Ryan Batchelor co-founded Lone Peak Global Investors (formerly Clifford Capital Partners) in Chicago in 2010. Ryan is the Portfolio Manager for the SMID Value, All Cap Value and Focused Small Cap Value strategies.

Prior to founding Lone Peak Global Investors, Ryan served three years as Senior Equity Analyst at Wells Capital Management where he was a generalist, scouring all sectors of the market but also had specific responsibility for the financial services sector.

Before joining Wells Capital Management in 2007, he was an Equity Strategist and Analyst with Morningstar where he served as specialty finance analyst and team leader.

In addition to his years of experience in equity portfolio management and analysis, he also worked for three years at KPMG as an auditor.

He graduated summa cum laude from Brigham Young University – Hawaii with a B.S. in Accounting and received his M.B.A. with an emphasis in Finance from the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation and is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA).