Ms. Hsu is Founder and Principal of Laurea LLC, a consulting firm that provides strategy, fundraising, and investor relations advisory services to private equity real estate firms. She is a results-oriented investment professional with nearly 25 years of experience in advisory consulting, investment research, and client management.
Prior to founding Laurea LLC in 2016, Ms. Hsu was Vice President and Head of Client Service Analytics at CIM Group responsible for fundraising, investor relations, and due diligence efforts across the firm’s private equity investment platforms. Prior to joining CIM Group, Ms. Hsu was a Director at Cliffwater LLC, an alternative investments consulting firm and led its due diligence and research efforts of private equity real estate managers and investment offerings. Previously, she was a Director at BlackRock responsible for account management and investment strategy for U.S. and Non-U.S. insurance clients and an Associate Director at MetLife’s Investments Department with portfolio management responsibilities. Ms. Hsu began her career as an Associate in the Pension Consulting Division at Wilshire Associates.
Ms. Hsu received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from University of California, Los Angeles, Master of Business Administration degree in Finance from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California, and holds the Women in Leadership certificate from Cornell University. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Nevada Trust Company, and the Advisory Boards of Hillcrest Finance LLC and Catalyst Capital Holdings LLC.