Benjamin Carrier

Benjamin Carrier, CFA, is Vice President of U.S. Equity Investments at Vaughan Nelson Investment Management in Houston, TX. He has more than 11 years of investment management and research experience, having joined Vaughan Nelson in 2016 and progressing from Equity Analyst to Vice President, where he currently focuses on portfolio management and equity research for the firm's U.S. equity strategies.

Carrier specializes in fundamental analysis and manages investments across multiple sectors, with specific emphasis on small and mid-cap equities. He has been directly involved in strategy management for value-oriented portfolios, notably contributing to the firm’s Small Cap Value and Global SMID Cap strategies, with sector exposure that includes Energy, Industrials, Materials, Information Technology, Financials, and Consumer sectors.

He graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance, Economics, and the Baylor Business Fellows program from Baylor University in 2014. Prior to joining Vaughan Nelson, Carrier began his career at KPMG in management consulting. His expertise encompasses equity analysis, portfolio construction, and bottom-up investment research across a broad array of U.S. equity asset classes, establishing him as a key contributor to Vaughan Nelson’s investment team.