Kathryn Collings Laing has been a principal with U.S. Boston Capital Corporation since 1997 and has been a personal, investment and business adviser to CEOs, entrepreneurs and other business owners, professionals and academics for over twenty years. For her work with her clients, in 2012 Kathryn was named to the SmartCEO magazine’s Wealth Management Readers’ Choice list.
In addition to providing comprehensive wealth and investment management services grounded by her background in investment banking, finance, economics and law, Kathryn helps her clients use their “human capital” or talents to maximum advantage by managing the intersection of her clients’ business strategy and goals. Kathryn is also President of U.S. Boston’s affiliate, Pear Tree Partners, LP, an SEC registered investment adviser that manages private investment funds, investing primarily in growth capital investment opportunities.
Kathryn started her investment career in Mergers & Acquisitions at Goldman Sachs. She also practiced law with Foley Hoag and was Executive Director of a public/private partnership linking business resources with community needs. Kathryn received her J.D. magna cum laude from Harvard Law School and her B.A. with distinction from Stanford University, where she was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa academic honor society. She earned her Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation and is a member of the CFA Institute. She is a graduate of the Leadership Anne Arundel Flagship Program.
She is currently a member of the Annapolis Rotary and the Anne Arundel Women Giving Together circle. You can see Kathryn on local public television stations nationwide in a public service informational series on investing. She is also an online practitioner professor in a film series accompanying a college level textbook on business formation, business growth and stock and business valuation.