Don Truesdale

Don Truesdale is a Co-Founder of Ardea, bringing over 30 years of experience advising financial institutions globally, with a particular focus on the asset management sector.

Prior to co-founding Ardea, Don spent more than two decades at Goldman, Sachs & Co. He was made partner in 2004 and served as Global Head of Financial Technology and Asset Management beginning in 2011 and was previously Chief Operating Officer of the Financial Institutions Group. He began his career in Goldman’s Mergers & Acquisitions Department.

Don holds a BS from the Rochester Institute of Technology and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Beyond his professional career, he serves as a member of the Board of Trustees and Executive Committee of DREAM (Harlem RBI) and is the Immediate Past Chairman and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Rochester Institute of Technology.

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