– USA, NY – WisdomTree Investments, Inc. (NASDAQ: WETF), an exchange-traded fund and exchange-traded product sponsor and asset manager, today announced the appointment of Harold Singleton III to its Board of Directors, expanding the board to seven directors, six of whom independent.
“The Board is delighted to welcome someone of Harold’s caliber as a new independent director. He embodies smart, strategic leadership coupled with expertise that spans global markets, ESG and diversity, equity and inclusion. Harold’s professional focus aligns perfectly with WisdomTree’s own priorities of sustainability, innovation and creating the best investment solutions for clients. We are confident he will bring significant value to WisdomTree and our shareholders.” said Board Chair, Frank Salerno.
Jonathan Steinberg, CEO, added, “Harold joins our Board at an exciting time for WisdomTree as we continue to build on the strong momentum in our asset management business, capturing more of the ever-growing ETP pie through new and existing products and solutions, as evidenced by $4.9 billion in 2021 net flows and more than $500 million in 2022 inflows to date, bringing our total assets under management to $77 billion.”
About Harold Singleton III
Mr. Singleton was most recently VP, Managing Director/Head of Manager Selection and Portfolio Construction of Lincoln Financial Group (NYSE: LNC), which operates multiple insurance and retirement businesses, and previously as VP and Head of Client Portfolio Management from 2014 to 2016. He served as an independent director and member of the Investment Committee of The Vantagepoint Funds from 2013 to 2014, and before that, he held multiple investment management roles at PineBridge Investments from 2007-2012, most recently as Managing Director/Head of Asset Management Companies and Global Head of Retail and Intermediary Sales. Mr. Singleton also served as Chairman of PineBridge East Africa and PineBridge Taiwan. His investment management career also includes multiple equity portfolio management and analyst positions at well-known firms, including UBS Global Asset Management from 2003 to 2006, Metropolitan West Capital Management from 2000 to 2003, and Brinson Partners from 1996 to 2000, before its acquisition by UBS Global Asset Management.
Mr. Singleton serves on the Urban League of Philadelphia Board of Directors and as Chair of the Investment Committee of the Executive Leadership Council, an organization dedicated to the development of global black leaders. He received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology, where he is a member of the Executive Committee and chairs the Investment Committee of its Board of Trustees and an M.B.A. in Finance from the University of Chicago. Mr. Singleton is a Chartered Financial Analyst.
About WisdomTree
WisdomTree Investments, Inc., through its subsidiaries in the U.S. and Europe, is an ETF and ETP sponsor and asset manager headquartered in New York. WisdomTree offers products covering equity, commodity, fixed income, leveraged and inverse, currency, cryptocurrency, and alternative strategies. WisdomTree currently has approximately $77.0 billion in assets under management globally. WisdomTree is the marketing name for WisdomTree Investments, Inc. and its subsidiaries worldwide.
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