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Andrew Giordano

Andrew P. Giordano

Executive Managing Director, Client Relations and Business Development

Joined Sands Capital

2010

Work Experience

Sands Capital (2022 - 2024)
Arlington, VA | Managing Director, Client Relations, and Business Development

Sands Capital (2020 - 2021)
Arlington, VA | Sr. Director, Client Relations

Sands Capital (2015 - 2019)
Arlington, VA | Director, Client Relations

Sands Capital (2012 - 2014)
Arlington, VA | Manager, Client Relations

Sands Capital (2010 - 2012)
Arlington, VA | Wealth Management Associate

Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Capital Markets (2008 - 2010)
Arlington, VA | Vice President

Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Capital Markets (2006 - 2008)
Arlington, VA | Associate Vice President

Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Capital Markets (2004 - 2006)
Arlington, VA | Sales Assistant

Education

Columbia University & London Business School (2016)
Dual MBA

Middlebury College (2004)
BA | International Politics and Economics

Andrew is an executive managing director, client relations and business development, at Sands Capital. He joined the firm in 2010 as a wealth management associate on the client relationship team, focused on servicing individual clients and prospects. He was promoted to manager of client relations in 2012, director of client relations in 2015, senior director of client relations in 2019, and managing director in 2021. In 2024, Andrew was appointed to the Sands Capital executive management team, which provides strategic leadership across the firm.

Before joining Sands Capital, Andrew was a vice president at FBR Capital Markets, where he spent six years supporting equity clients and cultivating relationships with hedge funds and long-only firms across the United States.

Andrew received a BA from Middlebury and MBAs from Columbia Business School and London Business School. He serves on the board of Team IMPACT, a nonprofit that matches children facing serious illness and disability with college sports teams, creating a long-term, life-changing experience for everyone involved.

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