Stephen is the former CIO and current CEO of Global Advisers, LLC, an investment and wealth management based in Philadelphia, PA. He is a member of the CFA Institute and the CFP Board, and founder of GlobalHumanRights.com, a non-profit organization that conducts primary research on global issues pertaining to human rights violations.
He graduated from Harvard with both undergraduate and graduate degrees in Government. He also completed an Undergraduate Advanced Diploma in Local History at the University of Oxford, England, and he studied Business Analytics, Economics for Managers, and Financial Accounting at the Harvard Business School.
CEO
Global Advisers, LLC November 2014 – Present
Philadelphia, PA
PROMOTION
CIO
March 2008 – November 2014
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Academic Program Manager
The Boston Graduate School of Business
(part-time) March 2008 – August 2010
Boston, Massachusetts
VP, Business Development
Affinnova, Inc. January 2007 – May 2008
Waltham, Massachusetts
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VP, Client Management
January 2007 – May 2008
Waltham, Massachusetts
Marketing Manager
Harvard University March 2005 – September 2006
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Market Research Analyst
Eduventures March 2005 – September 2006
Boston, Massachusetts
Research Associate
Harvard Kennedy School May 2004 – May 2006
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Investment Manager
Charles Schwab January 2001 – July 2002
Burlington, Massachusetts
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Harvard Business School
Economics for Managers, Financial Accounting, Business Analytics 2016 – 2017
Boston, Massachusetts
Harvard University
Master’s Degree
Government 2012 – 2014
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Thesis: “Improving Financial Security through Federally Established Educational Requirements for Investment Professionals.”
University of Oxford
Advanced Undergraduate Diploma
Local History 2005 – 2006
Oxfordshire, England
Harvard University
Bachelor’s Degree
Government 1999 – 2005
Cambridge, Massachusetts
His academic research focuses on political, economic, and behavioral applied methodologies that focuses on providing explanations and solutions to specific financial problems, including those that affect (or are affected by) climate change policy and science, financial modeling and optimization, regulatory policy and reform, macroeconomics, and financial markets.
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To learn more about my academic research, vist my OpenScholar site at Harvard. scholar.harvard.edu/kovach
His professional research employs a top-down approach to identifying investment opportunities for both individual and institutional investors, combining fundamental and technical analysis methods to determine various factors that affect behavior and decision-making. He is particularly interested in ESG, Sustainability, and Impact Investing, and concentrates on industries and sectors that operate within these spaces.
Stephen is the former CIO and current CEO of Global Advisers, LLC, an investment and wealth management based in Philadelphia, PA. He is a member of the CFA Institute and the CFP Board, and founder of GlobalHumanRights.com, a non-profit organization that conducts primary research on global issues pertaining to human rights violations.
He graduated from Harvard with both undergraduate and graduate degrees in Government. He also completed an Undergraduate Advanced Diploma in Local History at the University of Oxford, England, and he studied Business Analytics, Economics for Managers, and Financial Accounting at the Harvard Business School.
His academic research focuses on political, economic, and behavioral applied methodologies that focuses on providing explanations and solutions to specific financial problems, including those that affect (or are affected by) climate change policy and science, financial modeling and optimization, regulatory policy and reform, macroeconomics, and financial markets.
View my Harvard website
To learn more about my academic research, vist my OpenScholar site at Harvard. scholar.harvard.edu/kovach
His professional research employs a top-down approach to identifying investment opportunities for both individual and institutional investors, combining fundamental and technical analysis methods to determine various factors that affect behavior and decision-making. He is particularly interested in ESG, Sustainability, and Impact Investing, and concentrates on industries and sectors that operate within these spaces.
