Jay Pearlstein

, CFA

Managing Director

Jay Pearlstein is a senior portfolio and client relationship manager in CIBC Private Wealth Management’s Boston office, where he is responsible for providing in-depth analytical equity research on a number of industries, including retail and consumer products. Jay is also co-manager of CIBC’s Mid-Cap Growth Equity Portfolio.​

Prior to joining the firm in 1996, Jay was vice president of the equity research department and a member of the investment policy committee at Loomis, Sayles & Co. Previously, he was a senior auditor for Coopers & Lybrand. Jay's more than 35 years of industry experience give him insight into the compilation of financial data and help him in his analysis of mid-size companies.​

Jay currently serves on the board of directors of Temple Israel of Natick.​

He earned a Bachelor of Arts with high honors in accounting from Michigan State University and received the Board of Trustees' Award for graduating first in his class. Jay also earned a Master of Business Administration with distinction from the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® and Certified Public Accountant designations. In 2015, he was honored with a CIBC MVP Achievers Award.