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.
• 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.
• 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.

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.
• 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

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