Walter Prahl

Adjunct Professor of Finance

Walter Prahl is a retired partner at the New Jersey-based investment management firm Lord Abbett and an adjunct professor of finance at Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business, where he teaches courses in ESG investing. Over the course of a multi-decade career at Lord Abbett, Prahl directed the firm’s quantitative research effort and served as a portfolio manager for a host of equity and fixed income portfolios.  An advocate of ESG investing throughout his career, he integrated ESG analysis and awareness into the portfolios he managed and led the development of ESG analytic capabilities across a broad array of asset classes. Previous career experience included positions at Goldman Sachs and Sanford C. Bernstein, Inc.  Walter earned both his undergraduate degree and his Ph.D. in finance from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  He holds the CFA Institute’s Certificate in ESG investing.