Ann Duignan
Managing Director
JP Morgan Chase & Co
Irish native Ann Duignan is a managing director covering U.S. machinery sector at JP Morgan.
In 2007, Duignan was ranked number two in the Institutional Investors' All-America research poll, ranked third in the 2007 Greenwich Associates U.S. Equity Analyst poll and third in the Financial Times stock picking survey.
Prior to joining JP Morgan, Duignan worked at Sanford C. Bernstein as the capital goods analyst. She was voted Institutional Investor's Up and Comer in 2002 and 2003.
Before taking a position with Bernstein, she spent five years with Eaton Corporation where she held positions in the Aerospace Controls Division as vice president and general manager, in the Truck Components Division as a business development and strategy director and at corporate as manager of business development.
Duignan has an honors degree in agricultural engineering from University College Dublin,, a higher diploma in mathematical modeling and computer simulation from Trinity College in Dublin, and a master's in business administration from Vanderbilt University.
Duignan was born in Co. Roscommon and is a three-time Irish trampoline champion. She lives in Manhattan with her husband.
She says that every summer, their home becomes a "train station" for Irish students coming to the U.S. to work. Last year they had upwards of 12 students staying with them at one time. They say they look forward to breaking the record this year.
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