Andy Stewart

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Mr. Andy Stewart serves as Executive Chairman at Wilshire. Mr. Stewart served as Deputy Chief Executive Officer at Wilshire Associates. Mr. Stewart is an Angel Investor. He served as Chairman at Global Shares. Most recently, he co-led Blackrock's Alternative Investment Platform (BAI), leading all investment teams focused on non-traditional assets and strategies. He also served as Board Member at Wearsafe Labs. He helped grow the business to over $120 billion in assets under management and more than $1.2 billion in revenues. He helped BAI evolve into a core driver of investment returns and evaluate and execute multiple acquisitions, including a leading Asian and European real estate business and middle-market lending platform. He chaired BAI's Executive Committee and was a member of the BAI investment committees as well as Blackrock's global operating and human capital committees. At Credit Suisse, he helped build the alternatives business into a core driver of profitability, as well as managing the investment teams across hedge fund strategies in the U.S., Europe, Asia, and Latin America and global credit, commodities and insurance teams. He led the growth and refocused on core competitive capabilities where Credit Suisse still maintains market-leading businesses. Before joining Credit Suisse, he helped build Man Investments into one of the largest publicly traded alternative asset management firms in the world with over £5 billion in market cap. He received a J.D., cum laude, from the Indiana University School of Law, Bloomington where he served as an Editor of the Indiana Law Journal, and a B.A. from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is a CAIA charter holder. He served as an Advisor at CircleUp Network.