Author JEFFREY HANSEN

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Jeff has over 30 years of professional experience advising enterprises on managing growth and working in investment management. He has consulted to small and large companies around the world on maintaining an innovative edge and doing so as a business grows. He is the author of books and articles on entrepreneurial leadership. 

Jeff is also a professional investment manager and has used his research on visionary leaders and insight-driven businesses in the selection of professional investment management firms for institutional investors. 

As a professional investment manager, he has managed hundreds of millions of dollars for high net worth individuals. His specialty is asset allocation and adapting portfolios to different phases of market resilience and vulnerability. 

Management Consulting and Evaluation of Professional Investment Managers 

Extensive experience in US, Asia, and Australia - Founded consulting practice that helped asset management firms improve the strength of their investment teams, processes and platforms. Clients included BT Australia, Dresdner Bank/Dresdner RCM, Putnam Investments, Russell Investment Group, Nippon Life, DBSAM (Development Bank of Singapore), Macquarie Bank, and UBS Asset Management.

Jeffrey has evaluated the top investment managers globally.  He has done this work for the Russell Investment Group and Nikko AM .  

Author of Books and Articles on Management and Investing 

Hansen, Jeffrey A., Mastering Business Growth and Change Made Easy, Entrepreneur Press, 2005.

J. Hansen, N. Kulig, D, Smith, & P. Madsen, “Adherence to Equity Style and Strategy: 1993 to 2003,” Blue Heron Consulting Research Report, April 2004. 

J. Hansen, N. Kulig, D, Smith, & P. Madsen, “Another Dimension in Manager

Evaluation: Strategy Profile,” Blue Heron Consulting Research Report, April 2004.

Hansen, Jeffrey A., Surviving Success: Managing the Challenges of Growth, Oasis Press, 1998. This book is based upon award-winning research on the management strategies of venture capital-backed businesses. Foreword by George Russell, founder of Russell Investments.

J. Hansen, J. Christopherson, “Russell/NRI Japan Equity Style Indexes: Rulebook for Index Construction,” Russell Investment Group Research Commentary, April 1996.

J. Hansen, “US Equity Investment Styles,” Security Analysts Journal (Japan), November 1992, Vol. 30, No. 11.