Co-Founder & Co-Chairman of Oaktree Capital Managment: Howard Marks
🎙 Tune in to the Trinity SMF podcast with Emanuele Roncalli di Montorio-Veronese as he speaks with Oaktree Capital Management’s Howard MarksMr. Howard Marks is the Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of Oaktree Capital Management, a global alternative investment firm with more than $200 billion AUM. His newsletters and memos about markets and economics are widely read on Wall Street and all around the industry. He has written the bestselling books Mastering the Market Cycle: Getting the Odds on Your Side and The Most Important Thing: Uncommon Sense for the Thoughtful Investor.From 1985 until 1995, Mr. Marks led the groups at The TCW Group, Inc. that were responsible for investments in distressed debt, high yield bonds, and convertible securities. Previously, Mr. Marks was with Citicorp Investment Management for 16 years, where from 1978 to 1985 he was Vice President and senior portfolio manager in charge of convertible and high yield securities. Between 1969 and 1978, he was an equity research analyst and, subsequently, Citicorp's Director of Research. Mr. Marks holds a B.S.Ec. degree cum laude from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with a major in finance and an M.B.A. in accounting and marketing from the Booth School of Business of the University of Chicago.
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President of Citadel Securities: Jim Esposito
🎙 Tune in to the Trinity SMF podcast with Emanuele Roncalli di Montorio-Veronese as he speaks with Citadel Securities’ Jim Esposito, President of Citadel SecuritiesMr. Jim Esposito is the President of Citadel Securities. Jim was previously co-head of the Global Banking and Markets Division at Goldman Sachs. During his 29-year tenure at Goldman Sachs Jim served on the management committee, co-chaired the partnership committee, and was a member of the diversity and inclusion committee. Previously, Jim was co-head of the Global Investment Banking and Global Markets Divisions before they were combined and earlier in his career was co-head of the Global Financing Group. Jim earned a Bachelor of Arts from Brown University and an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. Jim is a Trustee at Brown, serves on the Board of Overseers at Tuck and is a board member of Beat the Streets New England.
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CEO of Dompé Holdings & Co-CEO of Dompé Farmaceutici: Nathalie Dompé
🎙 Tune in to the Trinity SMF podcast with Emanuele Roncalli di Montorio-Veronese as he speaks with Nathalie Dompé, CEO of Dompé Holdings and Co-CEO of Dompé FarmaceuticiNathalie Dompé is Co-CEO of Dompé farmaceutici. Nathalie is responsible for the oversight, market development, and strategic approval of all new drugs launched by Dompé in the United States. She explores new opportunities for the company through interactions with other business leaders in the pharmaceutical and high tech industries.Nathalie is concurrently CEO Dompé Holdings, a diversified holding company in Europe with business interests in pharmaceuticals, agriculture, and hi-tech. She sits on the board of several companies including Movendo, Philogen and Dompé farmaceutici. Nathalie graduated with Honors in Business Administration from Bocconi University in Milan.📢 Don’t miss this episode!
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Former Chairman of Global Equity Capital Markets at Goldman Sachs & Co-Founder and Partner of 25madison: John S. Daly
🎙 Tune in to the Trinity SMF podcast with Emanuele Roncalli di Montorio-Veronese as he speaks with John S. Daly, Former Chairman of Global Equity Capital Markets at Goldman Sachs, Co-Founder and Partner of 25madison and Board member of the National Treasury Management AgencyJohn was a partner at Goldman Sachs, where he worked for 32 years, before retiring in 2021. Immediately before his retirement, John served as Chairman of Global Equity Capital Markets and previously held leadership roles in Goldman’s Financing Group in both Hong Kong and New York; and served on Goldman’s Firmwide Commitments Committee. He started at GS after earning an MBA at Wharton Business School. Prior to business school, John earned degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Mathematics from Trinity College Dublin and worked as an engineer at General Electric.Post retirement, John co-founded 25madison - an incubation and venture investing firm focussed on the healthcare, AI and industrial/supply chain sectors. He is also a board member of the National Treasury Management Agency in Dublin and Chairman of the Investment Committee of the Irish Sovereign Wealth Fund. He is a member of Trinity College Dublin’s Provost Council and serves as a board member for The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, the Irish Arts Centre in New York City, TMRW Sports (parent of TGL - the indoor golf league). He is also a Senior Advisor to Veriten - a research, investing and strategy firm focused on the energy sector. *This episode was Recorded in March 2025"*
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Co-founder of Aberdeen Asset Management & Chairman of Revolut: Martin Gilbert
Tune in to the Trinity SMF podcast with Emanuele Roncalli di Montorio-Veronese as he speaks with Martin Gilbert, Co-Founder & ex-CEO of Aberdeen Asset Management and Chairman of Revolut, Toscafund, and River Global PLC (formerly AssetCo).Martin co-founded Aberdeen Asset Management in 1983, transforming it into a global asset management powerhouse through organic growth and strategic acquisitions. Under his leadership, assets under management (AuM) grew from £70 million to £312 billion by 2016. Following the 2017 merger with Standard Life, he became co-CEO of Standard Life Aberdeen, later serving as Vice Chairman until 2020. Beyond Aberdeen, Martin has held key roles across finance and business, including Chairman of Revolut, AssetCo, and Toscafund, as well as Non-Executive Director at Glencore plc. He has served on multiple advisory boards, including British American Business and the Monetary Authority of Singapore.Recognized as one of the world’s top-performing CEOs by Harvard Business Review, Martin has received awards such as City AM’s Personality of the Year and Asset Management CEO of the Year. He holds honorary degrees from the University of Aberdeen, Robert Gordon University, and Heriot-Watt University, and is an Adjunct Professor of Finance at Imperial College Business School. Born in Malaysia, Martin earned an MA in accountancy and an LLB in law from the University of Aberdeen before qualifying as a chartered accountant with Deloitte. His career journey—from law firm investment departments to leading a global financial giant—offers invaluable insights into leadership, finance, and business strategy. Don’t miss this episode!
The Trinity Student Managed Fund (Trinity SMF) Podcast is for anyone interested in finance, business or technology. On the podcast Emanuele Roncalli di Montorio-Veronese interviews leaders in these areas to give students an insight into careers they may wish to pursue.
The Trinity SMF was founded in November 2010 and currently has a membership base of over 1,800 students. It set a precedent in Europe as the first student managed fund in the region. When the fund was founded in 2010, it had €30,000 AUM, in the years since, we have seen the fund grow to over €500,000 AUM.
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