Alan C. Kirby

Alan C. Kirby, CAIA – Managing Director, Investment Strategies
Alan is responsible for further developing and marketing the firm’s investment strategies, and in providing client service to investors in those strategies. Prior to Weatherbie Capital he was a founding partner and COO at LightKeeper Investments LP where his responsibilities included asset raising, client service, and administrative management. Prior to that he was national investment director of alternative investment strategies at RiverSource Investments, and held senior marketing positions at Fidelity Management Trust Company and MetLife/ State Street Research. Alan holds an MS in investment finance from Boston University. He is a CAIA charterholder.

Lee Diamandakis is responsible for business development and investor relations efforts for the William Blair Hedge Fund Strategies team. Before joining William Blair in 2015, he was a senior vice president with Mesirow Advanced Strategies, a leading alternative investment firm specializing in multi-manager portfolio solutions. There, he was responsible for business development, investor relations, and consultant relations across a global investor base. Before joining Mesirow, Lee was an investment consultant with Stratford Advisory Group, where he was responsible for providing strategic investment advice to defined-contribution plans, defined-benefit plans, endowments, foundations, and Taft-Hartley funds. He was also the team leader for research on hedge fund managers. Lee currently serves on the advisory board for the department of finance at DePaul University. Education: B.S., finance, DePaul University; M.B.A., Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management.