Ira Cohen

Mr. Cohen is a successful mutual fund executive with over 40 years of retail, offshore and institutional experience. He currently serves as an Independent Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Angel Oak Funds Trust as well as an Independent Trustee for multiple fund boards including the Valued Advisor’s Series Trust, the Apollo Diversified Real Estate Fund, and the US Fixed Income Trust. Mr. Cohen is also an Executive Vice President of Asset Management for Recognos Financial, a provider of semantic data analysis for the financial services industry. Over the past 17 years Mr. Cohen has served as Managing Partner of a boutique consulting company providing advisory and compliance related services to firms such as Depository Trust & Clearing Company (DTCC) and FINRA. Previously he has held senior positions at INVESCO (formerly known as AIM Investments), Prudential and The Bank of New York. As a highly sought after thought leader, Mr. Cohen is a frequent speaker at top industry conferences.