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Re-joined in 2002
Sands Capital (2002 - 2006)
Arlington, VA | Research Analyst, Portfolio Manager
MFS Investment Management (1999 - 2002)
Boston, MA | Research Analyst
State Street Research & Management (1996 - 1999)
Boston, MA | Research Analyst, Vice President
Sands Capital (1992 - 1994)
Arlington, VA | Research Analyst
The Capital Management Group Folger Nolan Fleming Douglas (1990 - 1992)
Washington, D.C. | Research Analyst
University of Virginia (1996)
MBA | Darden School of Business
University of Florida (1990)
BSBA | Finance
Dave is a co-portfolio manager of the Sands Capital Global Growth, International Growth, and Global Focus strategies, as well as a research analyst and executive managing director.
He was one of Sands Capital’s first staff members, working as a research analyst when the firm opened in 1992. He left to pursue his MBA in 1994, then worked as a research analyst and vice president at State Street Research & Management (now BlackRock), and as a research analyst at MFS Investment Management. Dave returned to Sands Capital in 2002 as a research analyst and later led the research efforts of the firm’s global industrials sector team. He helped develop the Global Growth strategy and has served as a co-portfolio manager since its inception in 2008. In 2022, he joined the International Growth and Global Focus portfolio management teams. In addition to his portfolio management duties, he served as a member of the executive management team from 2016 to 2025. The team provides strategic leadership across the firm.
Dave received a BSBA from the University of Florida and an MBA from the UVA Darden School of Business. He is a CFA® charterholder.
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