With an average of 25 years of experience managing client assets, including over two decades working together, we understand the importance of investment excellence and first-rate client service.
Taylor Fairman, CFA, CPA
Taylor is a founder and the managing partner at Eagle Rock. Taylor has over 20 years of experience in the investment management industry in portfolio management, marketing and client service. Taylor’s expertise is working with families, family offices, and foundations and endowments to achieve long-term financial objectives.
Taylor began his career as an accountant with KPMG. After starting the CFA program he transitioned to managing fixed income portfolios for W.R. Berkley, an insurance company based in Greenwich, CT. After attending Emory’s Goizueta Business School he joined a team at Hirtle, Callaghan & Co., eventually helping supervise over $2 billion dollars for families and family offices. After leaving Hirtle, Taylor transitioned back to research and portfolio management working as the CIO at Apogee Wealth Management and as portfolio manager at Worthscape, LLC. In 2012 Taylor joined Cornerstone Investment Partners as a High Net Worth Portfolio Manager and eventual partner.
Taylor holds both his Chartered Financial Analyst license and is a North Carolina Certified Public Accountant. He also holds an MBA from the Goizueta Business School at Emory University, a Bachelor of Arts from Rhodes College, and a Masters of Science in Accounting from the University of Rhode Island. He has been a member of the Atlanta Society of Financial Analysts since 2003. He also currently serves on the Board of Visitors for Emory University.
Taylor lives in Atlanta with his wife Elizabeth, daughter Ella, and son Graves. A former canoe trip leader and camp counselor, he usually spends his weekends coaching and spectating youth sports at various venues around Georgia. Whenever possible he heads outdoors where he still passionately enjoys camping, hiking and skiing.
Michele Fields
Michele is Head of Operations at Eagle Rock. Before joining Eagle Rock, Michele worked for Cornerstone Investment Partners on the operations team. At Cornerstone, Michele was responsible for composite maintenance, separate account billing and for all operational servicing needs of the High Net Worth business.
Michele started her career at Oppenheimer as support for the branch Sales Manager as well as managing the Client Service Associates. After working at Mitchell Hutchins in operations and trading, Michele moved to Invesco Capital Management where her role expanded to support to the President as well as portfolio client service support. Through the years she has developed many client relationships that have carried forth from Invesco to Cornerstone and now to Eagle Rock.
Michele earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Richmond and lives in Atlanta with her husband, two children and her dog. In her spare time, she enjoys to garden, cook, and spend time with her family.
Cameron Clement, CFA
Cameron brings 20 years of investment management experience to the Eagle Rock team, including several years working closely with both Taylor and Michele at Cornerstone Investment Partners. At Cornerstone, Cameron worked as a Senior Portfolio Manager and partner. He was responsible for managing Institutional and High Net Worth Individual client assets as part of a four-person portfolio management team.
Cameron began his investing career as an assistant to the equity portfolio management team at Invesco where he began the CFA program and was introduced to equity analysis as a generalist. He then moved into the analytics team where he worked closely with client service on reporting and was responsible for performance analysis as well as maintaining and managing the firm's proprietary investment model. Most recently, Cameron worked as a quantitative analyst in the global tactical asset allocation team, with responsibility for factor-based equity, fixed income and commodity investing.
Cameron earned a BA degree with joint honors in Finance and French from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland and is a CFA Charterholder.
Cameron lives in Atlanta with his wife and three young boys. He enjoys spending time and traveling with his family. Together they have visited over 30 countries. He is very involved in his kids' many activities and regularly volunteers at his sons' schools.