Profile
Mr. Edwin D.
Walczak is a Portfolio Manager & Senior Research Analyst at Vontobel Asset Management, Inc. He joined the firm in July 1988.
He manages the US Equity strategy since its inception and is also responsible for conducting research analysis on individual stocks, which may be included in the portfolios managed within Quality Growth.
He focuses on companies in the industrials, financials, consumer discretionary, and consumer staples sectors.
He as over 48 years investment experience.
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Walczak worked as an Institutional Portfolio Manager at Lazard Frères Asset Management from 1984 to 1988.
From 1982 to 1984, he was an Institutional Relationship Manager at Sanford C.
Bernstein & Co. He began his financial career in 1978 as a Financial Analyst, holding successive positions at Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, Michigan, and General Motors Corporation in New York until 1982.
He holds a Master of Business Administration in Finance and a Master of Arts in International Politics and Economics from Columbia University, was an International Fellow at Columbia Graduate School in New York and received a Bachelor of Arts (Phi Beta Kappa) in Government from Colby College in Maine.
Edwin Walczak active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
Vontobel Asset Management, Inc.
Vontobel Asset Management, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Vontobel AM is an active multi-boutique asset manager which seeks to add alpha through bottom-up stock selection. The firm’s investment team monitors the tenets of their buy discipline – consistency, predictability, profitability, sustainability and sensible price. Generally, they will remain invested in a company unless a material change to their investment thesis occurs. Reasons for them to reduce the size of or to sell completely a company’s shares include the following: the market price of a business exceeds the firm’s estimate of fair price; the business is involved in a major acquisition; its earnings growth, profitability and predictability deteriorate; or it is replaced by a better investment. | Analyst-Equity | 1988-06-30 |
Former positions of Edwin Walczak
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Lazard Asset Management LLC
Lazard Asset Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance LAM offers products across a broad spectrum of asset classes, designed for different client types. The firm’s traditional and alternative investment services cover listed equity and fixed income investments in a wide range of global, regional and country specific strategies. Risk management is integral to their portfolio construction. They rely heavily on fundamental, bottom-up investment research. | Portfolio Manager-Equities | - |
Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., Inc.
Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Profile Unavailable | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
| FORD MOTOR COMPANY | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
General Motors Corp.
General Motors Corp. Motor VehiclesConsumer Durables Manufactures automobiles and trucks and provides financing services | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
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| Private companies | 7 |
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Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., Inc.
Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Profile Unavailable | Finance |
Ford Motor Co.
Ford Motor Co. Motor VehiclesConsumer Durables Manufactures and sells electric vehicles, trucks, service parts & accessories | Consumer Durables |
General Motors Corp.
General Motors Corp. Motor VehiclesConsumer Durables Manufactures automobiles and trucks and provides financing services | Consumer Durables |
Vontobel Asset Management, Inc.
Vontobel Asset Management, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Vontobel AM is an active multi-boutique asset manager which seeks to add alpha through bottom-up stock selection. The firm’s investment team monitors the tenets of their buy discipline – consistency, predictability, profitability, sustainability and sensible price. Generally, they will remain invested in a company unless a material change to their investment thesis occurs. Reasons for them to reduce the size of or to sell completely a company’s shares include the following: the market price of a business exceeds the firm’s estimate of fair price; the business is involved in a major acquisition; its earnings growth, profitability and predictability deteriorate; or it is replaced by a better investment. | Finance |
The Trustees of Columbia University in The City of New York
The Trustees of Columbia University in The City of New York Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University | Consumer Services |
Lazard Asset Management LLC
Lazard Asset Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance LAM offers products across a broad spectrum of asset classes, designed for different client types. The firm’s traditional and alternative investment services cover listed equity and fixed income investments in a wide range of global, regional and country specific strategies. Risk management is integral to their portfolio construction. They rely heavily on fundamental, bottom-up investment research. | Finance |
Colby College
Colby College Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University | Consumer Services |
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