Scott MacDonald

Scott MacDonald I’ve spent 25 years in institutional investment management, operating on both the GP and LP sides across public and private markets. I’ve held client facing COO and CCO roles through fund launches, ran IR, legal, finance, technology and vendor selection - the critical work that actually makes capital move. Now I spend my time demystifying that world: investment operations, technology, data, and people, the machinery running behind the curtain while everyone else watches the performance numbers. Today I host the Investment Management Operations Podcast, part of the Capital Allocators Network, where I’ve interviewed over 70+ leaders building the engine, not just pitching the vision. I also write Investment Ops Insight, a newsletter for rising professionals and operators who want practical insight into building a better investment ecosystem. Alongside that, I advise founders and leadership teams in fintech, AI, and investment platforms serving GPs, LPs helping them design products and go-to-market strategies that reflect how institutions actually decide, not how a pitch deck assumes they do. Twenty five years on the inside taught me the best ideas in this industry rarely come from the

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