Jess is a passionate private markets specialist, having spent his career advising on and researching private market investments. He advises and manages institutional private market programs and an investment research professional with an emphasis on private equity and real estate funds.
Jess Downer, CFA
Managing Principal / Head of Private Market Services
San Diego
Joined Meketa in 2008
Previous roles:
- Pacific Corporate Group (now TorreyCove Capital Partners), Senior Associate
Other responsibilities at Meketa:
- Consulting Leadership Committee
- Private Markets Policy Committee
- Private Markets Research Committee
- BA, University of Puget Sound
- CFA® charterholder, CFA Institute
- Member, CFA Society Salt Lake
An avid mountain athlete, Jess spends his time away from the office hanging from sheer rock faces and skiing down the slopes of the Wasatch Mountains.