Henry's Expertise

Bringing nearly 40 years of experience, Henry serves as Ariel’s Chief Investment Officer of Global and Emerging Markets Equities. He is responsible for overseeing the global and emerging markets value research effort and portfolio management activities. Specifically, he handles portfolio construction and design of our non-U.S. portfolios and funds and sets the strategic direction of those capabilities. Additionally, Henry sits on the firm’s Executive Committee. For over 20 years, Henry was the chief investment officer and portfolio manager of AllianceBernstein’s (AB) Emerging Markets Value Equity and Next 50 Emerging Markets Fund. During that time, Henry also served as Co-CIO of international value equities at AB for nearly a decade. Henry held various leadership positions across global and emerging markets investing at AB, including his roles as head of the global value research department, director of research of small cap value equities and director of research of emerging markets value equities. Earlier in his career, he served as an analyst at the launch of AB’s emerging markets value portfolio, and previously served as a vice president and sell-side analyst at PaineWebber. Henry holds a BA in economics from Trinity College, where he sits on the Board of Trustees, and is a CFA Charterholder.