David is lead portfolio manager for our micro-cap and small cap deep value strategies. Additionally, he manages the firm’s domestic trading team and chairs Ariel’s trade oversight committee.

He joined the firm in April 2009, bringing his micro-cap value track record, as well as 25 years of investment experience. Prior to Ariel, David ran Maple Hill Capital Management. He began his investment career at Goldman Sachs, where he rose to vice president, and then later joined Harris Bank as a vice president and senior portfolio manager.

David serves on the finance and investment committees of Thresholds, and the board of directors and finance committee of the Joseph Maley Foundation.

He earned a BBA in finance with high honors from the University of Notre Dame and an MBA from the University of Chicago.