Carly Cushman
Management Company Finance Associate
Carly joined Fifth Down with 15 years of experience in accounting, reporting, and internal controls in the financial services industry. Carly most recently worked on Mass Mutual's investment accounting team and prior to that spent nine years at GMO, where she led the financial reporting and accounting function for the firm's mutual funds and hedge funds. Carly is a CPA and began her career as an auditor at Deloitte. Carly holds a master's degree in Investment Management from Boston University and a bachelor's degree in Accounting from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
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