Firm Management: A Key to Selecting Managers

Christopher J. Brightman, CFA, is CEO of University of Virginia Investment Management Company. Previously, he was chief investment officer at Strategic Investment Group, head of equity strategy at UBS Asset Management, vice president and manager of asset/liability management at Maryland National Bank, and associate national bank examiner at the Comptroller of the Currency. Mr. Brightman currently serves as chairman of the board for The Investment Fund for Foundations and is a member of the investment advisory committee of the Virginia Retirement System. He holds a BS from Virginia Tech and an MBA from Loyola College.

Ted Seides, CFA, is the co-founder and senior managing director of investments at Protégé Partners, LLC. Previously, he was a senior associate at J.H. Whitney & Company before working as a research analyst for their long/short hedge fund, the Green River Fund. Mr. Seides has written guest columns for Peter L. Bernstein’s Economics & Portfolio Strategy newsletter and was a subject of the Harvard Business School case study "Protégé Partners: The Capacity Challenge." He holds a BA from Yale University with distinction in the economics and political science major and an MBA with honors from Harvard Business School.

John Trammell is president of Cadogan Management, LLC. Previously, he was CEO of Investor Select Advisors and chief operating officer of Argonaut Capital Management. Mr. Trammell began his career with the Hudson Institute, a New York-based think tank, where he served as a primary economic research assistant to Herman Kahn. He holds a BA in history and economics from DePauw University and studied at Waseda University.

Jeffrey A. Weber is president and managing partner of York Capital Management and portfolio manager of York’s Total Return Funds. Previously, he was president and CEO of William A.M. Burden & Co. and an associate at Chemical Venture Partners. Mr. Weber currently serves on the board of directors of iStar Financial and the York Enhanced Strategies Fund. He also serves on the board of the Carter Burden Center for the Aging and the department of medicine advisory board at Mount Sinai Medical Center. Mr. Weber holds a BA in history of ideas from Williams College and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

This information was accurate as of the date of the recording.