Nathan Mendes, CFA

Nathan Mendes, CFA, is a research analyst on the U.S. growth and core equity team at William Blair Investment Management. In this role, he focuses on U.S. small-cap industrials companies. Before joining William Blair in 2022, Nathan worked at Balyasny, from 2021 to 2022, and Citadel, from 2011 to 2020, where he managed a factor neutral, long-short equity portfolio in the industrials sector at both firms. Before these roles, Nathan worked at Stephens, where he covered specialty retail for two years, and at RBC Global Asset Management, where he covered a small-cap portfolio for two years. He is a CFA charterholder and a member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society Chicago. Nathan received a B.S. in finance from the University of Illinois and an M.B.A. from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.