Firm Management

Bruce M. Babcock, a Chartered Financial Analyst, founded Saybrook Capital in 1976 after spending seven years as a vice president and investment analyst at Smith Barney, Harris Upham & Co.

A 1962 graduate of Yale University, Bruce received an M.B.A. degree from Columbia University Graduate School of Business. He spent three years as a Navy Supply Officer between college and graduate school.

Bruce is a Trustee of the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, the Wake Forest Board of Visitors, and the North Carolina School of the Arts Foundation. In addition, he is a member of the North Carolina Society of Financial Analysts and the Association for Investment Management and Research.

Luke M. Babcock, a Chartered Financial Analyst, started with Saybrook in 2001. He graduated from Duke University in 1993.

He worked for Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette for seven years, overseeing diversification and asset allocation strategies for large portfolios.

Luke is an elder of the Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church, and a Trustee of Peconic Landing, both on the east end of Long Island. He is a member of the CFA Institute and the New York Society of Securities Analysts.

Scott R. Hirsch joined Saybrook in 2007. He graduated magna cum laude from Bowdoin College in 1990 and, as a Fulbright scholar, earned an M.A. degree in International History at Cambridge University.

Prior to Saybrook, Scott managed an investment holding company for a prominent New York family. Previously, Scott also worked with two investment firms (Mitchell Hutchins Asset Management and Brown Brothers, Harriman & Co.) as an analyst and portfolio manager.

Scott is the Treasurer of the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute in Hyde Park, New York.