Michelle R. Seitz

Michelle Seitz is a member of William Blair & Company's executive committee and leads the firm’s Investment Management activities totaling over $35 billion in assets. In this role, she is directly responsible for William Blair & Company's largest business, which comprises Institutional Asset Management, Mutual Funds, and Private Wealth Management. With close to half of these assets invested outside the United States, William Blair is widely recognized for its global money management capabilities.

Michelle has more than 20 years of investment experience and held several leadership roles at William Blair & Company before taking over the Investment Management division in June 2001. Her previous experience includes senior portfolio management roles with Nationsbank in North Carolina and Concord Investment Company in Chicago. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Indiana University and became a chartered financial analyst in 1990.

Michelle serves as a Trustee and President for the William Blair Funds. She is an advisory board member of Indiana University’s Investment Management Academy in the Graduate School of Business. She is also a member of the Northwestern Memorial Foundation's Professional Council for Philanthropy, The Executives’ Club of Chicago, The Economic Club of Chicago, The Chicago Network, The President’s Circle of The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, and the Investment Analyst Society of Chicago. She is also a co-chair of the Women and Global Development Forum which is part of The Chicago Council on Global Affairs.

She is a regular speaker at industry conferences and has been profiled in Forbes magazine, Pensions & Investments, the Financial Times, the Chicago Tribune, Crain's Chicago Business, the Chicago Sun-Times, Shareholder Value magazine, and a business book, "Investment Leadership," by James Ware.

William Blair & Company, L.L.C. is a global investment firm offering investment banking, asset management, equity research, institutional and private brokerage, and private capital to individual, institutional, and issuing clients. Since 1935, we have been committed to helping clients achieve their financial objectives. As an independent, employee-owned firm, our philosophy is to serve our clients' interests first and foremost. We place a high value on the enduring nature of our client relationships, the quality of our products and services, and the continuity and integrity of our people. William Blair & Company is based in Chicago, with office locations including Boston, London, New York, San Francisco, Shanghai, Tokyo, and Zurich. For more information, please visit www.williamblair.com.

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