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Chief Executive Officer
Responsible for firm strategy, capital stewardship, and the standards that govern how Prime Summa invests and communicates.
Leadership
The team responsible for how we invest.
Prime Summa is a new firm led by people who are not new to this work. Our leadership team is accountable for the standards, the process, and the culture behind every decision.
Leadership approach
Small groups. Written reasoning. Clear ownership.
Prime Summa is led by a team responsible not only for investment outcomes but for the environment in which decisions are made. We keep decision groups small, require written rationale, and treat disagreement as useful information rather than an obstacle.
Prime Summa was founded in 2026 by Dewitt Knapp, but the judgment behind it was built earlier: our principals have worked in tangible assets since 1995. The firm is structured so that what they have learned about assets, cycles, and counterparties is written down and carried forward rather than held in individual memory.
Responsibilities
What leadership owns
- Investment standards. Setting and defending the thresholds every commitment must clear.
- Risk governance. Ensuring exposure is understood, sized, and monitored.
- Compliance culture. Making the control environment real rather than procedural.
- Investor communication. Reporting that is accurate, timely, and readable.
- Talent and succession. Developing the people who will run the firm next.
The team
Leadership team.
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Chief Investment Officer
Leads the investment program across all tangible asset classes, including underwriting standards and portfolio construction.
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Chief Operating Officer
Oversees firm operations, asset management systems, reporting infrastructure, and vendor governance.
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Chief Financial Officer
Leads financial reporting, treasury, valuation oversight, audit coordination, and internal controls.
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Chief Compliance Officer
Maintains the compliance program, including the code of ethics, AML/KYC procedures, and regulatory reporting.
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Chief Risk Officer
Independent oversight of investment, operational, counterparty, and liquidity risk across the portfolio.
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Head of Real Assets
Directs research and asset management across commercial real estate, industrial assets, and infrastructure.
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Head of Private Credit
Leads secured lending origination, credit underwriting, documentation standards, and portfolio monitoring.
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Head of Investor Relations
Primary point of contact for investor reporting, communications, and ongoing service.
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