Eliot Hayes is Director of Research at Laurel Grove Capital. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst and a Principal.

After graduating from the University of California at Berkeley in 1992, Eliot began his career in the investment business as an analyst for Hayes Management Corporation. He later became head trader at South Coast Financial Securities, Inc., where he gained experience in the trading end of the equity markets. He then returned to Hayes Management, where he was a Research Analyst and Portfolio Manager until he joined Laurel Grove Capital in 2002.
In addition to his duties as Research Analyst, Eliot also serves as a Portfolio Manager and Trader. He is a member of the CFA Institute, and past President of the CFA Society of Orange County.

Eliot is active in the Huntington Library Society of Fellows and in the Young Literati, a support organization for the Los Angeles Public Library.