Martin Appointed Chief Investment Officer

Anne Martin has been appointed Wesleyan’s Chief Investment Officer. Her appointment is the culmination of an intensive search that began in October and included many individual candidates as well as investment management firms.

“We explored a variety of models for the management of Wesleyan’s portfolio before concluding that we had found the outstanding candidate in Anne Martin, of the Yale University Investments Office,” says President Michael S. Roth. “We are confident that her experience, financial acumen, and disciplined approach to portfolio management will serve the university well.”

Martin is one of six directors of Yale’s endowment, working with Chief Investment Officer David Swensen. She has had primary oversight of Yale’s venture capital, energy, and commodities investments, and has supervised 20 active managers responsible for more than $2 billion. Martin is a former general partner of Rosewood Capital in San Francisco, Calif. where she focused on Internet, software, and business service investments. She also has worked as a managing director of Deutsche Bank.

She is a graduate of Smith College and holds an M.B.A. from Stanford Business School. A former member of the U.S. National Rowing Team, she won a gold medal in the 1986 World Championships and participated in the 1988 Olympics.

Under her guidance Wesleyan will embark on a new era of portfolio management. She will work out of North College beginning Aug. 1.