Timothy (Tim) P. Dunn, CFA- Chief Investment Officer, Managing Member, Founder
Tim co‐founded Terra Alpha Investments LLC. He designed and oversees the firm’s investment processes, funds, and operations.
Tim has over 30 years of experience in investment management. He spent the majority of his career at one of the largest active investment management firms in the world, Capital Group Companies. At Capital, Tim was one of the lead portfolio managers for many of the firm’s largest and most successful funds including Growth Fund of America, Capital World Growth and Income Fund, and EuroPacific Growth Fund. In total, Tim had direct responsibility for over $26 billion in client assets. During his 19 years at Capital, Tim lived and worked in Los Angeles, London, and Washington, DC. Throughout his career, he has traveled extensively around the globe to build his expertise via on the ground research and meetings with company management teams and policy leaders.
Earlier in his investment career, Tim was an equity analyst covering a diverse range of global sectors including consumer electronics, consumer staples, media, industrial companies, utilities (power and telecom), and electrical equipment. He was a Vice President and equity analyst at PNC Financial as well as an equity analyst at a unit of The Bank of Boston.
Additionally, Tim worked in London as an advisor to CDP, formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project, on strategic planning and organizational effectiveness. He also served as the Director of Strategic Planning for the Piedmont Environmental Council and has served as a Trustee of The Nature Conservancy (Virginia Chapter) and on the Board of Visitors of the College of William & Mary (including as Chair of the Finance Committee and the Investment Sub‐committees). He was also the Chair of the board of the Reves Center for International Studies at the College of William & Mary.
Currently, he serves on the board of the PATH Foundation and is a member of the Global Leadership Council of the World Resources Institute.
He holds a BA in International Relations from The College of William & Mary and a MBA in Finance from Northeastern University. He has been a CFA charter holder since 1989.
Read Tim’s blog post for the story behind the founding of Terra Alpha Investments LLC.
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