Mary Ruth, CFA, CAIA, FRM, and Head of Manager Research for Appomattox, has over 30 years’ experience in financial markets with 15+ years as an investor/allocator across multiple asset classes.

Prior to joining Appomattox in 2015, she was a Managing Director for the Lehman Brothers estate, responsible for negotiating the settlement of Lehman’s derivatives transactions with certain large banks and insurance companies. Prior to Lehman, she was with XL Capital Investment Partners for six years where she structured hedge fund derivative transactions and served on the investment committee for XL’s $2B hedge fund portfolio. Mary spent five earlier years with Bankers Trust/Deutsche Bank structuring derivative-based hedge fund products for institutional investors and equity and currency derivatives for endowments and pension fund clients. Mary started her career at Citibank in structuring and marketing for securitization and derivatives businesses. Mary serves as a Trustee for the Cornelia Connolly Center, a girls’ middle school on Manhattan’s lower east side. She earned a BA from Bucknell and an MBA from the Wharton School.