Brian A. Murdock

Brian is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Strategic and a member of its Board of Managers. Brian was previously the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of TD Asset Management based in Toronto and prior to that the President and Chief Executive Officer of New York Life Investment Management in New York. He spent 25 years at Merrill Lynch as a Portfolio Manager, Chief Investment Officer and Regional Executive Officer based in London, Hong Kong and Tokyo. His last role at Merrill Lynch was Chief Operating Officer and Head of the U.S. asset management business based in Princeton, New Jersey. Brian has served on a number of non-profit boards. He currently serves as President of the Craigielea Educational Fund at Cornell University and as Trustee for the National Review Institute. Brian is also on the advisory boards for Georgetown Business School and CFA Society of Washington D.C., and is a member of the Mount Vernon Life Guard Society. Brian has been published in magazines and newspapers in several countries including India, China, and the UK, and has appeared many times on Bloomberg, Asia Business News and CNBC. He holds a B.S. from Cornell University.