Ken McAtamney
Head of the global equity team and a portfolio manager for William Blair’s International Growth, Global Leaders, International Leaders, and Emerging Market Leaders strategies. Ken is also a member of the Investment Management leadership team. He was previously co-director of research and a mid-large-cap industrials and healthcare analyst. Before joining William Blair in 2005, Ken was a vice president at Goldman Sachs and Co., where he was responsible for institutional equity research coverage for both international and U.S. equity. Before that, he was a corporate banking officer with NBD Bank. Ken received a B.A. from Michigan State University, and an M.B.A. from Indiana University.
Education: B.A., Michigan State University; M.B.A. Indiana University.
Tenure with William Blair: Since 2005
Andy Flynn, CFA
Portfolio Manager on the William Blair Global Leaders and International Small Cap Growth strategies. Since joining William Blair in 2005, Andy has served as a U.S. Industrials and Consumer analyst as well as a non-U.S. Consumer, Healthcare and IT analyst. Before joining the firm, Andy was employed as a Senior Equity Analyst and Portfolio Manager at Northern Trust specializing in mid and small capitalization growth companies. Prior to that he worked as a Senior Equity Analyst at Scudder Kemper Investments and began his career at Fidelity Investments as a Research Assistant. Andy is a member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society of Chicago.
Education: B.A., Economics, University of Kansas; M.B.A., Finance emphasis, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Tenure with William Blair: Since 2005
Hugo Scott-Gall
Portfolio manager for the Global Leaders and Emerging Market Leaders strategies, and Co-Director of Research for the Global Equity team. Before joining William Blair in 2018, Hugo was a managing director and head of the thematic research team at Goldman Sachs. In that role, he managed a global team of approximately 15 people who investigated thematic changes, analyzed their effects across industries, and sought to identify long‐term structurally advantaged companies. He and his team produced Fortnightly Thoughts, a publication offering thematic insights across sectors, and GS Sustain, a long‐term‐focused publication that sought to find best‐in‐breed companies, with environmental, social, and governance (ESG) analysis forming an integral part of the process. He also oversaw GS Dataworks, a team that used alternative data to augment fundamental research. Before his move into thematic research, Hugo was an equity research analyst covering European transportation companies. Before joining Goldman Sachs, he was an equity research analyst at Fidelity Investments.
Tenure with William Blair: Since 2018