Meet the Team

Meet the Team

Raymond Wicklander, III

Managing Director, Portfolio Manager & Senior Equity Analyst
Great Lakes Advisors
CFA®, CPA

Ray Wicklander, III is a Portfolio Manager on the Fundamental Equity Team for our Strategic Large Cap Value and Global and International Value strategies. Ray has 18 years of international investment experience, and he is also a member of our Multi-Asset Strategy investment team.

Ray previously spent 13 years at Nuveen Investments, as a Managing Director, Portfolio Manager of the Global Select strategies, and co-Manager of the Large Cap, All Cap, and Concentrated Value strategies, and Analyst at NWQ Investment Management. Previously Ray was at Nuveen subsidiary Tradewinds Global Investors, Pembroke Capital Management, and began his career at Northern Trust Asset Management in Chicago.

Ray holds a BBA from the University of Notre Dame and an MSc from the London School of Economics. He also holds the CPA (registered CPA, state of Illinois) and CFA® designations. Ray is a member of the Finance and Investment Committees of the Board of Trustees of Fenwick High School, an Advisory Board and Investment Committee member at Misericordia Home and Foundation, and a board member at DePaul University’s Institute for Business & Professional Ethics.

Education and Professional Credentials 

  • Industry Start: 2000
  • University of Notre Dame, BBA
  • London School of Economics, MSc
  • Chartered Financial Analyst, CFA®
  • Certified Public Accountant, CPA