Conrad Saldanha

Mr. Saldanha is a Senior Portfolio Manager and the Head of Emerging Market Equities at Neuberger Berman LLC, a $330 Billion Assets under Management (AUM) global Investment management company headquartered in New York City.  Conrad is a member of the Partnership Committee at Neuberger Berman.

Conrad built the emerging market equity business at Neuberger Berman over the last decade. Starting with a single client, he now manages over $7bn in AUM for a global client base across Australasia, Europe and the Americas.   He is responsible for managing institutional accounts for a variety of pension funds, a US Mutual Fund, two European funds, and two Australian Trusts, as well being responsible for a sleeve within broader emerging markets funds managed by SEI and Russell.  Equity investment research and portfolio management are his twin passions: whether that be traveling across emerging markets to complete the due diligence on the portfolio companies, engaging management on a variety of strategic and operational topics, or monitoring those investments over the business and economic cycles.

Conrad grew up in Calcutta India and attended St. Xavier’s College, where he obtained his Bachelors of Commerce.   He subsequently obtained his MBA from Virginia Tech.  He has also been awarded the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Conrad began his career at GE Capital in their Financial Management Program, though quickly moved on to GE Asset Management where he spent 14 years.  He held several positions there, with his last role being an Emerging Market and Indian Equity Portfolio Manager, based in Stamford, CT.  He had spent six years in London as a European Equity Portfolio Manager and served as the Chairman of GE’s UK pension plan.

Conrad enjoys traveling - both with his family and as part of his job - experiencing the each market’s distinctive culture and sampling the local food.  He also was awarded an Associate diploma from Trinity College of Music, London in classical piano.