Speaker biographies
David Haddad, Co-Head of Private Impact Investing, Nuveen
David is a Co-Head of Private Impact Investing. Prior to joining Nuveen, David was a partner at Olympus Partners, a middle-market private equity firm based in Stamford, Connecticut with over $8.5 billion in funds under management, where he worked for over 11 years. While at Olympus, he sourced, structured and executed numerous control transactions in the consumer, business services and specialty manufacturing sectors, and served on the boards of many portfolio companies. Before he joined Olympus, David was a Managing Director at Cornerstone Equity Investors, a middle-market private equity firm based in New York, where he worked for over 10 years, executing control transactions and later-stage growth equity investments in the healthcare, business services and specialty manufacturing sectors. Previously, he was an Analyst at Bowles Hollowell Conner & Co, a middle-market investment banking firm, where he focused on mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts and refinancings of private companies. David graduated with a BA in Economics and Political Science from Duke University, North Carolina.
Rekha Unnithan, CFA, Co-Head of Private Equity Impact Investing, Nuveen
Rekha is the Co-Head of Private Impact Investing and a visionary, who established the intentional and leadership impact investing platform for TIAA and is responsible for executing Nuveen's private equity impact investing across Inclusive Growth and Resource Efficiency. Prior to joining Nuveen in 2012, she worked for Bank of America Merrill Lynch as a Vice President in the Institutional Investment Group. She has also held other positions at Merrill Lynch in Institutional Investments, and Investment Oversight and Risk Management. Rekha graduated with a BA in Economics from Yale University, and an MBA specialising in Financial Instruments and Markets, and Social Innovation and Impact from New York University's Stern School of Business. She holds the CFA designation. Rekha is a board member of Aeris, a non-profit organisation which helps investors make and monitor mission investments. Rekha is also on the Advisory Board of the Operating Principles for Impact Management and serves as the Chair of the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association's Impact Council.