Warren, who advises firms on international growth strategies, brings many years of leadership in financial services.
BOULDER, Colorado – Entelligent, a leading independent data and analytics firm, announced that Michael Warren, Managing Director of Oak Creek, LLC, an equity partner to world-class founding teams of nascent and transitioning firms innovating in the asset management industry, has joined its board of directors.
The Oak Creek Group, LLC is an equity partner to world-class founding teams of nascent and transitioning firms innovating in the asset management industry. Oak Creek invests with a perpetual mandate to be a long-term, mission-aligned partner to companies it works with. A strong track record of successfully implementing and investing in environmental, social, governance (ESG) operating practices is a core hallmark of Oak Creek’s success. In addition, Oak Creek leverages a global network of investors, advisors, partners, and peers to deliver solution sets that founding teams need to build, scale, and sustain their business over the long term.
Working with the rest of the Board and the Entelligent management team, Warren will help drive growth of Entelligent’s proprietary platform utilizing climate-scenario forecasting that allows asset management, insurance firms, banks, and other financial institutions to evaluate long-term climate risks to their investment portfolios.
“Having someone of Michael Warren’s breadth of experience on our board will help propel our business goals,” said Thomas H. Stoner Jr., Entelligent’s CEO and co-founder. “Amid growing global commitments to protecting the warming planet, we’re confident Michael will help connect us with asset managers who want to gain the benefit of risk protection and pick investments that can outperform across broadly diversified markets,” Stoner added.
“I’m excited to work with a company like Entelligent that is helping institutional investors stay invested and diversified across the market spectrum, while accounting for the significant impact of client risk,” Warren said. “Entelligent’s technology is a key differentiator for money managers who recognize they must account for the effects of climate change in their portfolios.”
Warren brings many years of leadership in financial services, international business, and government policy. He advises clients on international growth strategies, stakeholder management issues, and economic and geopolitical issues affecting global markets. Warren is also Managing Director of Albright Stonebridge Group, part of Dentons Global Advisors. In this role, he leads strategic growth initiatives, which includes oversight of sectoral teams and client work in the United States and Canada.
Previously, Warren served as Senior Advisor in the White House Presidential Personnel Office during the Obama Administration, overseeing the appointments process for the economic agencies in the U.S. government. In 2010, Warren was appointed by President Obama to serve as a member of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the U.S. development finance institution, where he chaired the Audit Committee until his term ended in 2019. During the Clinton Administration, Warren served in the White House as Executive Director of the National Economic Council and at the U.S. Department of Labor in the Office of the Secretary.
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About Entelligent:
Entelligent is an independent technology company that has developed proprietary and patented (USA) technology to analyze forward-looking climate scenario models to improve risk-adjusted returns for institutional investors. Entelligent was the first company to be granted a patent over the use of climate scenario analysis in climate-risk assessment for security selection and other financial products. Entelligent’s data analytics platform allows the capital markets to make a positive impact on climate change and addresses the lack of clear, tangible metrics to provide a roadmap for effective climate risk investing. It offers a portfolio of solutions including Smart Climate® and E-Score® to deliver patented climate change risk metrics for securities and portfolios.
About The Oak Creek Group:
Oak Creek Group, LLC is an equity partner to world-class founding teams of nascent and transitioning firms innovating in the asset management industry. Oak Creek invests with a perpetual mandate to be a long-term, mission-aligned partner to companies it works with. A strong track record of successfully implementing and investing in environmental, social, governance (ESG) operating practices is a core hallmark of Oak Creek’s success. In addition, Oak Creek leverages a global network of investors, advisors, partners, and peers to deliver solution sets that founding teams need to build, scale, and sustain their business over the long term.
