Richard Davies, MBA '83

Dick Davies currently serves an angel investor in startup financial technology and other companies and as an independent strategy consultant to asset managers and investors in the investment management industry. Until 2016, Davies was a Senior Managing Director with AllianceBernstein, responsible for the overall leadership and strategic direction of AB’s global defined contribution and multi-asset businesses. Davies holds a BA in Economics and Political Science, with honors, from the University of Wisconsin – Madison, and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He is a past Trustee of the Employee Benefit Research Institute and was a founder and served on the Executive Committee of the Defined Contribution Institutional Investment Association. Davies was named one of “Forty Under 40” business leaders by Crain’s Chicago Business and “Fund Marketer of the Year” by Institutional Investor newsletters. He chairs the Advisory Board of the University of Wisconsin’s Economics Department.