Value Statement | Experience
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Management Team
George E. Seay III, CFA, is a co-founder and the
CEO of Annandale Capital. He has over 15 years of investment
experience and is a member of the Annandale Investment Advisory
Committee. Mr. Seay focuses on the strategic asset allocation
process, manager selection process and Annandale’s strategy.
• B.A., University of Texas at Austin, Summa Cum Laude
• J.D., Southern Methodist University School of Law, Cum Laude
• M.B.A., University of Texas at Austin, Dean’s
Award for Academic Excellence
Tom Shirley is President of Annandale
Capital and has over 20 years of experience in the financial
services industry. Prior to joining Annandale, Mr. Shirley
served as the Senior Vice President & North Texas Commercial
Market Executive for Bank of America in Dallas, Texas.
During that time, Mr. Shirley managed 15 teams that covered
companies with revenues of up to $2 billion and was responsible
for $135 million in revenue. Mr. Shirley has also served
as President of Bank of America–Oklahoma, President
of Bank of America–Corpus Christi, and Central Region
Market Executive, Government Banking.
• B.A., Business Administration-Finance, University of Texas
• The National Commercial Lending Graduate School, University
of Oklahoma
• Six-Sigma Green Belt Accreditation
Craig Wenning is Principal
and Chief Compliance Officer of Annandale Capital. Prior
to joining Annandale, Mr. Wenning served as the Senior Director
of Operations/Chief Operating Officer at Watermark Community
Church where he oversaw the finance, human resource, technology,
and facilities departments. Additionally, Mr. Wenning
was the Vice President of Symmetry Capital Advisors, LLC
where he provided investment advisory services and wealth
management solutions to high net worth families. Prior
to business school, Mr. Wenning led the project management
group for Cross Media Marketing and held various management
roles in the technology startup LifeMinders.com. Previously,
Mr. Wenning also worked in investment banking as an analyst
at Friedman Billings Ramsey.
• B.S.,
Accounting, Clemson University, Magna Cum Laude with Departmental
Honors
• M.B.A.,
Stanford University Graduate School of Business, Arjay
Miller Scholar
Liu Yang, Ph.D., is a
Principal for Global Investment Management & Quantitative
Analysis at Annandale Capital. An accomplished economist
focused on applied microeconomics and corporate finance,
and most recently with the quantitative consulting firm
Leaf
Group, LLC in Chicago, she brings extensive quantitative,
risk analysis and programming skills to Annandale. Dr.
Yang
focuses on asset allocation, risk analytics and investment
performance reporting.
• B.A., Economics, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, China
, Summa Cum Laude
• M.A., International Studies, University of Miami
• Ph.D., Economics, University of Chicago
Dhruv Maniktala, CFA leads
Global Investment Management and Manager Research. He has
extensive experience as a Wall Street analyst and investment
manager. Prior to joining Annandale, Mr. Maniktala served
as Vice President at Wachovia Securities responsible for
a $1 billion equity portfolio. Previously, he was a part
of the manager research team at Russell Investment Group
that managed over $100 billion in assets. He also possesses
significant Private Equity experience. Mr. Maniktala focuses
on asset allocation, manager selection and continual manager
due diligence.
•
Investment Committee Member
•
B.S., Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)
• MBA, University of Georgia, summa
cum laude
Joseph W. Sarno, CPA, is
The Controller at Annandale Capital. Prior to joining Annandale,
Mr. Sarno worked for Rothstein Kass & Company, a top 25
national public accounting firm specializing in the audit of
hedge funds. Mr. Sarno directed Rothstein Kass & Company’s
yearly audit process for over fifty hedge fund and fund-of-fund
clients. Previously, Mr. Sarno served as Compliance Manager
at Carlson Capital, one of the nation’s largest hedge
fund managers. At Carlson, Mr. Sarno oversaw audits and financial
reporting for over 20 proprietary funds and fund-of-funds with
a combined net asset value of approximately five billion dollars.
•
B.S., State University of New York
Lee Blaylock is a co-founder
of Annandale Capital. He has 19 years of technology
and entrepreneurial business experience as a former executive
with Dell, Oracle and Dallas Semiconductor.
• B.A., University of Texas at Austin
• D Magazine Top 20 Technology Entrepreneur
• Founder and current board member of two technology service companies
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