Toby Elliman

Toby Elliman is a member of the William Blair Hedge Fund Strategies Investment Committee. He conducts manager research and strategy evaluation and is responsible for portfolio construction. Prior to joining William Blair in April 2011, Toby was a co-founder and principal of Guidance Capital. Prior to the formation of Guidance Capital in July 2001, he was a Senior Vice President and Financial Advisor with Morgan Stanley. At Morgan Stanley he worked with several major financial institutions developing and marketing alternative investment products.He also worked closely with Oxford Advisors Ltd. In developing and marketing a family of offshore hedge fund products, including the Oxford Strategic Income Fund and the Oxford Strategic Market Neutral Fund. Separately,Toby managed private client assets at Morgan Stanley. Earlier in his career, he was Head of Nonferrous Metals floor trading at Drexel Burnham in New York. Toby has been in the investment industry since 1980 and holds a B.A. in Economics from Hampshire College.