Deborah McLean

Debby McLean has extensive experience in the financial services industry. She commenced her professional training at Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, where she was employed for 15 years and became one of the first female Managing Directors. Currently she is a Board member of the Neuberger Berman mutual funds (Chair, Contract Review committee and member of Audit committee), a member of Circle Financial Group, a high net worth private wealth management membership practice, and a Managing Director of Golden Seeds LLC, an angel investing group. For many years she has also served on a variety of not-for-profit and private company Boards and has taught Corporate Finance at graduate and undergraduate levels, currently at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.

While at Morgan Stanley, Debby earned broad transactional and management experience in Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Finance, Capital Markets and Product Development, Mortgage Backed Securities and Commercial Real Estate. She also developed substantial international business experience, having served in the New York, London and Tokyo offices of Morgan Stanley during her time at the firm.

Subsequent to being at Morgan Stanley, Debby was the President of an investment banking boutique, Meadowcroft Associates Inc., located in Connecticut, where, in addition to her management responsibilities, she provided financial advice in areas such as bankruptcy and reorganization, valuation, litigation support and mergers and acquisitions.

Debby lived in London from 1989-1992 and 1998-2007, during which time she taught Finance at Richmond, The American International University in London, and was Chief Financial Officer of Kokua Communications Inc., a satellite based broadband start-up (2000-2001).

Debby is an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, where she teaches graduate courses in Corporate Finance and has supervised Capstone Projects. In 2019 Debby was awarded the Outstanding Teaching Award in large classes, by student vote. Her Fall 2018, Spring 2020 and Fall 2021 courses were one of the “Top Five” (out of nearly 200). Debby serves on the Dean’s Advisory Council for the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. She is on the Board of the Norwalk Community College Foundation, where she currently chairs the Governance committee and the Grant Investment Task Force and has also been on the Executive, Finance, Audit, Scholarship, Entrepreneurship and Center for Science, Health and Wellness committees. Debby is also a Trustee of The Maritime Aquarium, where she chairs the Education committee and serves on the Executive, Finance and Governance committees. From 2013-2016 she was a Designee of the Advisory Committee of Eachwin Capital, a long only asset manager.

Debby earned a B.A. in Government (International Relations) from Radcliffe College, Harvard University, where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa. She also holds a MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration

Education

• MBA from Hardvard Graduate School of Business Administration
• BA in Government (International Relations) from Radcliffe College, Harvard University