Ned Durden joined WestEnd Advisors in 2006 as Partner and Investment Analyst.

Prior to joining WestEnd Advisors Ned was a founding employee and Senior Analyst at Cambium Capital, a long/short equity hedge fund based in Charlotte, North Carolina (2002 – 2006). While at Cambium he performed bottoms up, fundamental research on stocks in multiple sectors. After Cambium Ned founded Crescent Heights Consulting, LLC, which provided independent research to hedge funds. From 1997 to 2002 Ned led an e-business and technology consulting group for the MONY Group.

Ned is a Level 2 candidate for the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation. Ned is a graduate of the University of Virginia. Ned went on to receive his MBA from the University of Virginia, Darden School of Business and his law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law (JD/MBA).