Donald Harrington

Donald Harrington has more than 30–35 years of leadership experience in nonqualified executive benefit programs. He was one of the founders of Westport Strategies LLC, a boutique consulting firm focused on helping companies properly fund their nonqualified benefit programs — from reviewing and taking over existing funding strategies to designing and implementing new ones. The firm specialized in the review, design, implementation, communication, and long-term administration of nonqualified and employee benefit plan assets for corporate plan sponsors.

In 2019, Westport Strategies merged its operations with CapAcuity LLC to create a larger consulting, investment-strategy, and asset-management firm. As Senior Managing Director at the combined company, Harrington worked with corporations to manage business risk tied to nonqualified benefit plan design and funding — consulting with clients to understand current and long-term objectives, analyzing existing programs in depth, and recommending approaches addressing cash flow, earnings, shareholder value, and related goals.

Harrington retired from his Senior Managing Director role effective April 1, 2023, transitioning to a Senior Advisor position to help the CapAcuity team hand off client relationships, institutional knowledge, and specific responsibilities to partners. He holds a Master's degree from Long Island University.

• His professional focus is corporate benefit-plan funding and asset management, not startup equity investing. The "investments" he deals with are the funding vehicles (e.g., corporate-owned life insurance and related instruments) and asset strategies that back nonqualified executive benefit obligations.
• Value proposition centered on managing corporate business risk relative to nonqualified benefit plan design and funding, with attention to the impact on cash flow, earnings, and shareholder value.
• Emphasis on long-term client service — review/takeover of existing funding strategies plus design and implementation of new ones — for corporate plan sponsors.
• *No stated venture/angel investment thesis, stage preference, or check size could be verified.*