Sargent McGowan, CFA

Sargent is a partner, a member of the Executive Team, and serves as the chief investment officer for the firm’s endowment and foundation business. Prior to joining Brown Advisory, he was a managing director and senior member of the investment team for the University of Virginia’s endowment office (UVIMCO) for 11 years. While at UVIMCO, he led multiple strategies across public and private equity, served as a member of the investment committee, and was involved in all aspects of the investment process and portfolio risk management. Prior to UVIMCO, he spent 11 years as a portfolio manager for Invesco's global equity group, where he led research efforts on a variety of global sectors and served as the head of developed market equities from 2009 to 2013. Prior to Invesco, he worked in sell-side equity research in New York as a research associate for both Sanford Bernstein and PaineWebber.