Courtney Ann

Courtney Ann is the Founder & CEO of InvestorSpeαk and a graduate of Harvard Business School.

InvestorSpeαk will officially launch in mid-2019 with institutional investors – sovereign wealth funds, pensions, foundations, endowments, corporations, insurance entities, family offices – representing more than twenty countries and responsible for aggregate assets in excess of $10 trillion. InvestorSpeαk is a peer-to-peer digital community exclusively dedicated to institutional investors, “Alphas”, and their dynamic, complex environment. The customizable platform offers unprecedented functionality to promote conversation, networking and discovery among Alphas. InvestorSpeαk is an independent company with global reach and a mission to empower institutional investors to operate with greater purpose and impact.

In addition to InvestorSpeαk, Courtney is involved in investments and advisory roles through Courtney Companies. She is an active seed and early-stage investor with numerous exits. Currently, Courtney is identifying the founding team for two start-ups she recently formed and seeded. She also serves in a board or advisory capacity for various organizations.

Courtney began her career in technology M&A before co-founding a company. After a successful exit for the technology start-up, she began investing in early-stage ventures and embarked on several years of experience in alternative investments. She first worked for a large macro hedge fund and, subsequently, in leadership positions for emerging managers developing new funds and products. In addition to HBS, Courtney earned a master’s degree in data science and an undergraduate degree in information systems engineering. She is a CFA charterholder, CAIA charterholder and heavily involved with the CAIA global curriculum committee.