Global Equity Team
Four pillars drive innovation within the global equity team’s investment process—and align with our larger purpose of delivering strong client results.
| Having a Growth Mindset | We must predict how industries of tomorrow may be fundamentally, irrevocably different than they are today. That requires continuous learning. |
| Championing Collaboration | Discussion and debate lead to innovation. We give everyone a voice. We let everyone weigh in. And in doing so we strengthen our thinking. |
| Enhancing Discipline | By building rigor around growth investing, we create a strong, repeatable process that drives results. |
| Creating Impact | Our initiatives are not only a way to achieve growth with investments; they are a means to creating a positive impact— on our clients, our colleagues, and our communities. |
Having a Growth Mindset
I’m curious about so many things. I truly love learning about very random topics. Whether it’s cryptocurrency, the rise in sports gambling, or the history of the royal family, I’m all about absorbing as much information as possible.
Emily George
PORTFOLIO SPECIALIST, GLOBAL EQUITY TEAM
Seeking New Opportunities
We looked for a new way to make it easy and fun to identify new opportunities by creating a space for what we call “new company discovery,” where research associates lead periodic discussions of newly discovered companies and emerging themes. Ultimately, the goal is to identify future investment opportunities for our portfolios.
Our learning lunches are where ideas go to procreate. We agree to a topic; often it’s the most interesting podcast someone listened to over the weekend or a book someone read. Then we book lunch at a restaurant and people come prepared. It’s a way to engage in spirited debate and learn some new things.
Jay Kannan, CFA
RESEARCH ANALYST, GLOBAL EQUITY TEAM
Championing Collaboration
We originally thought we’d create a summer reading list, but that seemed overdone, and we wanted to be more creative. So we decided to create a newsletter that shares articles, videos, podcasts, and other information not part of the news cycle.
Alexa Davis
STRATEGY ANALYST, GLOBAL EQUITY TEAM
AUTHENTICITY INSPIRES GROWTH
When you meet a handful of individuals who seem really genuine, who love what they do and what their firm stands for, it means a lot.
Grant Parsons
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, GLOBAL EQUITY TEAM
I like being able to interact with so many smart people; you never stop learning.
Esteban Gonzalez Rosell
RESEARCH ANALYST, GLOBAL EQUITY TEAM
I like being able to interact with so many smart people; you never stop learning.
Esteban Gonzalez Rosell
RESEARCH ANALYST, GLOBAL EQUITY TEAM
Our Organization
William Blair is employee-owned, and the breadth of our partnership is distinct, as reflected by the number of colleagues who are owners of the business. Our clients’ success and our own success are inextricably linked.
Data refers to our global equity team as of 12/31/24.
AUTHENTICITY INSPIRES GROWTH
We have a “partner champion” program wherein a partner candidate works with an existing partner. The partner candidates are responsible for getting themselves over the line, but the partner is a guiding hand—there to help them but not distort things.
Romina Graiver, Partner
We have a “partner champion” program wherein a partner candidate works with an existing partner. The partner candidates are responsible for getting themselves over the line, but the partner is a guiding hand—there to help them but not distort things.
Romina Graiver, Partner
Blair really values its more junior team members, and wants to give them every opportunity possible. They don’t put up guardrails because they don't want to hold anyone back.
Emily Moore
Sprinting to the Future
Our working groups gather individuals from different levels of seniority and asks them to solve a particular challenge.
We created our China working group to debate our team’s differentiated views of topics related to investing in China. The goal is to work towards a consensus, then leverage our ideas to better inform our portfolio positioning.
Jeremy Murden, CAIA
PORTFOLIO SPECIALIST, GLOBAL EQUITY TEAM
Enhancing Discipline
The best way to predict the future is to understand history, and so I think having a great deal of stability, seniority, and continuity in our team really helps us as a beginning stage. But then beyond that, I think we have to challenge our thinking; we have to actually be disciplined and objective in that.
Spiro Voulgaris, Partner
SENIOR QUANTITATIVE ANALYST, GLOBAL EQUITY TEAM
Multiple Investing Frameworks,
Maximum Flexibility
We’ve built and fine-tuned a number of investing frameworks to help build a practice around growth investing.
Committed to ESG Integration
ESG factors are among the many considerations that inform our investment decisions. They are inextricably linked with our fundamental assessment of company management and sustainability of competitive strengths.
Creating Impact
When clients come to see us to say thank you, that’s a very significant moment. You can’t help but be proud because what you’re doing as an asset manager is not screen-based or trading-based or market-based; it’s people-based and it’s livelihood-based.
Vivian Lin Thurston, CFA, Partner
PORTFOLIO MANAGER, GLOBAL EQUITY TEAM
It’s difficult seeing the devastation that can affect real people, real lives, when the markets tumble. And when that happens, we watch every headline, every comment, to see what’s moving the markets and driving day-to-day price action so we can take appropriate action on behalf of our clients.
Nicola Hynds
SENIOR INTERNATIONAL EQUITY TRADER, GLOBAL EQUITY TEAM
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