Lamar Villere

Portfolio Manager-Equities at

St. Denis J. Villere & Co. LLC

51 year

Finance

Consumer Services

Profile

Mr. Lamar G.
Villere, CFA MBA, is a Partner & Portfolio Manager at St. Denis J.
Villere & Co. LLC.
He also heads the firm’s trading operations and serves as assistant chief compliance officer.
He has over 27 years of industry experience.
Mr. Villere began his career in investment banking with New York-based HCFP Brenner Securities.
He later left for Nashville to pursue a master’s degree, and joined Morgan Keegan as an institutional equity analyst focused on technology, telecommunications, and defense stocks.
He moved to Illinois to manage the $17 billion domestic equity portfolio of the Illinois Teachers' Retirement System, and led the fund’s first foray into hedge funds.
He became the senior investment officer for alternatives, overseeing both the hedge fund portfolio that he built as well as TRS's $5 billion of private equity commitments.
He was then recruited back to Nashville to launch a private equity program for the $38 billion Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System.
Mr. Villere earned a B.A. in journalism and mass communication from Washington and Lee University and an M.B.A. from Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management.
He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Lamar Villere active positions

Companies	Position	Start
St. Denis J. Villere & Co. LLC St. Denis J. Villere & Co. LLC Investment ManagersFinance Villere & Co. invests selectively and independently, using an active, concentrated portfolio strategy. The firm seeks to enhance portfolio returns while minimizing risk. The objective for equity holdings is to outperform the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index and similar indexes over a full market cycle and take advantage of market or security inefficiencies. Depending on the goals and objectives of the client, portfolios generally include fixed income securities to provide the potential for stability as well as income.	Portfolio Manager-Equities	2013-07-31

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Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System Investment ManagersFinance TCRS aims to establish a stable, diversified investment portfolio that, in the long-term, will meet or exceed the assumed actuarial rate of return, in order to provide sufficient liquidity to pay beneficiaries in a timely manner. TCRS makes investments in the following ranges, subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees: domestic stocks, domestic fixed income, private equity, and real estate, and cash and cash equivalents.	Portfolio Manager-Equities	2013-06-29
Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois Investment ManagersFinance Functions as a Pension/Retirement Fund	Corporate Officer/Principal	2009-01-30
Morgan Keegan & Co., Inc. (Old) Morgan Keegan & Co., Inc. (Old) Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Provides brokerage services	Analyst-Equity	2005-10-30
Brenner Securities Corp Brenner Securities Corp Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Full service securities brokerage firm	Corporate Officer/Principal	-
DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance DIMA typically invest in securities that appear to offer the best potential to meet client needs, which may include any number of factors such as: yield, value, growth, income, etc. The firm utilizes a variety of quantitative and qualitative techniques in trying to meet clients' investment objectives. Portfolio management constructs the strategy using a combination of top-down macro views and bottom-up research along with risk management strategies.	Corporate Officer/Principal	-

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Morgan Keegan & Co., Inc. (Old) Morgan Keegan & Co., Inc. (Old) Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Provides brokerage services	Finance
St. Denis J. Villere & Co. LLC St. Denis J. Villere & Co. LLC Investment ManagersFinance Villere & Co. invests selectively and independently, using an active, concentrated portfolio strategy. The firm seeks to enhance portfolio returns while minimizing risk. The objective for equity holdings is to outperform the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index and similar indexes over a full market cycle and take advantage of market or security inefficiencies. Depending on the goals and objectives of the client, portfolios generally include fixed income securities to provide the potential for stability as well as income.	Finance
DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance DIMA typically invest in securities that appear to offer the best potential to meet client needs, which may include any number of factors such as: yield, value, growth, income, etc. The firm utilizes a variety of quantitative and qualitative techniques in trying to meet clients' investment objectives. Portfolio management constructs the strategy using a combination of top-down macro views and bottom-up research along with risk management strategies.	Finance
Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System Investment ManagersFinance TCRS aims to establish a stable, diversified investment portfolio that, in the long-term, will meet or exceed the assumed actuarial rate of return, in order to provide sufficient liquidity to pay beneficiaries in a timely manner. TCRS makes investments in the following ranges, subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees: domestic stocks, domestic fixed income, private equity, and real estate, and cash and cash equivalents.	Finance
Brenner Securities Corp Brenner Securities Corp Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Full service securities brokerage firm	Finance
Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois Investment ManagersFinance Functions as a Pension/Retirement Fund	Finance
Washington & Lee University Washington & Lee University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services