David Kupperman

David Kupperman, PhD, Managing Director, joined the firm in 2011. David is co-head of NBAIM and a member of the Investment Committee and also serves as the Head of Liquid Strategies on the NB Alternative Investment Management Team. Prior to joining, David was a partner and member of the investment committee at Alternative Investment Management, LLC. Prior, David worked as a Managing Director and member of the Executive Committee of Paloma Partners Management Company, a multi-strategy hedge fund focused on relative value trading strategies. Prior to Paloma, David worked at The Carlyle Group, one of the world’s largest alternative investment managers. At Carlyle, he most recently served as the Principal of Product and Business Development, reporting directly to the firm's co-founder. Prior to Carlyle, David was a Vice President in both the Private Equity and Portfolio Strategy Groups at Goldman, Sachs & Co. In his role in portfolio strategy, he authored papers on asset allocation and helped develop Goldman’s quantitative asset allocation framework for high net worth investors. Additionally, he worked with individual ultra-high net worth clients in establishing their asset allocations and investment strategies. While in the private equity group, he worked on secondary private equity, fund-of-funds, fund performance analysis, and the structuring of alternative investment programs for Goldman clients. He currently serves as a member of the Executive Committee of the Investment Management Division of the UJA Federation of New York. David holds a M.A. and a Ph.D. in Physics from The Johns Hopkins University and a B.A. and a M.E. from Cornell University.