Christine Phillpotts
Director/Board Member at SEAF Management LLC
Profile
Ms. Christine Phillpotts, CFA MBA, is a Senior Vice President, Portfolio Manager & Senior Research Analyst at Ariel Investments LLC.
She manages firm's emerging markets value strategy and she researches consumer and real estate stocks across Asia, Latin America, Middle East and Eastern Europe.
She also covers all sectors in Africa.
She joined Ariel after 10 years at AllianceBernstein (AB) where she held the positions of portfolio manager and senior research analyst in emerging and frontier markets.
She was part of the group that launched the Next 50 Emerging Markets Fund, AB’s inaugural frontier markets strategy.
Before AB, Ms. Phillpotts was the global portfolio manager for the Grassroots Business Fund, which spun out of the International Finance Corporation and invests in privately held emerging markets companies.
There, she sourced, supervised and structured investments across Africa and helped establish the fund’s first international office in Nairobi, Kenya.
Previously, she worked at J.P.
Morgan Asset Management as an equity research associate covering U.S.
technology stocks.
Ms. Phillpotts serves on the board of directors of the Small Enterprise Assistance Funds, an impact-focused emerging market private equity fund.
Formerly, she was on the board of the CFA Society New York.
Ms. Phillpotts obtained her BA in economics with summa cum laude from Columbia University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
She is also a Robert Toigo Foundation Fellow and a CFA Charterholder.
Christine Phillpotts active positions
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Ariel Investments LLC
 Ariel Investments LLC Investment ManagersFinance Ariel Investments LLC (Ariel) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and fund management firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by John W. Rogers, Jr. in 1983 and is a subsidiary of ACMI, Inc. Ariel provides investment management services to a variety of individual and institutional clients in the US. The firm also serves institutional separate account clients in Canada and offers certain separate account products to professional investors in Australia and Asia. | Analyst-Equity | 2023-03-31 |
SEAF Management LLC
 SEAF Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance SEAF Management LLC (SEAF) is a private equity firm founded in 1989 by Bert Jan van der Vaart. The firm is headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia. | Director/Board Member | 2020-12-31 |
Former positions of Christine Phillpotts
| Companies | Position | End |
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AllianceBernstein LP
 AllianceBernstein LP Investment ManagersFinance AllianceBernstein LP (AB) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 2000, the firm is owned by Equitable Financial Life Insurance Co., ultimately held by Equitable Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: EQH). AB provides investment advice to investment companies, pension and profit-sharing plans, banks and thrift institutions, trusts, estates, government agencies, charitable organizations, individuals, corporations and other business entities. | Analyst-Equity | 2023-03-31 |
The New York Society of Security Analysts, Inc.
 The New York Society of Security Analysts, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services The New York Society of Security Analysts, Inc. operates as a financial services trade group and networking forum for wall street and provides Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) exam. The company was founded in 1937 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Director/Board Member | - |
Grassroots Business Fund
 Grassroots Business Fund Investment ManagersFinance Grassroots Business Fund provides business advisory services. The firm offers financial management, environmental and social, operations and supply chain management, legal and regulatory, human capacity and governance services. The company was founded by Harold Rosen in June 2008 and is headquartered in Washington, DC. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Training of Christine Phillpotts
| The Trustees of Columbia University in The City of New York | Undergraduate Degree |
| Harvard University | Masters Business Admin |
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Grassroots Business Fund
Grassroots Business Fund Investment ManagersFinance Grassroots Business Fund provides business advisory services. The firm offers financial management, environmental and social, operations and supply chain management, legal and regulatory, human capacity and governance services. The company was founded by Harold Rosen in June 2008 and is headquartered in Washington, DC. | Finance |
The New York Society of Security Analysts, Inc.
The New York Society of Security Analysts, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services The New York Society of Security Analysts, Inc. operates as a financial services trade group and networking forum for wall street and provides Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) exam. The company was founded in 1937 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Commercial Services |
AllianceBernstein LP
AllianceBernstein LP Investment ManagersFinance AllianceBernstein LP (AB) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 2000, the firm is owned by Equitable Financial Life Insurance Co., ultimately held by Equitable Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: EQH). AB provides investment advice to investment companies, pension and profit-sharing plans, banks and thrift institutions, trusts, estates, government agencies, charitable organizations, individuals, corporations and other business entities. | Finance |
Ariel Investments LLC
Ariel Investments LLC Investment ManagersFinance Ariel Investments LLC (Ariel) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and fund management firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by John W. Rogers, Jr. in 1983 and is a subsidiary of ACMI, Inc. Ariel provides investment management services to a variety of individual and institutional clients in the US. The firm also serves institutional separate account clients in Canada and offers certain separate account products to professional investors in Australia and Asia. | Finance |
SEAF Management LLC
SEAF Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance SEAF Management LLC (SEAF) is a private equity firm founded in 1989 by Bert Jan van der Vaart. The firm is headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia. | Finance |
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