Alice Finn F86
Citizenship: United States
Current position: CEO, Ballentine, Finn & Company
Other notable positions: Vice President, Kinder Financial Services, Inc. and former corporate lawyer at Hale and Dorr where she worked on mergers, acquisitions, and taking companies public. Prior to that, she worked for NASA where she negotiated international contracts for the Space Shuttle and the Space Station.
As a financial advisor to clients with high net worth, Alice Finn is expected to stay abreast of financial trends, regardless of geography. “Any investment that seems interesting, we look at,” says Finn. “Emerging markets are the hot topic, so we're assessing whether the risk/reward makes sense. In evaluating risk/reward in emerging markets as opposed to developed markets, you're thinking about the governmental situation, the political risks, and all those things you learn from Fletcher about the culture.”
Finn is not only a Fletcher graduate, but also an employer of Fletcher graduates. “Fletcher students have the hard quantitative skills combined with the cultural and international perspective. It gives someone assessing a private sector endeavor a more well-rounded view. It’s a perspective that most people who come to interview with us do not have.”