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Cliff Shepherdson*

Principal, Head of Advisory Solutions

Cliff joined FPA in 2016. He serves as Head of Advisory Solutions and focuses on business development activities with an emphasis on FPA’s alternative products. Prior to joining FPA, Cliff was Director of Marketing for Casdin Capital, a life science focused hedge fund. From 2007 to 2011, he was an investment associate at AllianceBernstein, first on the private equity team and then on a portfolio management team. He began his career in investment banking at Grail Partners and Putnam Lovell NBF.  Cliff earned a Bachelor of Science degree in both Accounting and Business Administration, and an MBA from the University of Southern California.

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