Ken McAtamney
Ken McAtamney, partner, is
the head of the global equity team and a portfolio manager for William Blair's
International Growth, Global Leaders, International Leaders, and Emerging
Markets 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.
Education: B.A., Michigan State University; M.B.A. Indiana University.
Tenure with William Blair: Since 2005
Andy Flynn, CFA
Andy
Flynn, CFA, partner, is a portfolio manager for William Blair's International
Small Cap Growth and Global Leaders strategies. Since joining William Blair in
2005, Andy has served as a U.S. industrials and consumer analyst and a non-U.S.
consumer, healthcare, and IT analyst. He was also a portfolio manager for the
firm's Global Small Cap Growth strategy. Before joining the firm, Andy was a
senior equity analyst and portfolio manager at Northern Trust, where he
specialized in mid- and small-capitalization growth companies. Before that, he
was a senior equity analyst at Scudder Kemper Investments and a research
assistant at Fidelity Investments. Andy is a member of the CFA Institute and
the CFA Society 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
Hugo Scott–Gall, partner, is a portfolio manager
for the Global Leaders and Emerging Markets 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