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The Hennessee Group's principals each
have over twenty years of financial industry experience that includes
pioneering work in hedge fund consulting that began in 1987.
A talented staff of financial professionals that specialize in research, analysis and client services are key to the Hennessee Group's success.
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Lee Hennessee
Managing Principal
E. Lee Hennessee, Managing Principal of the Hennessee Group LLC,
focuses on manager selection and client services development.
She directed the Hennessee Hedge Fund Advisory Group beginning in
1987 as a division of E.F. Hutton and continuing at Republic National
Bank and Weiss, Peck and Greer.
She began her career at Thomson
McKinnon Securities where she performed institutional and retail
sales. Ms. Hennessee served as a finance chair for Elizabeth Dole's
presidential campaign and the 2005 New York City Billy Graham
Crusade. She co-founded the New York City Christian Women's
Fellowship, which folded into Campus Crusade, and was a founding
Angel for 100 Women in Hedge Funds. Ms. Hennessee is also a Trustee
of Palm Beach Atlantic University, National Chairwoman and Founding
Member of Easter Seals Florida, and was a member of the Women’s
CEO Summit that met with President and Mrs. Bush as an advocate
for women CEOs. Ms. Hennessee is known as an extraordinary
fundraiser for charities that involve children and young people.
In addition, she has been an inspirational speaker for twenty five
years, encouraging women in the business to be successful and to win
by not compromising their business ethics.
Ms. Hennessee is one of
the most widely sourced consultants in the hedge fund industry and
has published articles in Barron’s and Pensions & Investments. She is often quoted by other major financial publications, including The Wall Street Journal, and has made guest television appearances as
a hedge fund expert on CNN and CNBC. In May 2007, she was selected as one of New York's 50 most powerful women. Her pioneering efforts in 1987
created the first hedge fund manager database which is the forerunner
of the Hennessee Hedge Fund Indices®.
Ms. Hennessee has been Series 3 and 7 registered since 1976 and
also holds Series 24, Series 65 and Series 63 registrations.
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 Charles
J. Gradante
Managing Principal Mr. Gradante focuses on research, market analysis, risk management
and portfolio design. In 1995, following a twenty-five year financial
industry career, he joined the Hennessee Hedge Fund Advisory Group
as co-director while it was a division of Weiss, Peck & Greer.
He co-founded the Hennessee Group LLC with Ms. Hennessee in 1997.
Mr. Gradante brings “hands-on” experience in risk management, portfolio
analysis, trading and venture capital. He has held executive positions
in banking and securities, as President and CEO of Union Chelsea
National Bank, and Drexel Burnham Lambert, where he was responsible
for Trading Administration and chaired the Risk Management Committee.
Previously, he held the position of Group Marketing Manager at Citibank.
Mr. Gradante entered the financial industry in 1971 through John
Diebold Venture Capital Corp. Early in his career, Mr. Gradante
worked on the lunar module and space shuttle programs as an engineer.
Mr. Gradante has co-hosted and made guest appearances on CNN and
CNBC for his expertise on hedge funds and global financial markets,
and appears monthly on Bloomberg. Additionally, Mr. Gradante sits
on the International Association
of Financial Engineers (IAFE) Credit Risk Management Committee.
Subsequent to the Long-Term Capital hedge fund crisis in August
of 1998, Mr. Gradante was requested by Congress to provide expert
testimony at the Congressional hearings on hedge funds. He participated in a SEC Roundtable on hedge fund regulation and a CFTC Roundtable on CPO and Commodity Pool Industry Issues. Mr. Gradante holds a Series 65 registration.
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