Man on a mission

With a background that has taken him through banking and global institutions, Todd Groome may seem at first glance an unlikely champion of the hedge fund industry. This varied experience, however, is just what has given him a deep appreciation of what hedge funds provide to the financial markets. Hedge Funds Review talks to him about his views of the industry and the future of its representative bodies.

Todd Groome has always been interested in financial services and this interest has eventually led him into the hedge fund world. Non-executive chairman of the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) since January 2009, he is also the managing director of Diversified Global Asset Management, an institutional hedge fund and fund-of-hedge-fund manager based in Toronto and New York.

His journey to AIMA has taken him through some of the best known banks in the world and includes a