Sylvia Banda is the Chief Operating Officer for the Sustainability & Impact Investing Team at Cambridge Associates. She also serves as a Senior Investment Director, working directly with clients on portfolio management and oversight at the total portfolio level.
Sylvia joined the firm in 2019 and has 11 years of experience in the investment management industry.
Prior to joining CA, Sylvia was an Associate Portfolio Manager at Dimensional Fund Advisors based in Austin, Texas, where she managed Emerging Market equity portfolios. There, she led portfolio activities including security selection, management of FX, and election on corporate actions. Prior to her time at Dimensional, she was a member of the consulting team at NEPC in Boston, where she worked with institutional clients on all matters related to investment implementation. Sylvia has also worked with ultra high-net-worth individuals and endowments and foundations on asset allocation and manager selection as an Analyst at J.P. Morgan. She started her career at Goldman Sachs in New York City.
Sylvia received both her MBA, cum laude, and her BA from the University of Notre Dame.
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