Kijana Ashton Mack

Kijana Ashton Mack is the founder and chief executive officer of Ashton Global, which operates AlphaSeek. He has spent 20 years evaluating credit and investment managers for institutional investors.

As founder and CEO since 2017, he has built Ashton Global into a research platform covering more than 1,300 managers across private credit, opportunistic credit, and hybrid strategies. He directs its manager research and allocator analysis.

From 2015 to 2017, he served on the board of Mexico Energy Partners and took part in the review of more than 20 infrastructure and industrial transactions using credit committee standards.

From 2010 to 2015, he was a senior member of the Corporate Finance Group at Moody’s Investors Service. He took part in rating committees on investment-grade and high-yield issuers and discussed rating methodology and credit drivers with institutional investors.

From 2005 to 2010, he was a senior member of the capital markets and private investments team at Cambridge Associates. He underwrote more than 100 private credit and opportunistic managers and supported CIO-level investment committee decisions for institutional portfolios.

02Experience

1. 2017 to presentAshton GlobalFounder and Chief Executive Officer
2. 2015 to 2017Mexico Energy PartnersBoard Member
3. 2010 to 2015Moody’s Investors ServiceSenior Member, Corporate Finance Group
4. 2005 to 2010Cambridge AssociatesSenior Member, Capital Markets and Private Investments