Aamir Sheikh

Aamir Sheikh is the Chief Investment Officer, Head of Research, and Managing Member at Echelon Asset Management. Aamir joined Echelon from Bank of America, where he was Managing Director in the Enterprise Portfolio Management Group, part of the Corporate Investment Group. Prior to moving to the Corporate Investment Group, Aamir was Managing Director of Portfolio Analytics in the Global Equities group of Merrill Lynch. From 1994 to 2005, Aamir served in various roles at Barra Inc., including Manager of Derivatives Research, Head of Enterprise Risk Management, Director of Research at Barra Rogers Casey, Director of Research and Head of the Content Group (Research, data development and maintenance, and model delivery), Head of Distribution (Sales, Marketing and Client Support), and President. Aamir was an Assistant Professor of Finance at Indiana University from 1987 to 1994. Aamir has numerous publications in both academic and practitioner journals. Aamir has a Ph. D in Business Administration, specializing in Finance, from the University of California at Berkeley, and an A.B., summa cum laude, from Columbia University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.