Position Type: Leadership
Leadership unified by a greater cause.
Julius Mercado joined TIFF in 2026 as Executive Director and Head of Operations, Reporting, and Data. He is responsible for investment and fund operations, portfolio reporting, and data and analytics, and oversees the firm’s operational platform supporting investment and client service delivery.
Prior to joining TIFF, Julius served as a strategic consultant to an OCIO supporting mission driven organizations. Previously he was COO and Managing Director of Columbia University’s Endowment, where he led the development and oversight of the firm’s investment operations and infrastructure. He began his career at PwC in the Asset and Wealth Management practice.
Julius earned his bachelor’s degree from Queens College, City University of New York. He serves as a Trustee and Treasurer of the Queens College Foundation and is a New York State registered CPA.
Stefan Ficur joined TIFF in 2025 and serves as Associate Director, IT Developer. In this role, he works closely across the business units at TIFF to implement technology solutions to enhance TIFF’s capabilities. He brings extensive experience in the OCIO space, with a focus on modernizing trade execution, enhancing performance attribution platforms, and automating client materials.
Prior to joining TIFF, Stefan spent six years at Partners Capital in both their London and Boston offices.
He holds a Bachelor and Master of Science in Computer Science from Swansea University.
Anne Duggan joined TIFF in 2024 and serves as a Managing Director on the Client CIO team and Co-Head of Custom Asset Allocation. In this role, Anne collaborates with clients to develop investment strategies and construct portfolios that are designed to help them achieve their objectives.
Before joining TIFF, Anne was a Managing Director at Partners Capital, an Outsourced Chief Investment Officer (OCIO) firm, where she spent 7 years serving as the lead advisor to many of the firm’s endowment and foundation clients. Anne also sat on Partners Capital’s Client Committee, which reviewed client profitability and pricing and ensured best practices across all client teams globally.
Earlier in her career, Anne worked at Fidelity Investments in corporate strategy. She also worked in Credit Suisse private equity multi-manager business making fund, secondary and co-investment investments on behalf of institutional clients. She started her career at Morgan Stanley in investment banking.
She holds a BA with Honors from Brown University and an MBA with Distinction from Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, where she was named a Tuck Scholar. Anne serves on the Investment Committee for The Fessenden School, an all-boys K-9 independent school. Anne is a CAIA Charterholder and currently holds FINRA Series 7 and 63 licenses. Anne is a member of TIFF’s Investment Committee.
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Chris Bunzel joined TIFF in 2024 and serves as a Managing Director in the Client CIO Group and Co-Head of Custom Asset Allocation. In this role, Chris collaborates with clients to develop investment strategies and construct portfolios that are designed to help them achieve their objectives.
Before joining TIFF, Chris was a Managing Director at Partners Capital, an Outsourced Chief Investment Officer (OCIO) firm, where he spent 12 years in various roles across the research and Client CIO teams. As a member of the research team, Chris was primarily responsible for sourcing and evaluating public equities managers. As a Client CIO, he served as the lead advisor to many of the firm’s endowment and foundation clients. Chris also sat on Partners Capital’s Global Investment Committee, which drove the overall investment strategy for the firm.
Earlier in his career, Chris was an investment banking analyst at Jefferies and Company. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Management with a concentration in Finance and minor in Mathematics from Boston College and currently holds FINRA Series 7 and 63 licenses. Chris is also a member of TIFF’s Investment Committee.
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David Brenner joined TIFF in 2024 and serves as Chief Operating Officer. His responsibilities span all operational and strategic aspects of TIFF’s work and specifically include oversight of finance, operations, information technology, legal affairs, compliance, and human resources.
Prior to joining TIFF, David spent eight years at Macquarie Asset Management, most recently as Senior Managing Director where he served as Global Head of Digital, Data & Products, leading all areas of Macquarie Asset Management through its data and digital transformation. Prior to this role, David served as Chief Strategy Officer for the Public Investments’ business, responsible for its commercial growth strategy. He served on the firm’s Operating Committee and Public Investments’ Executive Committee. Prior to joining Macquarie, he worked with UBS Global Asset Management from 2004 to 2015, most recently as Chief Operating Officer (Americas). Previously, David worked at Arthur Andersen and KPMG.
David earned his bachelor’s degree in business from Miami University in Ohio, and his MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
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