Christopher Walvoord

Committee. He conducts manager research and strategy evaluation and is responsible for portfolio construction. Prior to joining William Blair in April 2011, Christopher was a principal of Guidance Capital. Prior to joining Guidance Capital in August 2002, he was Director of Hedge Fund Investments at The Northern Trust Company. At Northern Christopher oversaw all aspects of the investment process for the firm’s fund of hedge funds program. He previously served as a portfolio manager for the firm’s structured short duration credit portfolios. Prior to joining Northern Trust in August 1996, Christopher was an associate in John Nuveen and Company’s Capital Markets Group where he modeled municipal derivative transactions for investment banking clients.