Director, Strategic Marketing
david@chestnutfunds.com

David joined the Chestnut team in 2022 with an eye toward helping the firm augment its offerings and expand firm awareness within the asset management industry.

David is a financial services executive that brings 25 years of experience to his role on the Chestnut team. David has both developed and marketed a broad array of asset management focused investment strategies in both long-only and alternative marketplaces. He brings a depth of strategic and tactical knowledge with respect to product design, fund operations and management, business development, investor service, and marketing.

​David’s knowledge of industry behavior in various segments of the financial services marketplace has led him to critical development roles at Hudson Companies, Whitebox Advisors, Finisterre Capital, Van Eck Global, PanAgora Asset Management, and Neuberger Berman. In his time at these firms, David helped family offices, private banks, insurance companies, public pensions, and sovereign wealth funds to understand how to optimize the use of unique and diversifying strategies within their portfolios.

David received a BA in Government Studies from Wesleyan University and an MBA in Finance and Management of Organizations from the Columbia Graduate School of Business. He is very active in his support of numerous philanthropic organizations including the Hole in the Wall Gang Camps, which provides summer camp experiences to children facing chronic illness and the Catch-A-Lift Fund, which seeks to heal veterans mentally and physically through fitness programs nationwide.