Mark is the director of Global Industry Research, an investment group comprising senior equity analysts and the various functions that support bottom-up research, stock picking, and investment across global capital markets. In this role, he focuses on ensuring that we attract, retain, and motivate world-class securities analysts and investment talent; provide them with the resources, support, and ongoing feedback needed to excel; and undertake our work with a fiduciary mindset and a collaborative spirit in order to make informed investment decisions on behalf of our clients. Mark leads a management team responsible for more than 100 professionals who formally follow over 4,500 stocks and directly manage over US$100 billion of client assets. He also chairs the firm’s Compensation Committee and is a member of the Incentive Compensation Committee, Hedge Fund Review Group, and Research Equity Review Group (ERG2). Mark was named to his current role in 2002 after eight years as a global industry analyst covering non-bank financial services. Before joining Wellington Management in 1994, he worked in the corporate finance group at Advest, Inc., a Hartford-based brokerage firm. He earned his MBA from Dartmouth College (Tuck), where he was named an Amos Tuck scholar. He received his BA in economics from Bates College. Additionally, he holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the CFA Institute.