There’s no alternative to experience.

Matt Osborne is the chief investment officer (CIO) of Altegris, a provider of premier alternative investment and technology solutions, where he oversees the firm’s 15-person investment research, product structuring, and portfolio strategy team.

Prior to founding Altegris in 2002, Osborne was the director of research for the managed investments division of Man Financial, with responsibility for manager selection and research. Previously, Matt had a 12-year career with a prominent family investment office in his native New Zealand. In his role as senior investment manager, Osborne was responsible for formulating investment policies and implementing a global asset allocation program that focused on alternative investments, including hedge funds, managed futures, private equity, and real assets.

Osborne has significant trading expertise in equities, fixed income, foreign currencies, global futures, and options, among other securities. Matt currently holds FINRA Series 3, 7, 24, and 63 licenses.

David Mathews has more than 30 years of legal, regulatory and business experience in the financial services industry, including experience in legal and regulatory matters specifically relating to alternative investments. As of February 2021, David serves as Chief Legal Officer and Chief Compliance Officer for the Altegris companies.

From 2005 through early 2017, David previously served as Altegris’ General Counsel and CCO, and thereafter continued to provide regulatory and supervisory compliance support to Altegris as a consultant through April 2018. In February 2020, he again began providing regulatory compliance support to Altegris on a consultancy basis, prior to rejoining the firm in his current role. In the interim period, his engagements included serving as Chief Legal Officer for an exempt reporting adviser to private funds pursuing digital assets investment strategies, and also as a compliance officer for an exempt reporting adviser to a family of venture capital funds.

David’s background, prior to initially joining Altegris in 2005, includes serving as General Counsel for a California-based hedge fund of funds manager, and practicing law with the law firm of Shearman & Sterling in Washington, DC. From 1991 to 1998, David was an attorney with the SEC in both the Division of Enforcement and the Division of Investment Management. While at the SEC, his experience included working on the proposal, adoption and interpretation of regulations affecting alternative investment products, and conducting SEC enforcement investigations. David's background also includes experience as an in-house attorney for the insurance affiliate of the Investment Company Institute, the trade association for the mutual fund industry, and experience early in his career practicing corporate and securities law with law firms in Dallas, Texas.

David received a BS in Finance from Oklahoma State University and received a Juris Doctor degree from Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law. He also holds Series 3, 7, 24, 66 and 87 licenses.

Beth Strong leads the ongoing development and management of operational capabilities. In her role, Beth directs investment reporting, client service, and back-office operations for all of the firm’s investment products. Her primary focus is building processes and support teams to facilitate the firm’s daily operational needs.

Since joining the investment industry in 2001, Beth has been exposed to all facets of a firm’s business lines and operations. Prior to joining in 2005, Beth served as Operations Manager for a boutique broker-dealer with a focus on private offerings.

Beth graduated from the University of San Diego with a BS in Economics and holds Series 3, 7, 24 and 66 licenses.

With over seven years of 10 years of industry experience, Antolin Garza serves as Portfolio Manager and Senior Research Analyst for Altegris Advisors. His responsibilities include portfolio management, manager sourcing, research, and due diligence across a wide variety of alternative investment strategies. Antolin has worked at Altegris since 2012, and has previously served as Associate Vice President, Senior Research Analyst and Research Analyst for Altegris Advisors.

Prior to joining Altegris, Antolin served as Research Analyst, Hedge Funds at New England Pension Consultants (NEPC) from December 2010 to November 2012. As a member of the NEPC hedge fund research team, he was responsible for performing due diligence on credit-oriented and fund of hedge fund managers, writing commentary on manager strategies, and preparing investment analysis and recommendations for the Firm's Investment Committee. In addition to research responsibilities, Antolin assisted in constructing hedge fund portfolios for implementation by institutional clients. Antolin served in various capacities, including Hedge Fund Portfolio Analyst and Portfolio Analyst, at NEPC beginning in September 2008. Prior to NEPC, he was employed by State Street Corporation as a Bank Loan Specialist in the Senior Loan Services Group.

Antolin received a BBA in finance from the University of Texas, San Antonio.

Brendan Finn has nearly 20 years of industry experience and is currently Director of the Strategic Relationships, where he and is focused on the overall distribution efforts across wire houses, independent broker dealers, RIAs, bank/trusts and custodians.

Prior to joining Altegris, Brendan was most recently an Assistant Vice President with BNY Mellon Asset Management, where he focused on mutual fund, separate account and sub-advised distribution for approximately 20 different boutique asset managers under the BNY Mellon umbrella. Brendan’s focus at BNY Mellon was with home office and analysts at major wire houses and independent broker dealers.

Early in his career, Brendan spent time on the floor of the NYSE and worked within wealth management at Solomon Smith Barney.

Brendan is a graduate of the University of Delaware in Newark with BA in History, and a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA®) and holds Series 3, 7, 30 and 63 licenses.