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Re-joined in 2002
Sands Capital (2002 - 2006)
Arlington, VA | Research Analyst, Portfolio Manager
MFS Investment Management (1999 - 2002)
Boston, MA | Research Analyst
State Street Research & Management (1996 - 1999)
Boston, MA | Research Analyst, Vice President
Sands Capital (1992 - 1994)
Arlington, VA | Research Analyst
The Capital Management Group Folger Nolan Fleming Douglas (1990 - 1992)
Washington, DC | Research Analyst
University of Virginia (1996)
MBA | Darden School
University of Florida (1990)
BSBA | Finance
Dave is a co-portfolio manager of the Sands Capital Global Growth and International Growth strategies, research analyst, and executive managing director.
Dave was one of Sands Capital’s first staff members, working as a research analyst when the firm opened in 1992. He left to pursue his MBA in 1994, then worked as a research analyst and vice president at State Street Research & Management (now BlackRock) and as a research analyst at MFS Investment Management. In 2002, Dave returned to Sands Capital as a research analyst and later led the research efforts of the firm’s global industrials sector team. He helped develop the firm’s Global Growth strategy and has served as a co-portfolio manager since its inception in 2008. Dave joined the International Growth portfolio management team in 2022. In addition to his portfolio management duties, he is a member of the executive management team, which provides strategic leadership across the firm.
Dave received a BSBA from the University of Florida and an MBA from the UVA Darden School of Business. He is a CFA® charterholder.
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