Tadd Howell Chessen

Mr. Tadd H.
Chessen, CFA MBA, is Portfolio Manager & Research Analyst at Perkins Investment Management LLC.
He covers non-U.S.
securities with a focus on the utilities and telecommunications sectors.
Prior to joining Perkins, he was a Partner and Analyst at Millgate Capital Inc., a deep-value, long/short hedge fund focused exclusively on non-U.S.
equities.
Before joining Millgate in 2004, he worked for four years in private equity at Saunders, Karp & Megrue as well as Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst in both New York and Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Prior to Hicks Muse, he was an Analyst in the equity research department of ING Barings in Argentina.
He began his career in 1994 in the investment banking division of Morgan Stanley.
He received a BA in history from the University of Virginia, where he graduated with distinction, and an MBA with a concentration in finance from Columbia Business School.