Lavonne Harris serves as Co-Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Magnetar’s funds, overseeing all aspects of fund finance operations as well as Management Company Finance and COO Support & Analytics. She plays a key role in firmwide financial, operational, and technology initiatives, and works closely with the firm’s IT and HR leadership to drive strategic and operational alignment across functions. Lavonne brings deep institutional knowledge to her leadership of Magnetar’s back-office functions.
Prior to Magnetar, Lavonne spent 23 years at Koch Industries, Inc. During her tenure at Koch, she was Controller for the crude oil, feed and structured products group of Koch Supply & Trading, Controller for Koch Investment Group and worked for the minerals, oil and audit groups.
Lavonne earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Accounting from Kansas State University and completed the certified public accountant exam.
