Jennifer Manser O’Rourke joined Schroders in 2006 and is based in New York. As the Head of Marketing & Communications, Americas, she is responsible for developing and managing the overall marketing strategy for the distribution channels in Americas including Intermediary, Institutional and Consultant and Research Relations, Offshore and Latin America.  Her objective is to increase the overall brand presence of the firm across all marketing mediums including digital, social, content and events and to deliver the whole of the firm to our clients. Prior to Schroders, Jennifer was a Senior Channel Marketing Manager at Columbia Management (Columbia Threadneedle), the asset management arm of Bank of America, and was responsible for a team which focused on delivering and executing firm-specific marketing campaigns. Jennifer began her career at AllianceBernstein (AB) as a Marketing Associate in three different areas —Institutional Marketing, Mutual Fund Marketing and Separate Account Marketing. Jennifer earned a BS in Finance with a Minor in Communications at Villanova University, and currently holds Series 7, 24, 63 licenses.