Phil Orlando is Federated Hermes’ chief equity strategist and the head of the Client Portfolio Management team. He joined Federated Hermes in 2003 and, with more than 40 years of  industry experience, Phil is responsible for the formulation of Federated Hermes’ views on the economy, the financial markets and the firm’s positioning strategies.

He serves as the chairman of both the Macro Economic Policy and the PRISM Asset Allocation committees. As the head of the Client Portfolio Management team, Phil is responsible for bringing extensive macroeconomic, investment strategy and product

knowledge directly to clients in collaboration with the sales team.

Throughout his career, Phil has been recognized for his ability to accurately synthesize the interrelationships among highly complex financial, economic and political market developments, and translate them into easily understandable concepts. He is a popular keynote speaker, addressing many national investment conferences.

For more than 25 years, Phil has been a regular contributor to the financial media, including CNBC, Bloomberg, Fox Business News, Reuters, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, among many other media outlets.

Before joining Federated Hermes, Phil was the CIO and senior portfolio manager for Value Line Asset Management. He received his bachelor’s degree and MBA from New York University, and he is a CFA® charterholder.

Phil is married and has three children. While he spends much of his time off with his family, he is also very active in charity work. He is on the board of directors of two Westchester-based charities that work with special-needs children: The Foundation for Empowering Citizens with Autism (FECA) and Extraordinary Ventures New York

(EVNY). He is also an advisory-board member of the Cancer Support Team (CST).