Anna Povinelli

Partner

Anna has over 20 years of regulatory compliance experience primarily advising private equity, private credit, wealth advisers, hedge funds and other strategies within the investment management industry.

Prior to joining Optima, Anna served as Co-Head of the US regulatory compliance practice at Kroll where she was a trusted advisor to many of the firm’s regulatory clients, providing guidance in building risk-based compliance programs and governance infrastructures. Anna has experience supporting clients with SEC examinations, mock examinations, compliance due-diligence reviews, advisor integrations and various forensic accounting reviews.  Anna has previously served as CCO and Deputy CCO at registered investment advisers and has a background as an investment analyst at a premier real estate investment advisory firm. She began her career as an accountant in both tax and audit departments at KPMG.

Anna has contributed to thought leadership articles and has participated as a speaker on various industry panels on a wide range of regulatory topics, including fee & expense allocation, the marketing rule, governance infrastructure, risk identification and mitigation process.

At Optima, Anna works with private fund advisers employing a spectrum of strategies, wealth advisers, and venture capital firms.

Anna holds a B.A. in Business Administration with a concentration in accounting from Northeastern University, Boston.

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