Financial Services >> Analyst Interviews >> September 23, 2003
JIM MACDONALD is a managing director of First Analysis, coordinating
research and investment in the HR and accounting services sector and the
offender management sector. He coordinates research coverage of leading
private publicly traded companies in his sectors. Prior to joining First
Analysis in 1997, he was a general manager at Nalco Chemical Co., where
he played a key role in expanding Nalco's service offering to include
operating and leasing equipment at customer sites, which led to the
formation of a joint venture with U.S. Filter Co. Earlier, he was with a
subsidiary of Ecolab Inc. He earned an MBA from Harvard University and a
bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Cornell University, where he
also earned the university's highest award in that discipline. Profile
First Analysis?
Mr. Macdonald: We believe First Analysis is a unique firm. We're a
research-centric firm and do both
