Team Category: Senior Leadership

Robert Uek, CFA

Rob is a co-portfolio manager for Essex’s Global Environmental Opportunities Strategy. Prior to joining Essex in 2009, Rob was a Portfolio Manager at State Street Global Advisors. Previously, he was with John Hancock Advisers for over eight years, starting as a Global Industry Analyst, and moving to portfolio management on the US large cap equities team. Prior to this, Rob... Read more ›

Nancy Prial, CFA

Nancy is the portfolio manager for the micro, small, and SMID growth strategies. Prior to joining Essex in 2005, Nancy spent six years at Burridge Growth Partners as the Chief Investment Officer and Senior Vice President responsible for the SMID and Small Cap Growth Strategies. The Essex Small Cap Growth Strategy was launched and developed by Nancy in 2001 while... Read more ›

Joseph McNay

Joe is the Chairman of Essex. Prior to founding Essex in 1976, Joe was Executive Vice President and Director of Endowment Management & Research Corp. for nine years. Before 1967, Joe was Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager at the Massachusetts Company. Mr. McNay serves as a Distinguished Trustee and member of the Investment Committee and Trustee Science Committee of... Read more ›

Michael McCarthy

Mike is Essex’s Chief Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer. Prior to joining Essex in 1993, Mike was an Assistant Vice President in the Master Trust-Accounting Operations Department of State Street Bank and Trust Company servicing institutional pension plans, endowments and foundations. Prior to State Street, Mike received his B.S./B.A. in Accounting from Nichols College. Read more ›