Jeffrey Kilkenny, CFA

Portfolio Manager, GEM Team Lead
Jeffrey Kilkenny, CFA
26 years of experience

Jeff Kilkenny is a Portfolio Manager for Principal Asset Management’s equity team. He is responsible for overseeing our team of global emerging markets sector specialists and leads collaboration forums with our regional specialists for China, Latin America, and Southeast Asia. He is also active in company research. Jeff was previously an international equities analyst with Principal from 1999 to 2006, focused primarily on Asia markets. Jeff returned to Principal in 2012 as a senior emerging markets analyst and was promoted to portfolio manager at the beginning of 2020. Previously, he served as an international equity analyst at Driehaus Capital Management and was an executive director for international equities at UBS. He received a bachelor's degree in finance from the University of Iowa. Jeff has earned the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the CFA Institute.