Eric Golberg
Eric R. Golberg has spent over 28 years at the intersection of global capital markets, alternative investments, and Asia-Pacific Japan. He has built new businesses, developed expertise in various investment strategies, and provided leadership in his professional and non-profit volunteer roles. He was most recently Director and Portfolio Manager of the Hedge Fund Team at Nippon Life Global Investors Americas, leading the manager sourcing, due diligence, selection, portfolio construction, and rebuilding the investment and risk management process. He was a founding member and Portfolio Manager at Minerva Alternative Strategies, Inc. (a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corporation), leading the CTA/Global Macro manager sourcing, due diligence, selection, and portfolio construction for multi-manager portfolios using managed accounts. Prior to joining Mitsubishi, Eric worked at Chemical/Chase/JP Morgan, where he initially spent two years in the Tokyo FIG, then eight years in New York City covering hedge funds, CTA’s, fund of funds, private credit firms.
Eric holds a BA in English from Luther College, was a Mombusho English Fellow in Japan, and earned an MA from the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs, specializing in the political economy of Japan and East Asia. In addition to his leadership roles on the investment committees at Nippon Life Global Investors Americas and Minerva Alternative Strategies, Inc. he currently serves as Chair of the Investment Committee for the ELCA Foundation’s endowment fund, and is past Chair of the Finance Committee for LSSNY.