Hedge Fund - Cartica Management

Teresa Barger cofounded Cartica Management in 2019. Cartica Management is an alternative asset manager focused on investing in emerging markets, where she presently holds the position of CEO. Before that, she worked with the International Finance Corporation for 21 years, investing in enterprises in emerging markets on almost every continent. Teresa Barger completed her MBA from Yale School of Management and her Bachelor of Arts from Harvard College. Teresa Barger also pursued postgraduate studies at the American University in Cairo.

Cartica Management is a hedge fund that only invests in emerging countries and is primarily owned and run by women. The hedge fund manages a focused portfolio of high-quality developing market enterprises for several of the world's top institutional investors. Its guiding principle is to actively interact with the management of every portfolio company to look for ways to increase the value of ESG and related aspects. Cartica Management was awarded the Best ESG Active Investor Emerging Markets 2021 at the Capital Finance International (CFI) awards.