Claudia Cole is an Investment Officer at Helmsley Charitable Trust. She is responsible for the sourcing, due diligence, and evaluation of private equity, venture capital, long-only, natural resources, and hedge fund investments. She is involved with manager research and analysis as well as asset allocation decisions within Helmsley’s investment portfolio.

Prior to joining Helmsley, Claudia evaluated public equity investments in her role as a research analyst at Daruma Capital. She worked as a trader at both Daruma Capital and long/short hedge fund VGI Partners. Previously, she worked within the emerging markets team at Capital Group.

Claudia received a B.A. from the University of Cape Town, South Africa, in Media Studies. She also holds the CFA designation.