William Blair Small Cap Value I
Kansas City, MO 64121-9009
P. O. Box 219009
Advisors' Inner Circle (ICM)
Management Information
William V. Heaphy,Lead Manager since December 30, 1999
William Heaphy, CFA, is the head of the U.S. value equity team. He is also a portfolio manager for William Blair’s Small Cap Value, Mid Cap Value and SMID Value strategies and a research analyst focusing on the real estate sector. He joined the firm in his current role in 2021. Before joining William Blair, Bill worked at ICM, where he was chief investment officer of the small- to mid-cap value equity teams and a member of the management committee. Before joining ICM in 1994 as part of the equity research department, Bill was an associate in the Baltimore law firm of Ober, Kaler, Grimes and Shriver, and a staff auditor with Price Waterhouse. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. Bill received a B.S. from Lehigh University and a J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law.
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