Faye Landes is widely recognized as an expert on consumer behavior, trends and related investments. After working for 6 years in product management at Seagram, Unilever and SlimFast Foods, Faye spent over 20 years as an equities analyst at leading firms including Sanford C. Bernstein and Ziff Brothers Investments. She was ranked #1 in the Institutional Investor Magazine survey (Footwear and Apparel category) for several years. Since 2015 Faye has been investing in emerging footwear, apparel, accessory, e-commerce and fitness companies and advising their CEOs on growth strategies and scaling. She has appeared on CNBC, Bloomberg TV and other media outlets well over a hundred times, and has presented to executives at conferences all over the world.

She has served on the board and finance and endowment committees of SAR Academy/High School, a 1600 student school in Riverdale, New York, for many years. She is also on the endowment committee of Sharsheret, a national breast cancer advocacy organization. As her youngest child is now in college, she intends to spend a greater percentage of her time on non-profit work, contributing her knowledge of strategy, brand-building and finance to further causes she is passionate about.

Faye is a graduate of Princeton University, cum laude, and NYU’s Stern School of Business (with distinction), and attended Harvard Business School’s intensive “Women on Boards” seminar.