David Conrod, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of FocusPoint Private Capital Group. 

Mr. Conrod is a veteran private fund placement executive with over 25 years of experience in fundraising and building profitable new financial services businesses. Before launching FocusPoint in 2010, he was a Senior Managing Director at Guggenheim Partners, LLC, where he led the firm’s institutional distribution initiatives globally.

He joined Guggenheim at its inception in 2000 and played a key role in sourcing, diligence, and growing Guggenheim sponsored funds, which collectively raised $6 billion in limited partnership commitments. During his tenure at Guggenheim, Mr. Conrod also established the firm’s Private Fund Group, successfully obtaining over $7 billion in fund allocations for general partnerships external to the firm.

From 1992-1999, Mr. Conrod was Director of Sales and Marketing at HSBC Asset (Americas), Inc., where he was responsible for distributing the bank’s private equity vehicles in Asia and Europe.

Mr. Conrod holds an A.B. from Kenyon College and an M.B.A. from Columbia Graduate School of Business.