Alaina Anderson, CFA, Partner

Portfolio Manager

Alaina Anderson, CFA, is a partner and portfolio manager for the International Leaders and International Leaders ADR strategies at William Blair Investment Management. She has two decades of experience investing in non-U.S. equities at the firm. Before joining the global equity portfolio management team in 2019, she was a research analyst covering various sectors including consumer and real estate. Alaina is a fellow of Leadership Greater Chicago and serves on the board of The Harris Theater for Music and Dance. She is a member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society Chicago. Alaina received a B.S. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business.

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