Alaina Anderson
CFA, Portfolio Manager
About Alaina
Alaina Anderson, CFA, partner, is a portfolio manager for the International Leaders/ADR strategies at William Blair Investment Management. Formerly, she was a global research analyst covering real estate, utilities, and engineering companies. Before joining the firm in 2006, Alaina was a senior analyst in the investments department at the MacArthur Foundation, providing research support for internally managed portfolios and participated in investment manager due diligence, selection, and monitoring for the foundation’s U.S., non-U.S., and hedge-fund portfolios. Previously, she was an investor relations consultant with Ashton Partners and a financial advisor with UBS PaineWebber. Alaina is a fellow of Leadership Greater Chicago, a board member of the North Lawndale Employment Network, and a member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society Chicago. She received a B.S. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
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William Blair is a premier global partnership with expertise in investment banking, investment management, and private wealth management. We provide advisory services, strategies, and solutions to meet our clients’ evolving needs. As an independent and employee-owned firm, together with our strategic partners, we operate in more than 30 offices worldwide.*
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1935Year William Blair was founded
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1,950+Employees worldwide
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154 billion+Client assets
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90+ YearsIndependent and employee-owned
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30+Offices worldwide*
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650+Companies under coverage
As of December 31, 2025
*Includes strategic partnerships with Allier Capital, BDA Partners, and Poalim Equity.