Andrew Hadland is a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager in Mesirow Equity Management. He serves as the Director of Research and a Portfolio Manager for the small cap and small-mid cap strategies and provides analyst coverage for the technology sector.

Andrew has 25 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Mesirow in 2016, he was a Managing Director and Research Analyst for Fiduciary Management Associates, LLC, which was acquired by Mesirow. Before that, he served as a Senior Equity Analyst at The Northern Trust Company and a Senior Analyst and co-Portfolio Manager at Conseco Capital Management. Andrew provides significant contribution to the firm’s participation in the Big Shoulders Fund’s “Stock Market Program” which provides education on the concepts of investing to eighth grade students in the neediest areas of inner-city Chicago.

Andrew earned a Bachelor of Science in finance from Miami of Ohio University and a Master of Business Administration with dual concentration in finance and equity valuation from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University. Andrew is a CFA® charterholder and member of the Chartered Financial Analyst Society of Chicago and the Chartered Financial Analyst Institute.