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About NPA |
Management Team
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Adrian Anderson serves as Chief Executive Officer of North Point Advisors. He manages and leads the business and takes primary responsibility for North Point’s fund consulting and investment management clients. Adrian was affiliated with several investment consulting firms including Senior Consultant with Watson Wyatt Investment Consulting. Early in his career, he served as Executive Director of the District of Columbia Retirement Board and was Comptroller of the Washington-based United Mine Workers’ Health and Retirement Funds. Adrian holds a law degree and a CPA certificate. |
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Ken Nelson manages North Point’s New York office and joined North Point at its inception. Prior to joining North Point, Ken followed service with a range of financial services firms, including AIG, Citicorp, MetLife, and ADP. He assists in manager due diligence and oversees defined contribution and internal regulatory issues.He has directed market research, product development and channel distribution in the retirement and insurance markets. Ken has handled custodial studies and fiduciary issues and has advised a wide variety of corporate and public plans. Ken holds an MBA from the University of Michigan. |
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Susan Peakall is a consultant that manages North Point’s Oakland’s office and heads up manager research. Susan provides analytical support and is a member
of the portfolio management team. She develops performance evaluation,
manager search and vendor search reports. Susan also prepares proposals,
requests for information, and presentations to prospective clients,
in addition to researching and assessing investment management firms.
Prior to joining the firm, Susan was an investment analyst with
Watson Wyatt for nearly seven years. Susan was the analyst for the
Detroit account at Watson Wyatt and has worked on this account since
the inception of North Point. Susan has a BA from York University. |
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Tiffany Jackson is a consultant that runs the day to day operations of North Point Advisors’ Detroit office. Tiffany focuses on client services and private equity due diligence for North Point. Tiffany expertise in the areas of business consulting, investment research, strategic planning and governmental affairs consulting is the result of her lifelong commitment to learning and growth. She got her start while a summer intern at Watson Wyatt in Atlanta, Georgia where she learned the fundamentals of investment consulting. Tiffany credits that experience with sparking her interest in investment consulting and governmental policy with making her aware of the importance of relationship building. She put those lessons into practice and has built her reputation as the go-to person for investment and business consulting in the Detroit business community. |
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Cynthia Hargadon is a Senior Consultant operating out of North Point’s New York region. Cindy designs and implements investment solutions for clients coverging all of the asset classes. With over 25 years of experience, Cindy has performed pioneering work in portfolio design and manager structure. Cindy, an original founder of North Point, was most recently head of Investment Consulting for Rogers Casey, a nationally recognized firm.
Cindy was Chief Investment Officer for the ICMA Retirement Corporation and the National Auto Dealers Association Retirement Trust. As CIO for these multi-employer, multi-billion dollar trusts, she served as plan fiduciary for thousands of public and private plan sponsors. In that role she designed investment programs, hired managers, and provided investment advice to plan sponsors for the benefit of their participant employees. She also served as a board member and President of the Stable Value Investment Association representing the largest banks, insurance companies, asset management and other financial institutions that support participant-directed retirement plans. Cindy has an MBA from George Washington University.
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