Slate Asset Management has appointed Neil Kaufman as chief administrative officer (CAO), based in the firm’s New York office.
In this role, Kaufman will report directly to the firm’s co-founding partners, Blair Welch and Brady Welch, with responsibility for overseeing Slate’s global human resources function, organizational development, and operational and administrative systems and procedures. His mandate will include talent management and acquisition initiatives, corporate structuring and governance, business planning and staffing, and the design and implementation of new administrative systems and processes to strengthen the firm’s global operating platform.
Prior to joining Slate, Kaufman served as global director of human resources and assistant general counsel at Soros Fund Management, where he led all aspects of the firm’s human resources function and managed a diversified slate of employment-related legal matters. Previously, Kaufman spent nearly 15 ye
