Kathryn A. Vorisek

Head of Equity Management

Kathryn A. Vorisek is Head of Equity Management for MetLife Investment Management (MIM). She directs the business and operations of the team.
 
Kathryn joined MIM on February 28, 2025 in connection with the acquisition of Mesirow Institutional Investment Management’s equity team where she served as head of equity management and was a portfolio manager. She was also a member of Mesirow’s Board of Directors. Kathryn joined Mesirow when the firm acquired Fiduciary Management Associates in 2016. At FMA, Kathryn was a senior managing director, chief investment officer and portfolio manager for the small cap value and small-mid cap value strategies. She is a member of the CFA Institute, the Economics Club of Chicago, the Marquette University Finance Department Advisory Board, Women Investment Professionals, and a former board member of the CFA Society of Chicago. Kathryn guides the firm’s participation in the Big Shoulders Fund’s “Stock Market Program” which provides education on the concepts of investing to eighth grade students in the neediest areas of inner-city Chicago and was named one of Crain’s 2019 Notable Women Executives over 50. 
 
Kathryn earned a BS in finance from Marquette University and an MBA with dual concentration in finance and international business from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.