Geoffrey Gerber, Ph.D.
Having founded TWIN in 1990, Geoff is the Chief Investment Officer overseeing the quantitative investment process and general management of the firm. Recognized as a specialist in institutional quantitative investment management, he is often quoted in the financial press. Two of his publications appear in Market Neutral: State-of-the-Art Strategies for Every Market Environment as a chapter entitled “Using a Nonparametric Approach to Market Neutral Investing” and in Global Asset Allocation as a chapter entitled “Equity Style Allocations: Timing Between Growth & Value”. His most recent publication is entitled “Dividend Growth as a Defensive Equity Strategy”, published in the Journal of Investment Consulting.
Outside of TWIN, Geoff is a faculty member for the Aresty Institute’s Wharton Executive Education Program on Pension Funds and Investment Management. He participates in a number of foundations’ investment committees and boards including the Burroughs Wellcome Foundation, the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh and the Jewish Healthcare Foundation. Geoff is also a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of Investment Consulting and is a former member of the Investment Advisory Committee for NY State Teachers Retirement System (NYSTRS).
Prior to founding TWIN, he held senior portfolio management positions at Prudential Insurance and Mellon Equity Associates. Geoff earned a Ph.D. in Finance and Economics from the University of Pennsylvania, and a B.A. in Economics from the State University of New York at Buffalo where he graduated summa cum laude and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.