Leila Heckman, Ph.D.
Senior Managing Director, International Equity
405 Lexington Ave., 40th Floor, The Chrysler Building, New York, NY 10174  |  212.880.3939  | 

Areas of Focus: International Equity Investing

Profile:
  • Senior portfolio manager and head of International Equity group
  • 21 years experience specializing in country allocation modeling and international equity investing
  • Previously senior managing director and head of international equity for Bear Stearns; founder and CEO of Heckman Global Advisors; and head of global asset allocation for Salomon Smith Barney
Accomplishments:
  • Head of International Equity at Bear Stearns Asset Management
  • Founder of Heckman Global Advisors, an equity investment research firm
  • Led team that ranked number one or number two for asset allocation by Institutional Investor's annual global poll from 1999-2002
  • Frequent speaker at industry conferences
  • Regularly quoted in the press regarding international equity investing
Education:
  • B.A., Brown University
  • M.S., Cornell University
  • Ph.D, Polytechnic Institute of NYU
Affiliations:
  • Polytechnic Institute of NYU, Board of Trustees, member
  • Polytechnic Institute of NYU, Endowment Fund, Investment Committee head
  • Council on Foreign Relations, member