Dennis Gallant
President
GDC Research
Dennis Gallant is an industry expert with 20 years experience providing strategic planning and analysis across the financial services industry. Mr. Gallant's experience is diverse in analyzing trends in the financial services marketplace, providing strategic positioning, reviewing new product and service developments, and supporting business planning services to a wide range of broker/dealers, asset managers, banks, insurance firms, and service vendors. Mr. Gallant is a member of Retirement Income Industry Association's (RIIA) Research Committee and a member of Dow Jones Wealth Management Advisory Council. Prior to establishing GDC, Mr. Gallant was a Director at Cerulli Associates, leading the firms consulting and new business development efforts, executing consulting assignments, identifying and developing new business opportunities, and managing key client relationships. Mr. Gallant also established Cerulli's Intermediary Research Group, which was responsible for generating research and key Cerulli Reports covering trends and market intelligence on various intermediaries, advisors, broker/dealers, and asset managers. Prior to joining Cerulli, Mr. Gallant was vice president of marketing research for Funds Distributor, Inc and held positions in mutual fund marketing and operations at The Boston Company.