Shawn M. Trudeau, CFA, Managing Director, joined the firm in 2011. Shawn is an Associate Portfolio Manager for the Messinger Group co-managing the Neuberger Berman Equity Income Fund and Neuberger Berman Dividend Growth Fund. Prior to joining the firm, Shawn was an equity analyst in the Global Equities group of NATCAN Asset Management (now Fiera Capital) in Montreal and previously as an analyst for the U.S. Small Caps Long/Short strategy at the Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec. Shawn is the sitting treasurer of the Council for Canadian American Relations (CCAR) and earned an MBA from HEC Montreal and BA in Economics from Colgate University.