Otho Kerr

Otho Kerr

Otho Kerr is a Partner and the Chief Operating Officer of EKO Asset Management Partners. EKO is a specialized investment firm focused on discovering and monetizing unrealized or unrecognized environmental assets. Prior to joining EKO, Otho was an Executive Director at Oppenheimer Asset Management. He has worked in the investment banking and asset management industries for over twenty years, having begun with Goldman Sachs & Co., where he worked in the Investment Banking Division. He began his professional career as an attorney with the law firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett.

Otho received a B.A. from Dartmouth College and a J.D. from The Harvard Law School. He was the first member of his class to receive the Dartmouth Alumni Award. Throughout his career, Otho has sought to merge his professional career with his interest in social justice. Otho was a co-founder of the Institute for Youth Entrepreneurship in Harlem. He was a fellow in the Rockefeller Foundation's Next Generation Leadership Program. He has served and serves on numerous not-for-profit boards.