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Zlata Gleason
Partner, Head of Client Advisory Group at Indus Capital Partners, LLC
About
Zlata Gleason is a Partner and Head of Client Advisory Group at INDUS CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC, based in New York. She oversees the firm's business development, client relations, and leads the team responsible for supporting these efforts, with a specific focus on the firm’s Asian Pacific equities investment strategies—including both long-only and hedge fund products targeted at institutional allocators, such as university endowments, foundations, sovereign wealth funds, and funds of funds.
Her expertise spans the marketing, distribution, and servicing of specialist public equity strategies in the Asia-Pacific region, supporting clients with portfolio integration, succession planning, and tailored investment solutions. Gleason’s career includes investor relations leadership roles at Lone Pine Capital and Senator Investment Group, and early experience in Morgan Stanley's Prime Brokerage and Equity Derivatives teams in New York and London, bringing her deep insight into the needs of sophisticated global investors.
Gleason holds a CFA charter and earned a BA in Economics and German from Wellesley College, with additional studies in PPE at Oxford University. She is recognized for her multilingual capabilities (fluent in Serbo-Croatian, Turkish, German, and conversational Spanish) and for her broader industry engagement, as evidenced by her board membership at the Bosana Foundation.
Career History
| Organization | Role | Date Range | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indus Capital Partners | Partner, Head of Client Advisory Group | Sep 2021 to Present | — |
| Morgan Stanley | Vice President and Executive Director, Capital Introductions | May 2008 to Aug 2011 | Helped develop and run the group's endowment and foundation investor coverage. Assisted some of the firm's largest hedge fund clients on capital raising strategy, both planning and execution. Assisted... |
| Morgan Stanley | Associate, Microfinance Institutions Group | Dec 2007 to May 2008 | Selected as one of 10 rotators from the global firmwide applicant pool to help start microfinance group at Morgan Stanley. Worked on several debt and equity related transactions and oversaw group's ef... |
| Morgan Stanley | Associate, Prime Brokerage Business Development | Oct 2005 to Dec 2007 | Worked on bringing onboard new clients for the Prime Brokerage division and increasing market share with existing accounts. Also, helped develop Strategic Partnership initiative, working with some of ... |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst, Equity Derivatives Client Group | Aug 2003 to Oct 2005 | Supported some of largest hedge fund clients for the div arb and international swaps trading desk. |
| Lone Pine Capital | Managing Director, Investor Relations | Mar 2020 to Jun 2021 | — |
| Senator Investment Group LP | Director Of Client Relations | Aug 2017 to Mar 2020 | — |
| Indus Capital | Partner | Dec 2015 to Jul 2017 | Head of Client Advisory Group |
| Indus Capital | Managing Director, Head of Distribution | Aug 2011 to Dec 2015 | Head of distribution for $6.3 bn alternative asset manager focusing on equity investing in Asia Pacific region and Global Emerging Markets. Coverage of institutional investors, with primary focus on N... |
| Morgan Stanley | Summer Analyst, Listed Derivatives Group | Jun 2002 to Aug 2002 | — |
| International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia - ICTY | Summer Intern | Jun 2001 to Aug 2001 | Participated in and researched trials of General Krstic and Slobodan Milosevic |
Education
Wellesley College
BA, Economics, German
1999 — 2003
Oxford University
Visiting Student, PPE
2001 — 2002
Koc Ozel Lisesi
High School, Istanbul, Turkey, International Baccalaureate
1997 — 1999
Beyoglu Anadolu Lisesi
High School, Istanbul, Turkey
1995 — 1997
Skills & Expertise
Others at Indus Capital Partners, LLC (36)
| Name | Role | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Managing Director, Fund Controller | Holmdel, NJ , United States | |
| Partner | New York, NY , United States | |
| Partner, Chief Risk Officer (CRO) | New York, NY , United States | |
B Byron Gill | Managing Partner, Portfolio Manager | San Francisco, CA , United States |
C Charlie Sun | Managing Director | New York, NY , United States |
C Cindy Chi | Partner, Portfolio Manager | New York, NY , United States |
| Principal | San Francisco, CA , United States | |
| Chief Executive Officer, Senior Partner and Chief Operating Officer | New York, NY , United States | |
| Managing Director | China | |
| Executive Director, Research Analyst | Hong Kong |