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Management Team
- Daniel D. O’Neill, President and Chief Investment Officer
- Greg Fink, Executive Vice President, Distribution
- Andy O'Rourke, Senior Vice President, Marketing Director
- William P. Franca, Executive Vice President, National Accounts
Daniel D. O’Neill
President and Chief Investment Officer
As the President and Chief Investment Officer, Dan is responsible for all investment management and trading operations. He joined Direxion in 1999 and plays a leading role in the development and launch of new products and value added services for advisors and investors. He is a member of the Direxion Executive Management Committee.
Prior to joining Direxion Funds, he served as Portfolio Manager: Private Equity Investments at Hermitage Capital Management Limited in Moscow, Russia. His responsibilities included monitoring investments by two hedge funds in illiquid Russian equities.
Dan earned a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he served on the editorial board for Virginia Law Review. He holds a BA in English and Economics from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, where he was a Jefferson Scholar.
Daniel D. O’Neill
President and Chief Investment Officer
As the President and Chief Investment Officer, Dan is responsible for all investment management and trading operations. He joined Direxion in 1999 and plays a leading role in the development and launch of new products and value added services for advisors and investors. He is a member of the Direxion Executive Management Committee.
Prior to joining Direxion Funds, he served as Portfolio Manager: Private Equity Investments at Hermitage Capital Management Limited in Moscow, Russia. His responsibilities included monitoring investments by two hedge funds in illiquid Russian equities.
Dan earned a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he served on the editorial board for Virginia Law Review. He holds a BA in English and Economics from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, where he was a Jefferson Scholar.
Greg Fink
Executive Vice President, Distribution
Greg is a EVP of Sales and Distribution at DirexionFunds, based out of New York. Greg comes to DirexionFunds from Northern Trust where he ran sales and distribution for their ETF unit prior to Northern exiting the ETF business.
Prior to joining Northern Trust, Greg held a position at Banc of America Securities, where he was a Principal on the Global Prime Brokerage desk. Before joining Banc of America Securities, Greg held product management, institutional sales and trading positions at Rydex Investments, ProAct Technologies and Fidelity Investments. Prior to joining Fidelity Investments, Greg was a professional cyclist in Italy.
Andy O'Rourke
Senior Vice President, Marketing Director
As Senior Vice President, Marketing Director at Direxion Funds, Andy leads all marketing efforts focusing on building brand and product awareness within the investment advisor community.
Prior to joining Direxion Funds, Andy was the Director of Distribution Marketing for MassMutual Financial Group's Retirement Services division. Andy has also been employed by State Street Bank, Fidelity Investments, and Emplanet Retirement Services, in various relationship management, product development, and strategic marketing positions.
Andy is a graduate of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and has earned a Masters of Business Administration from the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College.
William P. Franca
Executive Vice President, National Accounts
As the Executive Vice President of National Accounts, Bill leads Direxion's efforts to form strong top down strategic relationships with a wide array of financial service firms. He is a member of the Direxion Executive Management Committee.
Bill has more than twenty years of successful financial services distribution experience. Prior to joining Direxion Funds, he held several executive-level positions with Massachusetts Financial Services/SunLife Financial Distributors, where he rose to Senior Vice President, National Sales. As Executive Vice President, Distribution at Sun Life Financial, he led all field-related activities including business development, national accounts, and wholesaler management. Before joining SunLife, he held leadership positions with Manulife and American Capital.
Bill earned an MBA from the University of Tampa and a BS in Natural Sciences from the University of South Florida. He received the Certified Financial Manager designation from the Merrill Lynch Institute. He holds NASD Series 7, 23 and 63 licenses, as well as a State of Florida Insurance license and is certified nationally as a continuing education instructor.