Managing Director
Mr. Holt manages Bessemer's Denver office as Senior Resident Officer and Managing Director. He is responsible for business development in Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska and Wyoming. He is also responsible for developing and maintaining client relationships through regular client communication, coordinating client account service delivery and consulting with client advisors. He oversees a team of client account managers and administrative personnel and draws on the skills of internal and external experts to deliver services in investment management, legacy planning, trust administration, tax planning, real estate advisory, private banking and other financial services. Prior to joining Bessemer Trust in 2007, Mr. Holt was one of the founding members of AllianceBernstein’s Denver office. Prior to that, he ran the Investment Group and a multi-billion dollar portfolio for Frost Bank in Austin, Texas.
Mr. Holt spent nine years in the Air Force, where he was an award-winning Finance Professor at the United States Air Force Academy and received commendations for the role he played in developing the acquisition strategy for the replacement of the nation’s overhead imaging assets.
Mr. Holt is the Chairman of The Alliance for Choice in Education (ACE) Board of Advisors, serves on the Denver Museum of Nature and Science President’s Leadership Council, and also is a member of the Executive Board of the Boy Scouts of America, Denver Area Council. Mr. Holt graduated from the Air Force Academy with academic distinction and received an M.B.A. from the University of Pittsburgh. He is a CFA charterholder.