Catherine McRae

Cathy joined American Capital Management, Inc. after eight years as a Managing Director and Principal at European Investors where she was the head portfolio manager of a U.S. equities fund and Chairperson of the U.S. and Global Investment Committees. Cathy was also a portfolio manager of a midsized hedge fund at Ridgecrest Partners and the lead manager of two small cap core funds at the Guardian Life Insurance Co. For a number of years, she was a research analyst covering various industry sectors including small cap technology companies at Bear Stearns, Drexel Burnham, Furman Selz and NatWest Securities. Her investment career began in 1975 in the Corporate Finance Department of the Irving Trust Company where she was a financial consultant for six years. Cathy graduated from Dartmouth College, magna cum laude, and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.