Gregory M. Lester

Mr. Lester is Managing Director and Senior Client Advisor at Bessemer Trust. In this role, he leads a team responsible for providing clients with proactive, highly personalized advice across Investment Management, Wealth Planning, and Family Office Services. Previously, he served as Lead Portfolio Manager for the firm’s Strategic Opportunities portfolio and was a director of research for the firm’s Large Cap U.S. Equity Fund. Greg leverages 29 years of experience in the financial services industry.

Prior to joining Bessemer in 2003, Greg was an equity research analyst for the Growth Fund at American Century Investments. Before that, he was an associate in PaineWebber’s Mergers and Acquisitions Group.

Greg earned an M.B.A. from New York University and a B.S., cum laude, in finance from Georgetown University, where he played Division I tennis and was a two-time recipient of the ITA National Academic All-American award. He is a CFA® charterholder.