DGV began with a simple idea: help institutions improve their portfolio outcomes so they can increase the odds of fulfilling their essential missions.
That idea has become our purpose. Since 2015, we’ve been providing investment products and solutions to institutional asset owners with that goal in mind.
Solutions built by people who understand global markets and the meaning of the words “managing risk.”
With over 100 years of combined experience and exposure to strategies across asset classes and geographies, we’ve learned more than a thing or two about successfully trading through market crises, evaluating risk, and delivering value.
We aim to bring that in-depth knowledge and finely tuned skill set to our institutional clients.
What we value at DVG
Investing in our people so they can deliver best-in-class service
We will never be the biggest, but we will always strive to be the best.
We hire, train, and nurture our team members to bring out the best in them so they can deliver their best selves to the critical work they do.
Aligning ourselves with the clients we serve
Putting the interests of our clients first is foundational at DGV. But it doesn’t end there. Our work can never be divorced from our clients’ broader stewardship missions, whether it be a foundation client working to end poverty or a non-profit hospital system developing a critical vaccine.
We are proud to be a part of a broader stewardship mission, and that pride drives the care and competence we try to bring to everything we do.
Putting honesty, integrity, and character First
We believe character is measured over time and is revealed in the collection of choices we make each day.
It is only through our choices that we can build and sustain the honest character and integrity we believe defines who we are and will always aim to be.
meet our founders
Jonathan Havice
PRESIDENT AND CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER
Jon is a 30-year veteran of financial markets, with expertise across investment strategies and asset classes. Jon cut his teeth in the infant options markets at the renowned O’Connor and Associates and then leveraged that foundation to hold significant roles on the buy-side and as a trusted advisor to institutional allocators.
Highlights include Jon’s roles as a founding partner of the billion-dollar hedge fund manager, Interlachen Capital Group, and Chief Investment Officer at Jeffrey Slocum & Associates, an institutional investment consulting firm acquired by Mercer.
Jon’s market acumen and affinity for mission have coalesced at DGV, which he founded in 2014 to deploy his expertise with a purpose. Outside of DGV, Jon is a member of the investment committees of two multi-billion dollar foundations (Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation and GHR Foundation) and the University of Minnesota Endowment.
Jon graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in Materials Science and Engineering.
Lance breiland, jd
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AND GENERAL COUNSEL
Lance brings to DGV more than 20 years of investment, operations management, legal and compliance experience.
Lance has held executive leadership positions at alternative assets managers Interlachen Capital Group and Aerwulf Assets Management, working with all facets of each business and leading the operations, legal and compliance functions.
He began his career as a corporate attorney at Jones Day in New York and segued to finance with Merced Partners/EBF & Associates, where he helped launch the firm’s risk arbitrage and event driven strategies.
Outside of DGV, Lance has served on the board of alumni managers of Penn Law and held leadership positions on several trusts and boards.
Lance is a graduate of Cornell University and the University of Pennsylvania Law School.