William Dennehy is a Co-Chief Investment Officer at Chandler Asset Management and maintains multiple leadership responsibilities at the firm, including being a member of the Executive Leadership Team since 2016, focused on setting the overall strategic direction of the firm. Specific to the investment team, William co-chairs both the Economic and Market Analysis Committee as well as the Credit Committee and is also a voting member of the firm’s Multi-Asset Class Committee. In addition to his responsibilities in helping to lead the investment team, he is also actively involved with specific client relationships to implement portfolio strategies and securities trading. Of particular emphasis during his time at Chandler, which began in 2011, has been collaborating with clients to expand their investment mandates in an effort to identify more creative and robust investment strategy solutions to meet client goals.

Prior to joining Chandler, William spent 10 years working for Northern Trust Global Investments in Chicago, IL, most recently as a Senior Portfolio Manager and Vice President, with a wide range of responsibilities in asset allocation, quantitative and qualitative analysis, and trading in client accounts. William began his investment career in New York City, working for several financial institutions, including Kidder Peabody, Swiss Bank, and UBS, primarily trading short term interest rate products to support the overall capital market operations of the respective institutions.

William earned his B.S. in Business Administration with an option in Finance from California State University at Chico. He is a member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society of San Diego and holds the designation of Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).