Joseph McDonald (Past Speaker)

Joseph McDonald is an Associate at Zurich Alternative Asset Management, LLC (“ZAAM”), the in-house alternative asset investment unit of Zurich Insurance Group.  At ZAAM, Joe is part of the private equity team responsible for sourcing, evaluating, and executing on primary fund and co-investments.  His responsibilities also include implementation of Zurich’s impact investing strategy, focused on generating superior risk-adjusted financial returns while achieving positive social and environmental impact.

Prior to ZAAM, Joe worked on the investment team at CapitalSpring, a consumer focused private equity and debt fund.  Before CapitalSpring, Joe was with Deloitte, engaged with a variety of broker / dealers and venture capital firms in New York.

Joe graduated with a B.A. in Economics and Accounting from the College of the Holy Cross.