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Investment Professionals
Ned Hamarat
Co-Founder, President, Chief Investment Officer, Portfolio Manager
Mr. Hamarat has over 40 years experience as an investment professional. In 1984, he co-founded Beekman Capital Management Ltd., and has been its President and Chief Investment Officer since inception. He is the principal portfolio manager and actively engages in the securities analyses and client servicing. Mr. Hamarat joined Weiss, Peck and Greer in 1983 as a partner and investment manager for several pension funds and foundations with assets in excess of $200 million. From 1967 to 1983 Mr. Hamarat was with MacKay-Shields Financial Corporation in New York. He was a senior partner and the portfolio manager of the aggressive growth portfolios for institutional and individual accounts, managing over $350 million in assets. His research coverage included technology and small capitalization companies. Mr. Hamarat received a Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering from Georgia Tech and an MBA from Columbia Business School. He is a registered rep and currently holds Series 7, 65 and 24 licenses.
Mary Palmer
Co-Founder, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Compliance Officer
Ms. Palmer has over 28 years of investment experience. She began working with Mr. Hamarat at MacKay-Shields Financial Corporation in 1979 in operations and trading. She also worked for Mr. Hamarat at Weiss, Peck & Greer. Ms. Palmer co-founded Beekman Capital in 1984 and has been the Chief Financial Officer of Beekman Capital Management since inception. She is responsible for financial and legal operations for the firm. Ms. Palmer received her A.A.S. from the State University of New York.
Tia Bradford
Director of Operations, Chief Technology Officer, Trader
Services
Ms. Bradford was previously an investment analyst with PaineWebber Inc. She joined Beekman Capital in 1995 as a research analyst and is responsible for the services sector. Additionally she serves as our Chief Technology Officer. She has also worked as an independent Financial Planner for Diversified Concepts. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from Seattle University. Ms. Bradford has passed the exam for the Series 6 and Series 63 licenses.
Agnes McCaffrey
Account Administrator
Ms. McCaffrey has over 29 years investment experience primarily in operations and trading. She is the Account Administrator for the client accounts of Beekman Capital Management and Beekman Northwest Partners. Her responsibilities also include the financial activities of the firm and its back-office operations.
Prior to joining Beekman Capital, she worked for Greenspan O' Neil Associates, Offit Associates, Commercial Credit and MacKay-Shields Financial.
Chris Trout
Director of Research
Retail, Capital Goods
Mr. Trout joined Beekman Capital in 2005 and currently covers the capital goods and retail sectors. Prior to joining Beekman he was a student portfolio manager for the MBA Investment Fund, L.L.C. where he co-managed growth, value and enhanced index portfolios. His responsibilities at the MBA Investment Fund included coverage of the Healthcare sector as well as trading. Prior to working at the MBA Investment Fund, he worked in the operations area of AIM Investments where his primary duty was to manage a team that assisted elite level financial advisors with client accounts. Mr. Trout holds an MBA with a concentration in Finance from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas as well as a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of Houston.
Prakash Vijayan
Research Analyst
Technology Hardware/Software, Alternative Energy
Mr. Vijayan joined Beekman Capital in 2005 and currently covers the technology sector. Prior to joining our team he worked in market analysis and trend forecasting with Merrill Lynch. He holds his Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Arizona State University with a minor in Statistics and a Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India.
Daniel Burns
Research Analyst
Healthcare, Financials, Basic Materials
Mr. Burns joined Beekman in 2008 and covers the Healthcare, Financials, and Basic Materials sectors. Prior to joining Beekman he was a student portfolio manager for the MBA Investment Fund, LLC where he co-managed growth, value and enhanced index portfolios. His responsibilities at the MBA Investment Fund included coverage of the Consumer sector. He formerly worked as an accountant at Deloitte & Touche where he earned his certification as a Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Burns holds an MBA with a concentration in Finance from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics as well as a Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish from the University of California - Davis. He has passed Level II of the CFA Examination.
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