Brian Chiappinelli joined HarbourVest's client relations team in 2011 as a vice president. He focuses on coordinating, monitoring, and enhancing relationships with new and existing investors and consultants.
Brian joined the Firm from Batterymarch Financial Management, a quantitative equity subsidiary of Legg Mason, Inc., where he was Product Specialist and Manager of Sales. At Batterymarch, he helped launch and develop new investment products and vehicles for institutional and individual investors. He was also responsible for distribution of Batterymarch sub-advised products across U.S. and global platforms. Brian also spent six years with GE Asset Management in Stamford, Connecticut and Tokyo, where he was a director of consultant relations and a manager of the RFP team. Prior experience includes positions at Institutional Investor Conferences, the Consulate General of Japan in New York, and as a teacher in the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) program.
Brian received a BA in Public Policy with a minor in Asian Studies from Hamilton College in 1992 and an MS in Investment Management from Boston University in 2005. He has conversational fluency in Japanese.
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