Stephen T. Smetana

Chief Compliance Officer, Chief Operating Officer & Partner

Steve joined Angeles Investments in 2008 as the Director of Funds Management and Chief Compliance Officer. Prior to joining Angeles, Steve was CFO at Rosehill Capital Management, a Los Angeles hedge fund complex focused on Japanese securities. He also served as CFO/CCO for Mikles Miller Management, another Los Angeles based hedge fund complex. From 1996 until 2004 he was CFO/CCO of the Windward Capital Management Group. While at Windward, Steve helped to create and manage both an SEC registered investment adviser and an SEC/NASD registered broker/dealer. Prior to joining Windward, Steve spent seven years in public accounting at Coopers & Lybrand and Ernst & Young specializing in the financial services industry. Steve received his B.B.A. in Accounting from the University of Notre Dame, graduating with honors, and is registered as a certified public accountant, (CPA, inactive) with the state of California. From 2014 through 2022, Steve served as a member of the investment advisory committee to the city of El Segundo, where he has lived since 2003.