Ford joined Homrich Berg in 2014 and is the Managing Director of Public Markets, including equities, fixed income, and hedge funds. Ford works with a team of research analysts to develop HB’s overall public markets investment strategy, research the underlying investments within public markets, and collaborates with the Investment Committee and Advisors to construct client portfolios.
Ford is also the President and a Portfolio Manager of the Peachtree Alternative Strategies Fund, a fund of hedge funds created internally for HB clients. In his role as President, Ford is in charge of managing the day-to-day operations of the Fund. In his role as Portfolio Manager, he leads the effort to source new investment ideas and leads the due diligence efforts on potential and existing portfolio investments. He has extensive experience in analyzing the various hedge fund strategies in which we invest, including equity long/short, credit, macro, structured credit, and multi-strategy funds, among others.
Ford began his career at Citigroup Global Markets with experience in both equity derivatives and fixed-income markets. He earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance and a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from the University of Georgia. He is a member of the CFA Institute and the Atlanta Society of Finance and Investment Professionals.