Guest Speakers

Upcoming Speakers - TBA

Past Speakers

Philip Hoffman

CEO & Founder,

The Fine Art Group

Passion Assets

Spoke with HAI in Spring 2026

Philip Hoffman is the Founder and Chairman of The Fine Art Group, the London-based firm he launched in 2001 after 12 years at Christie's, where he became CFO at just 27. Recognizing art's potential as an underexplored asset class, he pioneered one of the first art investment funds and built The Fine Art Group into a global platform spanning art investment, advisory, and art-backed lending — now overseeing client collections worth over $20 billion. His work has been central to establishing art as a legitimate alternative asset, offering diversification and long-term returns distinct from traditional public markets.

Evan Katz

Founder & Managing Director,

Benoni Capital

Hedge Fund Capital Raising

Spoke with HAI in Spring 2026

Ben Chon is the creator of rareliquid, a YouTube channel and educational platform that breaks down finance careers, investing, and the realities of breaking into Wall Street for students and young professionals. Before building rareliquid, Ben worked as an investment banker at J.P. Morgan in San Francisco, where he also served as a recruiting lead, helping evaluate and hire the next class of analysts.

Evan Katz is the CEO and Managing Director of Benoni Capital, a Manhattan-based firm he has led for over 20 years, connecting hedge funds and private equity funds with institutional investors and family offices. A Wharton and Harvard Law School graduate, he built Benoni into one of the industry's leading placement and fundraising firms, drawing on relationships with roughly 1,000 institutional and family-office investors worldwide. His work has been central to how emerging and established alternative investment managers access capital, having been voted the hedge fund industry's best fundraiser for three consecutive years (2021–2023).

Ben Chon

Founder, rareliquid

Former Recruiting Lead at JP Morgan Investment Banking, San Francisco

Investment Banking Recruiting

Spoke with HAI in Fall 2026