Amanda co-leads Chestnut’s strategic advisory practice, partnering with asset managers and OCIOs across a diverse mix of asset classes and firm sizes to devise and implement successful growth strategies. 

Her early research into the OCIO marketplace on behalf of advisory clients led directly to Amanda serving as co-founder of the Chestnut Solutions Institute, where she leads the Institute’s research efforts.

Prior to founding Chestnut, Amanda served as a Global Director of AllianceBernstein’s senior portfolio management team, a group that crafted and delivered the firm’s investment insights to institutional and retail clients and consultants.

Previously, Amanda developed extensive sell-side equity research expertise as Associate Director of Equity Research at Bank of America and as an Institutional Investor All-American Team-ranked equity analyst at JP Morgan.

Ravi co-leads Chestnut’s strategic advisory practice, partnering with asset managers and OCIOs across a diverse mix of asset classes and firm sizes to devise and implement successful growth strategies. 

Ravi’s desire to help advance the future of the investment solutions industry combined with his firsthand OCIO and Solutions experience led directly to him serving as co-founder of the Chestnut Solutions Institute, where he leads the Institute’s strategy and Member engagement efforts.

Prior to joining Chestnut, Ravi was the Global Head of Investment Solutions at MFS Investment Management, where he led a team that delivered bespoke investment advisory and consulting services to clients. 

Before moving to MFS, Ravi was the President and Chief Investment Officer of Mercer Investments, having founded Mercer’s OCIO business and one of the industry’s earliest leaders in the fiduciary management space.