CWCBExpo NYC 2019

Kevin Murray
Board Member
Autism Speaks


Kevin J. Murray is the Managing Member of Pilgrim Foresight Fund, LLC and President of Pilgrim Financial Consultants. He is also the Managing Member of Ramble Inc. Mr. Murray was an early investor and senior strategic advisor to High Street Capital, LLC now Acreage Holdings, the largest cannabis platform in the US.

Mr. Murray was a formerly a Managing Director with BNY Mellon where he focused on strategic initiatives in alternative assets and non-traditional investments. The BNY Mellon Investment Management group manages more than $1.6 trillion in assets for institutional and high net worth clients globally. Mr. Murray was the managing director and head of business development for G2 Investment Group/Forbes Private Capital Group.

Mr. Murray was a partner and served as chief operating officer for Rock Ridge Advisors, a global multi-asset hedge fund. Prior to forming Rock Ridge, Mr. Murray was a partner and managing director for Muirfield Capital Management, an $800 million hedge fund that launched in 2001. During that same time, Mr. Murray also formed and operated Pilgrim Foresight. From 1997 to 2001, he was a co-founding partner in Convergence Asset Management, LLC, a global fixed income fund launched with a team from Salomon’s proprietary trading unit.

From 1988 to1997, Mr. Murray was a partner at Cantor Fitzgerald, where he was responsible for expanding the mortgage-backed trading operation to be one of the most profitable in the firm. In 1997, Mr. Murray formed the Autism Coalition for Research and Education, which is now Autism Speaks. Autism Speaks was formed in June 2005 and is the largest autism organization in the world. Mr. Murray is a passionate board member of Autism Speaks and is active on various committees. Autism Speaks held its first research cannabis conference in December 2018.

Mr. Murray holds a Bachelor of Science degree in finance from Siena College.

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