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James A. Abate, MBA, CPA, CFA , PrincipalPrior to forming Centre, Mr. Abate was Investment Director for GAM (Global Asset Management) USA responsible for the start-up and portfolio management of the firm's in-house strategies focused on the large cap segment of the US equity market.Mr. Abate joined GAM in 2001 and grew strategy assets to a peak of over $1 billion.Previously, Mr. Abate served as Managing Director and Portfolio Manager with responsibility for Credit Suisse Asset Management's principal active large cap equity portfolios (Select Equity), a strategy he started, as well as the firm's New York based global sector funds (peak assets of $5 billion).Prior to joining Credit Suisse in 1995, he was a co-founder and Managing Director of Vert Independent Capital Research, a Wall Street equity research boutique.Previously, he was a Manager in Price Waterhouse's Valuation/Corporate Finance Group.Mr. Abate is a contributing author to Applied Equity Valuation, Focus on Value, Short Selling, and The Theory and Practice of Investment Management, and his writings have appeared in The Journal of Portfolio Management, The Wall Street Journal, Mergers & Acquisitions and other various publications.
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Mr. Abate holds a B.S. in Accounting from Fairleigh Dickinson University and an M.B.A. in Finance from St. John's University.He is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a Certified Public Accountant, and served as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army.