Stanfield Capital names Yeager as head of risk management

Stanfield Capital Partners, an investment management company, has appointed Gordon Yeager as managing director and head of risk management. He will be responsible for risk management across all investment strategies.

Yeager will report to Dan Baldwin, managing partner and chief investment officer. “We are delighted to have Gordon join our organization as we feel risk management is one of the most critical aspects of our investment management process,” said Baldwin.

He joins Stanfield from RiskMetrics Group, where he was head of the JP Morgan offshoot's alternative investments area responsible for designing and implementing risk management frameworks for hedge funds, funds of funds and their investors. Prior to being at RiskMetrics, Gordon was director of strategic projects at Canadian software company Algorithmics, where his responsibilities included the on-site management of several large-scale risk system implementations within Morgan Stanley.

“The integration and rigorous control of process and risk is essential to the way we build and manage our investment products. We think Gordon’s comprehensive knowledge of risk management will be a tremendous resource to the firm and our clients,” said Steve Alfieri, managing partner and senior portfolio manager at Stanfield.