Ben heads investment advisory for BERA, and works closely with clients on their alternative protein investment portfolios. He has invested as an angel in plant-based, precision fermentation, and cultivated meat alternative protein companies for over a decade. Previously, he worked in investment banking at Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse, was an investment analyst at Allianz, headed marketing for a leading Asia hedge fund, and raised billions of dollars from institutional investors. He has an MA from the University of California, Berkeley, and has earned the right to use the CFA designation.