CAIA Association

William (Bill) J. Kelly, CAIA, has worked in the financial services sector for over forty years and is currently the CEO of the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) Association. Previously, Bill was the CEO and founding partner of Boston Partners and the CFO and COO of The Boston Company Asset Management, a predecessor institutional asset management firm.

In addition to his current role, Bill is also the Chair and lead independent director for the Boston Partners Trust Company and serves as an independent director and Audit Committee Chair for the Artisan Partners Funds.

He is of proud Irish heritage and currently sits on the Advisory Board of the Certified Investment Fund Director Institute program within the Dublin-based IOB. Bill along with his five siblings is actively pursuing Irish Citizenship through the Foreign Birth Registration process and hopes to one day be a gentleman farmer amidst his O’Neill ancestors in Bantry Bay, County Cork.