Mr. Putnam currently serves as Managing Partner of Grail Partner, which he founded in 2005. In 1987 he founded Putnam Lovell Securities and served as CEO and Chairman of the Board. He was an Executive Vice President and Division President of SEI, founder and President of SEI Financial Services Company, and founder and President of its mutual funds. Before SEI he was a Senior Consultant at Catallactics Corporation where he devised new quantitative products for major banks. His career began at Bankers Trust Company where he worked with quantitative and systems teams serving ERISA clients.