Faisal Hersi

Faisal Hersi is a Senior Analyst on the SMA Portfolio Management Team, where he is responsible for coverage of the industrials and materials sectors for the firm's proprietary SMA strategies.

Prior to joining the SMA Portfolio Management Team, Faisal served as the analyst covering industrials and materials stocks for Securities Research.

Faisal joined the Securities Research team in 2015 and has covered energy, industrial, and materials companies for Edward Jones. Prior to Edward Jones, he worked at Heartland Advisors in Milwaukee, where he supported Heartland’s value and international funds. Before that, he worked at Robert W. Baird's mid-cap Growth fund, where he analyzed equity investment opportunities across sectors.

Faisal graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business management from San Diego State University and received his MBA in finance from the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee with a career specialization in the applied Investment Management Certificate Program, a CFA Institute University Affiliated Program.

Faisal has been quoted in various publications, including The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, The New York Times, and and Barron's. He is a CFA® charterholder and a member of the CFA Institute and CFA Society of St. Louis.