Brian Kmetz, CFA^®, CIPM^®

Brian Kmetz is a Portfolio Consultant in the Portfolio Research and Consulting Group at Natixis Investment Managers –
US Distribution. In this role, he provides portfolio research and construction consultation to wealth advisors using an
array of quantitative tools. He has 12 years of investment industry experience.

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Kmetz worked in the hedge fund research group at Callan Associates, where he provided
hedge-fund related research including asset allocation, manager structure, manager searches, performance evaluation
and manager monitoring. Prior to the hedge fund research group, he was in the client report services group, where he
focused on performance reporting and analysis for Callan clients.

Mr. Kmetz holds a BS in mathematics and German from St. Lawrence University. He is also a CFA charterholder and a
CIPM certificate holder.