The Strategist
The long view, patient, analytical, playing several moves ahead.
Michelle Seitz reads as The Strategist through her disciplined reframing of Russell Investments around a singular, scalable identity, investment solutions rather than a sprawling product catalog. She reasons backward from client value and demographic inevitability, consciously correcting historical misallocations of R&D capital along the way.
“Absolutely. We are all in. So we do direct indexing very actively and have for quite a long time. We do it for the largest asset pools in the world. But we've also been able with the use of technology, much like the acquisitions that others have made in the industry. We've honed our capabilities to do that over time again.”
“Well, you know, for most people and for me as well, it starts with my family. My father was an instrumental figure in my life. I lost him six years ago, but he was my best friend, my confidant in my career, in my life, but also my mother, early mentor in hard work and the human aspect of approaching business.”
“Sure. Well, I would say that as an investor, the most insightful questions you could ever ask a management team is tell me about how the firm started and how you got to where you are.”
“Yeah, well, it was, you know, baptism by fire, so I had just graduated. I loaded up all my worldly goods in a U-Haul and drove down to Charlotte, North Carolina to work with what was then NCNB, which turned into Nations Bank, then Bank America. But it was a phenomenal culture.”
Masters in Business: “Michelle Seitz on Alternative Investments (Podcast)”
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