Head Of International Active Equities
Boston, Massachusetts
• Led International Active business unit averaging $5 billion in assets, including portfolio management, personnel management, client engagement, and new business development.• Managed investment process of security selection, portfolio construction, and overall strategy for developed international and global value-oriented, long-only all-cap and small-cap strategies.• Managed team of 13, including portfolio managers, fundamental equity analysts, quantitative research analysts, traders, and client relations specialists.• Managed and coordinated all aspects of human capital management for team, including strategic hiring decisions, position descriptions, compensation/incentives, succession planning, and onboarding. Managed the process for downsizing/reductions in force balanced with retaining, reorganizing, and re-energizing remaining staff. • Oversaw weekly investment strategy and security research meetings to review portfolio holdings and decide on potential portfolio transactions.• Guided fundamental and quantitative research agenda to drive unique investment insight and uncover compelling investment opportunities. • Presented quarterly reviews to large North American institutional client base to review portfolio performance and articulate future outlook. • Presented to prospective institutions, winning ~$1.5 billion in client mandates.• Wrote annual and quarterly letters to update clients on performance and outlook.• Wrote white papers on the investment potential for International Small-Cap stocks in 2002 and 2005 and for International Value stocks in 2013. • Crafted comprehensive client presentation materials to articulate investment strategy and outlook.• Presented at annual GMO client conference to educate and inform investors regarding developed international investment strategy and opportunity.• Conducted annual budget and profitability reviews of business unit.