Slate Asset Management appoints Neil Kaufman as CAO

Slate Asset Management has appointed Neil Kaufman as chief administrative officer (CAO), based in its New York office.

Neil Kaufman

Reporting to co-founding partners Blair Welch and Brady Welch, Kaufman will oversee Slate's global human resources, organizational development, and administrative systems. His responsibilities include talent management, corporate structuring, business planning, and implementing new administrative processes to enhance the firm's global operations.
Before joining Slate, Kaufman was global director of Human Resources and Assistant General Counsel at Soros Fund Management. Prior to that, he spent nearly 15 years at Goldman Sachs, where he advised emerging hedge fund managers on building their business infrastructures. He began his career as a Litigation Associate at Kaye Scholer LLP.
Blair Welch, co-founding partner at Slate, said: “We are delighted to welcome Neil to Slate in this very critical leadership role,” said. “He is an accomplished leader who brings over 25 years of institutional-caliber experience in human capital management, administrative systems oversight, and risk management to our senior leadership team.”
Brady Welch, co-founding partner at Slate, commented: “As we continue to expand our global platform and scale our organizational capabilities, Neil’s expertise will be invaluable across various key functions, helping to ensure our team is adequately supported and resourced, positioning us competitively in the marketplace, and maintaining our consistently high standards of efficiency and excellence in our global operations.
Neil Kaufman added: “Over the past 20 years, Slate has established itself as a dynamic and sophisticated institutional investment manager with a reputation for innovation, creativity, and excellence. I’m so pleased to be joining this exceptional team of professionals and look forward to working closely with Slate’s senior management and various functional teams to continue building on the firm’s human resources, administrative, and operational capabilities.”