Meet Brendan Clark, CFA^®

Brendan is Chief Executive Officer of Clark Capital Management Group. As the Firm’s leader in defining and executing its vision and strategy, Brendan is tasked with aligning Clark Capital’s mission with stakeholder needs. He oversees all of the firm’s business lines including custom-tailored strategies for high-net-worth investors, 40 Act products, strategist model delivery, and strategic partnerships. Brendan leads an experienced team of executives who ensure that Clark Capital maintains its consistent, firm-wide focus on delivering world-class asset management strategies and services to advisors and their clients. He has been with Clark Capital since 2001, and has held positions of increasing responsibility including Executive Vice President of Business Development and President.

Brendan serves on the Money Management Institute’s Board of Governors and the MMI Gateway Foundation’s Board of Trustees. The Gateway Foundation supports a variety of programs to foster career awareness and workforce readiness for students of color from historically underrepresented communities seeking internships and entry-level employment opportunities in the financial services industry. He is also a founding member and Treasurer of the board of Philadelphia Financial Scholars, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that aims to help Philadelphia high school students and their families take on systemic challenges and develop wealth-building tools through access to financial literacy and entrepreneurship education. Brendan earned a B.S. in Economics from the University of Delaware and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst^® designation. He is a member of the CFA^® Institute and the CFA^® Society of Philadelphia.

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