David Merjan, CFA, is a Partner and senior member of the International Equity Team at William Blair Investment Management Co. He is the lead Portfolio Manager for the International ADR strategy, the International Developed Plus strategy, and the International Equity Fund. Prior to joining William Blair in 1998, David was with Hughes Electronics in Los Angeles in various capacities, including the Corporate Treasury department where he focused on international mergers and acquisitions and managed corporate currency and interest rate portfolios as well as in the pension management subsidiary of Hughes where he managed an international equity fund. He earned a BA from Dickinson College and an M.I.M degree from American Graduate School of International Management. David is a member of the CFA Institute