Willem Schilpzand, CFA^®

Willem is President, the lead portfolio manager of the firm’s Equity International Fund and a co-portfolio manager of both the Equity Quality Return (EQR) and Opportunity strategies. He joined ACR in 2010 and has over 15 years of investment experience. His responsibilities include business oversight, investment idea generation, selection, and monitoring and risk management for the firm’s investment strategies. His prior experience includes positions with Merrill Lynch and IBM in the U.S. and Europe. Willem earned his MBA from Columbia Business School in New York, where he completed the highly regarded Applied Value Investing Program and was nominated for the Beta Gamma Sigma honor society. He earned a BBA, Magna Cum Laude, in International Business from the University of Georgia. Willem has attained the Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA®) designation and is a dual citizen of the Netherlands and the U.S.