BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM) announces the appointment of Geoff Dailey as Deputy Head of US Equities, with effect from February 2023.
He will succeed Pamela Woo as Head of US Equities “following her planned retirement at the end of June 2023.” Pamela retires after “a long and successful career spanning 30 years in the industry, including almost 20 years at BNPP AM.”
With more than 20 years’ experience in the financial services and asset management industry, Geoff has worked alongside Pamela “as a Senior Portfolio Manager and integral member of the team since 2014.” Based in Boston, Geoff is currently “the lead portfolio manager on the US Mid Cap strategy and co-portfolio manager on the US Small Cap strategy; he also manages the team’s investments in the financials and real estate sectors.”
Guy Davies, Chief Investment Officer, Fundamental Active Equities at BNPP AM comments:
“Geoff has more than 20 years’ experience in the industry and as a key, senior member of the team with a strong investment pedigree and leadership profile, he is the natural successor for Pam. This succession and transition has been well anticipated and there will be no change to the team’s established investment process and philosophy. We thank Pam for her dedication to our clients, to our firm and to the team. She has enjoyed a successful career spanning 30 years, of which 20 have been with BNP Paribas Asset Management. She leaves with our sincere thanks and best wishes.”
As noted in an update shared with CI, Geoff is “the lead portfolio manager on BNPP AM’s US Mid Cap strategy and co-portfolio manager on its US Small Cap strategy.”
He also “manages the team’s investments in the financials and real estate sectors. Geoff has spent his investment career as an analyst and portfolio manager covering multiple sectors and market cap segments.”
Prior to joining BNPP AM Geoff was “an Associate Portfolio Manager at Amundi and earlier in his career he worked in the equity research department of Eaton Vance, with a specific focus on financials and energy.”
He holds “a Bachelor of Arts from Wesleyan University and a Master of Business Administration from Yale School of Management.”
He is “a member of the CFA Institute and a CFA charterholder. Geoff has more than 20 years’ experience in the industry.”