Clay joins Treyled from Vida Capital and Magna Life Settlements, where he gained over ten years of comprehensive life settlement experience and acquired a vast amount of knowledge in the longevity and mortality marketplace  evaluating, pricing, and analyzing insurance-linked securities risk. As Managing Director, Clay was instrumental in building Vida Capital into the largest vertically integrated platform in the life settlements space. At its height in 2020, Vida Capital had over $6.0 billion in assets under management across the different closed-end and open-end funds. As Senior Vice President of Magna Life Settlements, a life settlement provider wholly owned by Vida Capital, Clay was dedicated to growing the origination platform and educating consumers and advisors about life settlements. During Clay’s time at Magna, the provider experienced over 180% year-over-year growth in the direct channels and has been in the top three secondary market purchasers over the last three years. Before joining Vida Capital and Magna, Clay was the Portfolio Manager for Rust Group and Life Assets Trust S.A., where he facilitated the acquisition, warehousing, and sales for a $725 million life settlement portfolio. Prior to working in life settlements, Clay was the Senior Analyst for Osage Energy Fund, L.P., a hedge fund focused on investing in energy-related master limited partnerships (MLP) and Canadian trusts (C.T.). Clay graduated from Baylor University with a BBA in Business Entrepreneurship and Corporate Communications and earned an MBA in Entrepreneurship from Acton School of Business. When not working, he can be found working livestock on his ranch, bow hunting, golfing, playing tennis, and enjoying life with his wife, Elizabeth, and their children Mary Carlisle and Dutch.