Profile
Sudharshan Sathiyamoorthy is a seasoned investment professional with deep experience in the search, approval and monitoring process for alternative investment managers. He is Vice President and Head of Manager Research at Richter Family Office (RFO), and also the Chair of the Investment Committee.
Sudharshan’s non-traditional background, academic experience, and institutional work experience bring rigour and structure to RFO’s manager research function, all which aids in subjecting managers to a high level of scrutiny and due diligence before such opportunities are presented to clients. He has experience evaluating and allocating to a range of strategies, including activism, macro strategies, multi-strategy funds, reinsurance, trade finance, commodity strategies, and even Australian water rights!
Sudharshan has previously worked at some of Canada’s most respected institutions, including RBC Capital Markets, Diversified Global Asset Management, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, and Alignvest Investment Management.
After studying meteorology at MIT, and then doing a Ph.D. in Physics at the University of Toronto, Sudharshan began his career in academia at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in the United States. Opting for a career change, he obtained his MBA at Western University before entering the world of business and finance.