Ann is a global industry analyst on Wellington Management's Health Care Team, specializing in the health care services and medical technology industries. She manages two global health care hedge funds and several global health care sector portfolios. She also co-manages a multisector private company investment fund. In her role as a global industry analyst, Ann conducts fundamental research on public and private companies and makes buy/sell recommendations to portfolio managers based on her findings. She is a member of the firm’s Private Equity Oversight Committee. Prior to joining Wellington Management in 1998, Ann was a senior health care analyst with BT Alex. Brown (1995 – 1998). From 1992 – 1995, Ann worked at Piper Jaffray in Minneapolis, first as an investment banker and subsequently as a health care research analyst. Previously, she was a financial analyst with Citibank N.A. (1991 – 1992) and an accountant with Coopers & Lybrand (1987 – 1989). Ann received her MS in finance and applied economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan, 1991) and her BS in accounting from Boston College (1987).