Chief Operating Officer, Managing Director Institutional Services
Peter W. Ryan is Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director, Institutional Services of Wolfe Research LLC. Mr. Ryan has previously been involved in the start-up and operation of two highly regarded independent research firms. From 2002-2006 he was a Partner at Empirical Research Partners LLC, where he led many of the firm’s start-up and ongoing operating activities. Further, he was a senior relationship manager with responsibility for many of the firm’s largest clients. Subsequent to Empirical, Mr. Ryan joined Strategas Research Partners during its formation. There, he was responsible for the recruitment, training and launch of that firm’s institutional sales force. Peter began his career at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., where he spent nearly a decade as a senior institutional sales person and manager. He was a founding member of that firm’s then newly formed international team, and later became that team’s producing sales manager. While at Bernstein, he was active in sales training and a member of the firm’s research recommendation review committee. He earned an M.B.A., with distinction, from Harvard University and a B.A. in Economics from Trinity College. Mr. Ryan lives with his wife and two children in Larchmont, NY.