Alex Choy, CFA

Experience

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  City of Los Angeles

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2007

  Budget Analyst

  Managed over $100 Million budget for Watershed Protection, Wastewater Engineering, and Wastewater Collection divisions of the Bureau of Sanitation. Liaised between program departments and City Administrative Officers. Provided financial and administrative program support. Collected monthly financial data for City Administrative Offices report. Approved expenditures.

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  Peace Corps

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2010

  Health and Community Development Volunteer

  Lived and worked as member of rural village in The Republic of The Gambia, West Africa; developed language and cultural fluency. Worked closely with community based organizations and committees to promote economic development, increase human capital and technical capacity, promote appropriate technologies and transferable skills and worked with local stakeholders to improve community health. Project included developing income generation projects, teaching of business and accounting skills, public health campaigns and assistance at local pre-natal clinic. Show less

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  Pacific Council on International Policy

  Jun 2010 - Jan 2011

  Membership and Programs Associate

  Assisted membership department update and maintain client relationship management database. Distributed organizational communications materials. Performed on-site registration and even management for keynote speaker events, panel discussions and conferences.

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  Overseas Private Investment Corporation

  Jan 2013 - Apr 2013

  Political Risk Insurance Associate

  OPIC is the US Government's Development Finance Institution.Provide US companies wishing to invest in developing countries insurance to cover political violence, currency and expropriation risks.

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  Grassroots Business Fund

  May 2013 - Dec 2013

  Impact Investment Intern

  Develop GBF's Jakarta field office impact investment portfolio. Perform due diligence on investments and analyze companies with regards to financial and social return, environmental and social impact. Consult and determine business advisory services and capacity building needs. Analyze global portfolio to determine impact of current fund.

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  U.S. Department of the Treasury

  Jan 2014 - Aug 2014

  Intern, Office of International Affairs, East Asia

  Monitoring, research and analysis of East Asian monetary policies, international monetary relations and financial markets, with a concentration on China and Chinese exchange rate policies.

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  Overseas Private Investment Corporation

  Aug 2014 - Mar 2021

  Director

  Executed and managed debt investments in emerging markets, with a focus on large-scale project and corporate finance. Experience across multiple sectors, particularly in renewable energy and telecommunications.

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  New Island Capital Management LLC

  Mar 2021 - Oct 2022

  Vice President, Private Credit

  Managed a portfolio of private credit and LP fund investments for both impact and market adjusted returns.

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  Grounded Capital

  Nov 2022 - Feb 2024

  Vice President

  Asset management of an impact-aligned, market return driven private equity and private credit investmet portfolio. Sectors include financial inclusion, regenerative agriculture, clean energy and sustainable forestry.