People
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Mark E. Kingdon
Mark E. Kingdon
Mark E. Kingdon is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Firm and Portfolio Manager for the Global Long-Short Equity Strategy and Healthcare Strategy. Mark has over 49 years of investment experience. Prior to founding Kingdon in April 1983, he worked at Century Capital Associates from April 1975 to February 1983, an institutional asset management firm, as an analyst, portfolio manager and general partner. From June 1973 to March 1975, he was a financial supervisor for American Telephone & Telegraph’s pension fund group. Mark received a BA in Economics Phi Beta Kappa from Columbia College and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He is a Trustee Emeritus, a member of the board of Investment Management Company and a member of the President’s Council on World Projects at Columbia University; and serves on the boards of Harlem Children’s Zone, the New York City Police Foundation, and New York City Center. Mark is the 2003 recipient of the Institutional Investor/Alternative Investment News Lifetime Achievement Award and the 2019 recipient of the UJA Federation of New York’s Lifetime Achievement Award. He also received Columbia’s John Jay Award for distinguished professional achievement and it’s Alexander Hamilton Medal for distinguished accomplishment and service.
Operating Committee
William Walsh
William Walsh
William Walsh is Chief Financial Officer for Kingdon. He is also Chairman of the Operating Committee and oversees the areas of Operations/Accounting and Information Technology. William joined the Firm in February 1992 and worked as Controller through December 2004, when he was named Chief Financial Officer. He has over 30 years of accounting experience. He received a BS cum laude in Accounting from SUNY Geneseo.
Richard Weinstein
Richard Weinstein
Richard Weinstein is Chief Operating Officer, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer for Kingdon and also a member of the Operating Committee. He joined the Firm in June 2016 and has over 32 years of related experience. Prior to joining Kingdon, Richard was Chief Operating Officer, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at Shenkman Capital Management. Previous experience was with Seward & Kissel; Caxton Corporation and Cadwalader, Wikersham & Taft. Richard is a board member of Boardwalk Frozen Treats, LLC, a production, sales, marketing and distribution partner for selected major ice cream brands. Richard received his BA in Financial Administration from Michigan State University and a JD from New York Law School.
Eric Kirby
Eric Kirby
Eric Kirby, CFA, is Head of Trading and Risk Management for Kingdon. He is also a member of the Operating Committee. Eric joined the Firm in June 2011 and has over 25 years of related experience. Prior to joining Kingdon, Eric was Head of U.S. Equity Trading for HBK Capital Management. Previously, he was a Trader with Shumway Capital Partners, Morgan Stanley Investment Management and Cantor Fitzgerald. Eric received a BA in Psychology from Cornell University. He is on the board of the Hackers for Hope cancer charity.
David Piken
David Piken
David Piken is Director of Investor Relations for Kingdon, an analyst covering financials and a member of the Firm’s Operating Committee. He has over 15 years of financial industry experience. Prior to joining Kingdon in 2012, David was an Investor Relations/Marketing Associate with Pzena Investment Management. Previously, he was with Print Media as a Sales Manager. David received a BA in Business Administration from The George Washington University.
Investor Relations
David Piken
David Piken
David Piken is Director of Investor Relations for Kingdon, an analyst covering financials and a member of the Firm’s Operating Committee. He has over 15 years of financial industry experience. Prior to joining Kingdon in 2012, David was an Investor Relations/Marketing Associate with Pzena Investment Management. Previously, he was with Print Media as a Sales Manager. David received a BA in Business Administration from The George Washington University.
Shani Gendebien
Shani Gendebien
Shani Gendebien is Director of Client Administration for Kingdon. Prior to joining Kingdon in March 2002, she was a NASDAQ Sales Trader at Smith Barney. She has over 24 years of financial industry experience. Shani received a BS cum laude in Sport Science from Pennsylvania State University.