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Adam Quinton
Adjunct Associate Professor of International and Public Affairs
aq2151@columbia.edu


 

Biography:

Adam Quinton is a Capstone workshop advisor and faculty member of the Gender and Policy Program at SIPA. 

Quinton is an active investor in early stage companies and is a Managing Director at Golden Seeds, an investment firm dedicated to delivering above market returns through the empowerment of women entrepreneurs. He has over 25 years of investing and management experience, most recently at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, where he was Managing Director and head of Global Macro Research. He was a top-ranked sell-side investment analyst in the U.K., Asia, and the United States. 

Quinton is a board member at Thrive Metrics, the Center for Talent Innovation and International House, New York. In addition he serves on the Advisory Board of leading board and executive search firm RSR Partners. He is a member of the 2020 Women on Boards New York Steering Committee and a mentor for the Women Innovate Mobile accelerator program. 

Quinton holds an MA in natural sciences from Cambridge University and an MBA from Cass Business School, London.