Tom joined ACG in 2001 and is a senior member of our research team. He is primarily responsible for manager identification, due diligence, and selection and monitoring of long/short equity and equity-based event driven hedge fund managers. Tom also helps coordinate manager research and due diligence of both public and private equity managers. Prior to joining our firm, he spent several years working with distressed companies and trustees at the United States Bankruptcy Court. Prior to that, Tom spent four years at Price Waterhouse performing financial analysis and strategic planning. He earned his MBA from Washington University in St. Louis and his BA (Cum Laude) from St. Louis University. Tom is a holder of the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the CFA Society of St. Louis and the CFA Institute.