Harish Kumar, PhD, CFA

Harish Kumar, PhD, CFA has extensive experience in portfolio management and quantitative analysis. Harish is currently the Managing Director - Portfolio Strategies at Visible Wealth Management Inc., a role they have held since 2021. From 2016 to 2021, they served as an Advisor at ALPHABETA INC. Harish also held the role of Visiting Professor at various schools and universities globally from 2016 to 2021. From 2005 to 2012, they were the Portfolio Manager and Head of Growth Equities at Madison Square Investors, where they built and managed Large Cap Growth Equity, Market Neutral long/short, Dividend Income Growth and other alternative investment strategies. The strategies grew from $10 million to more the $2 billion in AUM. From 2002 to 2005, they were a Senior Portfolio Manager at ING Investment Management. From 1999 to 2002, they were a Portfolio Manager / Quantitative Analyst at Aeltus Investment Management, where they managed enhanced index equity strategies for US, Global and Emerging Markets and conducted research in constructing stock selection models, asset allocation models, portfolio construction and risk models.

Harish Kumar received their Ph.D. in Computational Finance from Columbia University in 1999. Harish also attended the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani. In 2002, they obtained a CFA certification from the CFA Institute.