Kwad Acheampong Email & Phone Number

Newport Beach, California, Us

Business Development & Account Management

The Tom Russell Charitable Foundation is a $30 million grant-making trust with a mission to help people help to themselves • Assist directorship with distributing $1.5 million dollars annually in grants, and program-related investments through charity research and constant refinement of foundation's granting strategy• Spearheading asset allocation modernization program to incorporate alternative investments (real assets, private equity, private credit, and hedge funds) into the foundation's investment policy statement• Identify investment consultants for education sessions ahead of the foundation's first investment consultant RFP request for proposal

Newark, Nj, Us

• Institutional fixed income and hedge fund salesperson with a five-year track record of raising $6 billion in new client business equating to $15mm in annual revenue across defined benefit and defined contribution plan sponsors, endowments, and foundations in U.S. and Canadian markets• Strategies sold: core/core plus ($1.35 billion), long duration ($1 billion), emerging markets debt ($300 million), absolute return ($300 million) high yield ($1.2 billion), 30x levered fixed income relative value hedge fund ($50 million)• Strategies sold: multi sector/unconstrained fixed income ($2bn), long duration fixed income ($1.5bn), emerging markets debt ($485mm), high yield ($125mm), fixed income relative value hedge fund ($50mm)• Execute all aspects of sales cycle including cold calling, overseeing RFP process, qualifying prospects and consultants at industry events, employing consultative approach to prospecting, and winning finals pitches• Built relationships across PGIM’s six asset management businesses to leverage existing relationships to identify sales opportunities• Member of PGIM Asset Management’s Black Executive Leadership Team - one of PGIM's most senior 15 black employees assisting senior management with creating an inclusive culture to attract, develop, promote, and retain diverse talent• Relationship captain for PGIM’s partnership with National Association of Securities Professionals

Newport Beach, California, Us

• Presented macroeconomic outlook, strategy performance and reviews, and new strategies to clients • Educated corporate clients on a broad set of investment strategies, products, and services (multi-asset credit, long duration, and real estate) • Managed cross-functional team in development of technology tool to streamline client reporting in 13 global offices • Spearheaded internal projects to highlight trends in asset management flows and competitor allocation growth rates

New York, New York, Us

• Recruit, interview and select underrepresented college students for rigorous internship and career development program in sales and trading, accounting and finance, corporate finance, asset management, and nonprofit industries• Raised Sales & Trading full-time offer rate for summer internship by 30% y-o-y to highest level in 5 years • Managed relationships with Wall Street firms to fulfill intern hiring needs • Established organization’s presence across 10 colleges through multi-strategy campaigns, increasing applications by 20% over three years • Optimize interview process by implementing Skype technology in place of 1,000+ annual phone screens and in-person interviewers, allowing interviewers to gather behavioral data points and strengthen recommendations• Drove visibility on social media platforms, growing both Facebook (200K) and YouTube impressions (14K) by 350% y-o-y • Incorporated “Text-to-Pledge” into SEO’s annual gala, resulting in $250K in new pledges in first two years of use • Partnered with Baruch College to design and implement annual two-week Sales & Trading training program on equities, fixed income, currencies, and commodities for 25+ interns placed in bulge bracket firms

New York, New York, Us

• Developed proprietary investment ideas across technology, media, telecom, financials, food & beverage, and IT services sectors• Negotiated OTC equity transactions exceeding $500MM in notional value on behalf of mutual and hedge fund clients • Coordinated with research analysts to structure event-driven and liquidity-based trades via shares and derivatives, yielding $250,000/trade • Developed quantitative models based on technical analysis indicators to generate buy and sell signals in stocks • Co-managed trading and commissions book which grew 20% y-o-y to $27MM in 2008 • Strengthened relationships with buy-side traders, engaging in daily dialogue regarding stocks

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Finance, Entrepreneurship, Managerial & Organizational Behavior

Ab, Public Policy

Education record