Lavanya Batchu Bio

Lavanya Batchu is a Managing Director in Mesirow Fiduciary Solutions. She provides extensive quantitative and qualitative investment research for the group's fiduciary partnership, consulting, institutional due diligence, and other related engagements. Lavanya has 24 years of experience in the financial services industry. Prior to joining Mesirow in 2009, she spent nine years in various positions at Morningstar, Inc., most recently serving as an Investment Analyst performing research on mutual funds and constructing mutual fund-level portfolios for retirement plan participants enrolled in the managed accounts program. Lavanya earned a Bachelor of Arts from Nagarjuna University, a Master of Science from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and a Master of Business Administration from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.