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Dr Leila Heckman is a Senior Managing Director at Mesirow Financial. Prior to that, she was a Senior Managing Director at Bear Stearns Asset Management. She is the former President and CEO of Heckman Global Advisors LLC., which she formed in 2002. Previously, she was at Salomon Smith Barney for 10 years where she was Managing Director in charge of Global Asset Allocation. Prior to joining Salomon Smith Barney, Dr. Heckman was Vice President at Alliance Capital (1990-1993) where she worked in the International Equity Division. Before joining Alliance Capital she held product development and managerial positions at Sanford Bernstein (1987-1990).

Dr. Heckman received her B.A. in mathematics from Brown University; an M.S. in Operations Research from Cornell University; and a Ph.D. in Statistics and Operations Research from Polytechnic University. She is a member of the Board of Trustees of Polytechnic University where she heads up the Investment Committee for the Endowment Fund. She also sits on the Fund Board and Investment Committee of the Fieldston Schools. She is a member of the council on foreign relations.

Dr. John J. Mullin is a Senior Managing Director at Mesirow Financial. Prior to Mesirow, he was a Managing Director at Bear Stearns Asset Management (BSAM). Previously, he was a Managing Member of Prism Global Advisors, LLC/Global Guardian Group, LLC. Prior to Prism Global Advisors, Dr. Mullin was the Director and Chief Equity Strategist of ABN AMRO in the Americas Division (2000-2001) and the Latin America Division (1998-2000). Before joining ABN AMRO, he was the Vice President and Chief Latin America Equity Strategist of Salomon Brothers (1996-1998). And prior to joining Salomon Brothers, he was Vice-President of the Global Asset Allocation division at Smith Barney (1994-1996) and Senior Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (1989-1994). Dr. Mullin received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1989; and B.A. in Economics and History from the University of California at Berkeley in 1981.


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