristin previously joined Shenkman Capital Management, Inc., a high-yield bond investment management firm as a Portfolio Administrator (1998-2005) and became Director of Operations, facilitating a significant growth of assets. Kristin began her career at Smith Barney as a Portfolio Associate for their large cap value product (1997-1998).
Kristin earned a BA from The State University of New York at Albany and an MBA from New York University.
For additional information:
Kristin Melino kmelino@appomattox.com
Appomattox team: 212.895.3000, info@appomatox.com, https://appomattox.com/