Robert E. Furdak, CFA

Chief Investment Officer for Responsible Investment, Chair of the Responsible Investment Committee, Man Group
Man Institute Contributor

Robert (‘Rob’) Furdak is Chief Investment Officer for Responsible Investment (RI) of Man Group. He oversees all aspects of Responsible Investing across Man Group’s five investment engines including RI research, stewardship, and regulatory implementation. Rob serves as the chairman of the Man Group Responsible Investment Committee. He has published numerous articles on a variety of RI topics.

Rob was previously the Co-Chief Investment Officer at Man Numeric and Chairman of Man Numeric’s Investment Committee. In that position, Rob oversaw all aspects of the investment process and led the development of Numeric’s proprietary ESG model. Rob joined Man Numeric in 1997 as Director of International Strategies and designed and launched Numeric’s first non-US strategies. Before joining Man Numeric, Rob was a Principal in the Active International Group at State Street Global Advisors. During his eight years there, Rob performed global quantitative research and was the principal architect of State Street’s active emerging markets investment process. Previously, Rob worked at Harvard Management Company.

Rob holds a bachelor’s degree in Finance from the University of Michigan and an MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago. He is also a CFA Charterholder.