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Charles McDonald

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| Charles McDonald joined the Chicago office of Towers Watson, the international consulting and professional services company, in February 2010 and serves as a senior investment consultant and as part of the hedge fund research team. Previously, Chuck worked at Mercer Investment Consulting for four years with a broad client group of public and corporate pension plans. He was the global leader for a new hedge fund initiative to help clients implement hedge fund strategies via an investible model portfolio on a transparent hedge fund platform. Previously, Chuck was a senior partner and sell-side equity research analyst at William Blair & Co., where he worked for 16 years researching and publishing on a broad variety of industries and heading up a group of senior analysts. Before that, he spent several years working for a Fortune 500 conglomerate in various roles, including corporate development (merger/divestiture analysis) and investor relations. He started his career with Accenture (previously Andersen Consulting) in its financial services practice. Chuck earned a B.A. degree from Ohio State University, with Honors and Distinction, Phi Beta Kappa, and Outstanding Senior in Economics award. He has an MBA in Finance and Accounting from Cornell University. He earned the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA©) designation in 1992 and is a member of the CFA Society of Chicago, and the CFA Institute. |
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