Larry Speidell
Larry Speidell is Chief Investment Officer and Partner at Frontier Global Partners. He is passionate about investing in the equity markets of frontier countries. Driven by this passion, Speidell traveled throughout Africa, Eastern Europe, Latina America, the Middle East, and Asia to persuade investors on how these frontier markets present a great opportunity, based on their low valuation, high growth, and secular improvements in politics, technology, and education.
Larry Speidell Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Chief Investment Officer and Partner
Academic History
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MBA, Finance
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BE, Mechanical Engineering
- Speidell has served on the board of CFA Society San Diego.
- He is a past president of CFA Society Boston.
- He is the author of “Frontier Market Equity Investing: Finding the Winners of the Future,” the 2011 CFA Institute Research Foundation monograph.
- He is a past director of the Investor Responsibility Research Center in Washington, D.C.
- He served as a submarine officer in the U.S. Navy.
- He has researched companies in many places, including Abu Dhabi, Argentina, Bangladesh, Botswana, Cote d’Ivoire, Dubai, Ghana, India, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Lebanon, Malawi, Mozambique, Pakistan, Palestine, Paraguay, Romania, Qatar, Senegal, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
- He has appeared as a guest on Real Vision.