The Copia Group Hires Beata Kirr as New Chief Impact Officer

Beata Kirr has joined the investing firm to privately held lower middle market companies The Copia Group (TCG) as chief impact officer.

In the new role, Kirr will be a member of TCG’s investment committee and will be primarily responsible for delivering an impact investing platform and establishing TCG as a thought leader in the impact private markets.

Kirr had been at Bernstein Private Wealth for 16 years, serving in several roles including head of core strategies, co-head of investment strategies and co-head of investment and wealth strategies, overseeing a $100 billion platform.

She led the firm’s cross-asset class responsible investing portfolio evolution and created the Investment Committee for Bernstein Impact Alternatives, which is Bernstein’s custom private equity and venture capital impact fund.

“We are excited to welcome Beata into the TCG family,” said Shundrawn Thomas, founder and managing partner at TCG. “Beata is a seasoned professional investor and a true innovator in the impact investing space.”

The Chicago-based firm has been building out its leadership team, most recently hiring Todd Schneider as CFO and Peter Washington as head of originations.