The Executive Forum is open to the public, as seating permits, and provides opportunities for the exchange of ideas and discussion of topics and issues facing business and management.

Bailey Moore is the Co-founder & Managing Director of Wintrust Ventures, a division of Wintrust Financial Corporation.  Wintrust Ventures is a venture fund focused on emerging growth businesses in the Wintrust footprint.  She is responsible for investment strategy, fund operations, and portfolio company relations.

Since building the venture practice in 2015, Bailey has been responsible for investments in 53 companies representing approximately $100MM in AUM.  Wintrust Ventures portfolio companies exceed a combined $2B in enterprise value.  She’s led WTFC’s investments in The Mom Project, Array Behavioral Care, Foxtrot Marketplace & One Cause among many others.  Her investment thesis has allowed the organization to maintain a lower risk tolerance than an average early-stage fund with replicable returns.

Previously, Bailey held various roles in commercial lending, credit and bankruptcy consulting.  In these roles she was able to evaluate hundreds of middle market companies across the country ranging from high growth technology to distressed manufacturing and everything in between.

Bailey holds a BS in Business Management and Finance from Purdue University.  She has received various awards including Crain’s Chicago Business’ 20 top professionals in their 20’s and Purdue University’s Young Alumni award.  She is also a Kauffman Fellow and serves on the boards of Fresh Lens Chicago and Illinois Tech’s Kaplan Institute.

Outside the office you can find her trying a new recipe, reading biographies, Soul Cycling, or lounging with her dog Maddie.