Gary Klopfenstein
Senior Managing Director
Currency Management
Management Committee, Board of Directors

Chicago, IL
+1 312.595.6003

Areas of Focus: Client Management

Profile:
  • Head of Mesirow Financial's Currency Management group
  • Head of Mesirow Financial's Commodities Management group
  • More than 20 years experience in foreign exchange
  • Formerly president and founder of GK Investment Management, where he developed the firm's proprietary trading and risk management programs, had overall responsibility for the investment management process and conceptualization and initiation of new research projects and investment products
Accomplishments:
  • Recognized as one of the top practitioners in the world in the field of currency risk management
  • A frequent lecturer at various conferences, including the World Economic Congress
  • Author of Trading Currency Cross Rates
  • Editor of FX: Managing Global Currency Risk
  • Editor of several industry texts
Education:
  • B.A., Illinois Wesleyan University, summa cum laude