Eileen Rominger | |
|---|---|
| Director of Investment Management, U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission | |
| Assumed office February 7, 2011 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Eileen Clarkin |
| Alma mater | Fairfield University(B.A.) Wharton School of Business(M.B.A.) |
| Profession | Portfolio manager |
Eileen Rominger is a partner at CamberView Partners. Previously, Rominger was the director of investment management at theUnited States Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and the global chief investment officer ofGoldman Sachs Asset Management.[1]
SmartMoney magazine named Rominger to the 2011 Power 30 list of the World's Most Influential Players in business and finance.[2] And Investment Advisor magazine named Rominger one of the 2011 IA 25 Most Influential People in the Advisor Community.[3]
Before to joining the SEC, Rominger worked 11 years atGoldman Sachs Asset Management, informally known as "GSAM", where she served as its globalchief investment officer[4] overseeing the investment operations of GSAM's fundamental equity, quantitative investment strategies and fixed-income businesses.[5] Rominger also served as Chief Investment Officer of the GSAM's U.S. Value business where she led a team of portfolio managers and analysts in the investment of clients' assets in Large, Mid, and Small Cap Value portfolios. She earned more than $57 Million at Goldman Sachs, causing some to perceive a conflict of interest when she joined the SEC.[6] On June 15, 2012, she announced her retirement from the SEC after serving 16 months at the regulator.[7]
Prior to joining Goldman Sachs in 1999, Rominger worked 18 years atOppenheimer Capital, where she was a value portfolio manager, a managing director, and a member of the executive committee.[8]
Rominger was a 2005S&P/Business Week Excellence in Fund Management Award Winner[9] and was profiled byBarron's Magazine in 2006.[10] She routinely appeared onWall Street Week withLouis Rukeyser and has appeared onBloomberg News andCNBC.
In 2000,Fairfield University recognized Rominger's professional accomplishments by awarding her an Alumni Professional Achievement Award.[11]
Rominger received a B.A. in English fromFairfield University and an M.B.A. in finance from theWharton School of Business.