Gordon C. Scott

, CFA

Managing Director and Portfolio Manager, Equities

Gordon Scott is an equity portfolio manager for CIBC Private Wealth’s Equity Income and Large Cap Growth strategies, with more than 20 years of industry experience.​

Before joining Geneva Advisors, which became part of CIBC in 2017, Gordon spent nine years at Rail-Splitter Capital Management, most recently as a principal overseeing the firm’s investments in services, industrials and financials. Prior to that, he was a co-founder, principal and portfolio manager at a boutique investment firm in Kenilworth, Illinois. Earlier in his career, Gordon spent 12 years managing a variety of business units in the consumer packaged goods and pharmaceutical divisions of Merck and Pfizer.​

Gordon earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Northwestern University and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.​

Additionally, he serves on the Northwestern University Leadership Circle Chicago Board, the Sunset Ridge Education Foundation Board and the Brady Chicago Regional Leadership Council. He is an active member of the CFA Society of Chicago and the Economic Club of Chicago.