Joe Cortese
Managing Director, Head of Financial Institutions
Joe provides investment consulting services to other financial advisory firms as Managing Director of the firm’s Financial Institutions practice. Joe also provides consulting services to family offices, high net worth individuals and nonprofit organizations. He gives advice and expertise on all facets of effective investment program design including establishing investment objectives, asset allocation and portfolio design, investment research and due diligence and overall practice management.
Prior to joining the firm in 2008, Joe worked for Morgan Stanley's Private Wealth Management Office and as a Managing Director for an investment management firm implementing a value-focused, long/short equity strategy based on University of Chicago Booth research. Joe earned his MBA with concentrations in Analytic Finance and Accounting from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a BBA with a Certification in Entrepreneurial Management from the University of Iowa. Joe is a former member of UNICEF's NextGen Junior Board and the University of Iowa's J.P.E.C. Alumni Board, as well as Co-Founder of the Hawkeye Business Development Group of Chicago. Joe served as President of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business Alumni Club of Chicago for over 10 years and is currently an elected member, Vice President, and Finance Chair of River Forest School District 90 Board of Education.
Prior to joining the firm in 2008, Joe worked for Morgan Stanley's Private Wealth Management Office and as a Managing Director for an investment management firm implementing a value-focused, long/short equity strategy based on University of Chicago Booth research. Joe earned his MBA with concentrations in Analytic Finance and Accounting from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a BBA with a Certification in Entrepreneurial Management from the University of Iowa. Joe is a former member of UNICEF's NextGen Junior Board and the University of Iowa's J.P.E.C. Alumni Board, as well as Co-Founder of the Hawkeye Business Development Group of Chicago. Joe served as President of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business Alumni Club of Chicago for over 10 years and is currently an elected member, Vice President, and Finance Chair of River Forest School District 90 Board of Education.
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