Award winning management assuring best-in-class investment advisory

Our Team
Award winning management assuring best-in-class investment advisory

Joseph Alvin Tan, CFA
Portfolio Manager

Joseph Alvin Tan is a portfolio manager at MBG Investment Management, Inc. Prior to joining MBG Investment Management, Inc. in 2017, he worked for over three years as a portfolio manager for the Trust & Investment Services Group of Union Bank of the Philippines. At Union Bank, he oversaw the group’s equity strategy, and managed US$200 million of client portfolios and institutional mandates, investing in fixed income, equities and private placements.

An avid entrepreneur, Alvin is the founding partner of Allserve Online System Inc., which consolidates gaming, mobile and other prepaid cards into a single platform. He was also a member of the Mathematics Training Guild, and competed as part of the Philippine team in the prestigious China Mathematics Olympics.

Alvin is CFA charter holder. He holds an undergraduate degree in BS Applied Mathematics Major in Mathematical Finance from the Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines.

John Russell Virata, CFA
Portfolio Analyst

John Russell Virata is a Portfolio Manager at MBG Investment Management, Inc. Prior to joining MBG Investment Management, Inc. in 2018, Russell worked for three years as a private equity analyst in Seawood Resources, a Philippines-based private equity fund focused in the consumer, technology, infrastructure and energy industries. At Seawood, Russell oversaw several of its portfolio companies and evaluated potential new investments for the fund.

Russell is a Chartered Financial Analyst charter holder. He holds a Master’s degree in Applied Mathematics Major in Mathematical Finance and an undergraduate degree in BS Applied Mathematics Major in Mathematical Finance (Summa Cum Laude) from the Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines.

Sabrina W. Darza
Analyst

Sabrina Darza is an Analyst at MBG Investment Management, Inc.

Sabrina is a level 2 candidate in the CFA program. She holds an undergraduate degree in BS Business Management from the Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines.