Agricultural Land Investing – Ceres Partners – 8.29.19

Summary:

Now On Demand.

Trends in global agricultural land investing are shifting due to several factors. New technologies coupled with water scarcity and commodity volatility has created a ripe environment for investors seeking non-correlated returns. Join our team of experts as they provide insights and research on:

• Understanding farmland investing
• Income, diversification, risk and historical returns
• Recent trade and geopolitical considerations

Speakers:

Travis Alexander focuses on sourcing due diligence and property acquisition, valuation modeling, capital expenditure budgeting and project execution, and property and tenant relationship management.

Prior to joining Ceres, Travis was a senior vice president at Mesirow Advanced Strategies where he was responsible for operational due diligence (ODD) reviews of new and existing hedge fund managers across all strategies with a focus on long/short credit, structured credit, reinsurance and emerging managers. In addition, Mr. Alexander lead the ODD team’s review of new and existing managers throughout Asia.

Prior to joining Mesirow Advanced Strategies in 2011, Mr. Alexander was a senior manager at KPMG LLP with a focus exclusively on financial services clients including hedge funds, private equity funds and insurance companies.

He is a CFA Charterholder and member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society of Chicago. In addition, Mr. Alexander is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a Board Member of the Midwest Chapter of Hope For Children (formerly Hedge Funds Care). Travis grew up on a family farm in Southern Michigan.

Perry O’Grady is a member of the Business Development team responsible for new business and client relations.

Prior to Ceres, Perry was a partner in a third-party marketing firm he co-founded called Silver Sword Capital Partners. Silver Sword engaged in the distribution of credit/loan products and services to banks, credit unions, and asset managers.

Perry started his career in consumer marketing before pivoting to sales roles at Marquis Jet and The First Marblehead Corporation.

Perry has both Series 7 and 63 licenses.