Sonia Spirling, CFA®

Alternative Investment Consultant Natixis Global Asset Management

BIOGRAPHY

Sonia Spirling is an Alternative Investment Consultant for Natixis Global Asset Management. She has extensive experience developing and researching quantitative investment strategies as well as providing expertise in the area of ETF strategies. Her role at Natixis Global Asset Management involves ongoing communication around liquid alternative funds, particularly around the area of internal and external education, implementation, and expectation setting for liquid alternative products.

Prior to joining the f rm, Ms. Spirling was vice president of investments and was part ofi the research and development team for alternative products at F-Squared Investments. Before F-Squared Investments, Ms. Spirling was a consultant for S&P Capital IQ, where she consulted with investment managers on f nancial modeling and product deploymentsi for quantitative strategies. Prior to S&P Capital IQ, Ms. Spirling was a quantitative analyst and trader at Braver Wealth Management, where she was on the Investment Committee and responsible for the International sleeve of the Asset Allocation strategy.

Ms. Spirling holds a BS in neuroscience from University of Rochester and an MS in computational science from the State University of New York Brockport. She is an active member of the Boston Security Analyst Society (BSAS) and has run multiple seminars and half-day events on topics such as machine learning, text analytics, options trading, and others. Ms. Spirling also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

CFA® and Chartered Financial Analyst ® are registered trademarks owned by the CFA Institute. Natixis Global Asset Management consists of Natixis Global Asset Management, S.A., NGAM Distribution, L.P., NGAM Advisors, L.P., NGAM S.A., and NGAM S.A.'s business development units across the globe, each of which is an aff liate of iNatixis Global Asset Management, S.A. The aff liated investment managers and distribution companies are each an iaff liate of Natixis Global Asset Management, S.A. i .

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Sonia Spirling, CFA®