Cheryl Maliwanag
Ms. Maliwanag has enjoyed a 20-year career in private equity, including 15 years at Pathway Capital Management, most recently as a partner in Pathway's Irvine, CA office, until 2013. Prior to Pathway, Ms. Maliwanag spent 5 years at Bank America Ventures making fund and direct portfolio company investments. She was instrumental in developing the due diligence process at both firms and created Pathway's successful proactive sourcing program to identify fund managers outside of the mainstream deal flow.
Ms. Maliwanag has led due diligence on investment opportunities representing billions in client commitments to alternative asset funds ranging in size from under $100M to over $5B. She has been an active advisory board member of private equity funds, in some cases helping high-quality managers to establish independent firms. She managed the private equity portfolios of clients ranging in size from $60M to over $100B. Ms. Maliwanag has been a frequent speaker at alternative asset, endowment and foundation, and public pension conferences.
Ms. Maliwanag began her career as a CPA and held various positions in corporate finance and in public accounting.