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Novata

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915 Broadway, Suite 1109
New York, 10010
United States

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 631 879 7014

Novata is a public benefit corporation that enables the private markets to achieve a more sustainable and inclusive form of capitalism. Novata’s technology platform makes navigating the ESG landscape simple for private markets by identifying a clear starting point for selecting the metrics that matter, streamlining data collection, and contextualizing data to drive reporting and action.

With market and regulatory demand for ESG data on the rise, private market investors are under increasing pressure to track and report on ESG performance. Novata was formed to empower the private markets to seamlessly manage ESG data and collect, analyze, and report on the metrics that matter. Novata, which is backed by the Ford Foundation, Hamilton Lane, Microsoft, Omidyar Network, and S&P Global, is majority controlled by mission-driven organizations and its employees.

Alex Friedman

CEO

Alex is CEO and co-founder at Novata. Prior to Novata, Alex held roles including Chief Financial Officer of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, where he created its social impact fund, Global Chief Investment Officer of UBS, and Chief Executive Officer of GAM Holding, a publicly listed alternatives asset manager. Alex co-founded Jackson Hole Economics and is a board member of Franklin Templeton. He is based in New York.

Lorraine Spradley Wilson

CHIEF SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER

Lorraine is Chief Sustainability Officer at Novata. Prior to Novata, Lorraine was managing director of investor solutions at JUST Capital, a nonprofit research organization, where she developed ESG product partnerships and research collaborations with global asset managers. Previously, Lorraine held roles in investment management in New York at Bank of America Merrill, Third Avenue Management, and Goldman Sachs. Lorraine is an advisor to the NYU Center for Sustainable Business. She is based in Washington, D.C.

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