The Honorary Graduands Diane Jaffee Ms. Diane Jaffee is an outstanding Corporate Executive with
more than three decades of investment experience in the financial asset management industry. An accredited Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and a well sought-after industry expert, her intellect, dedication and commitment to ethics and service excellence place a spotlight on her in a fast-paced, highly dynamic,
male-dominated industry. She believes her clients’ financial health is second only to their physical well-being. TCW is among the largest privately held asset management companies in the industry with approximately US$220 billion under management. Ms. Jaffee manages the TCW Relative Value US and Global equity strategies for clients worldwide using a time-tested value and dividend- oriented investment style and has earned a reputation for success. In the course of her career, Ms. Jaffee has served as Portfolio Manager at Kidder, Peabody & Co. and as an Equity Analyst with Prudential Insurance. In 2007 she was named winner of the ‘Separately Managed Accounts Award –Large Cap Equity’ by Standards & Poor, Prima Capital and Investment Advisor magazine. 2012/2013 saw TCW’s Relative Value Large Cap; Dividend Appreciation and Mid Cap mutual funds each awarded, multiple times, as top performers by the Wall Street Journal including the titles of ‘Category Kings’ and top-performing funds in different quarters. Although not a Caribbean native, Ms. Jaffee has embraced the need to invest in the education of the region’s talented youth contributing approximately US$400,000 and sponsoring full- tuition scholarships for many deserving students at The UWI. For her contributions, she received the Corporate Award from the American Foundation for The University of the West Indies (AFUWI) 2010.
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