David Clott

David joined Wellesley in 2023 with over 30 years of asset management industry experience. His convertible bond investing experience began in the mid 1990’s as an analyst at Phoenix Investments. David joined Aviva Investors in 1999 as a US convertible bond portfolio manager and in 2002 David founded the Aviva Investors Global Convertible Bond Strategy, launching a European based long only convertible mutual fund. In 2005 he founded the Morley (Aviva) Convertible Arbitrage hedge fund and in 2009 he founded the Aviva Investors Global Convertible Absolute Return fund. David graduated from Bryant University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and received his Master of Science degree in Energy and Climate Policy from Johns Hopkins University. He holds the CFA designation.