Alan C. Bowser

Alan Bowser is an experienced Corporate Director and C-suite executive with a two-decade track record of leading sales and client management divisions at global financial firms. His 36-year career also includes senior roles in national politics and experience with public policy and government decision-making.

Prior to retirement, Alan was Co-Head of the Americas Region at Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest hedge fund. He was a Partner and member of the firm’s Operating Committee. As a capstone to his career, he took on the additional role of Chief Diversity Officer, bringing the credibility of a seasoned line manager to highlight the tie between diversity goals and business performance.

Prior to Bridgewater, Alan was Managing Director and Head of Investment Services at UBS Wealth Management Americas and a Managing Director at Citigroup’s U.S. and Latin American Private Banking Divisions. During his early career, he was Chief of Staff to the Majority Whip of the U.S. House of Representatives, the Hon. William H. Gray, III.

Alan is an Independent Director at Eaton Vance, a mutual fund family advised by Morgan Stanley; the Board Chair of the Black Hedge Fund Network; and a Life Member of the Council on Foreign Relations. In 2022, he was named by Business Insider as one of fourteen diversity trailblazers in Corporate America.

Alan is a 1984 summa cum laude graduate of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned a B.S. in Economics. He received his Masters of Philosophy in Politics from the University of Oxford in 1986.