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Name | Title | Since | Until |
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Melda Mergen | Senior Portfolio Manager & Director | 2014 | Now |
Biography | Melda Mergen is Deputy Global Head of Equities for Columbia Threadneedle Investments. In this role she leads the company’s U.S.-based equity investment team capabilities. She is also co-lead portfolio manager on the Columbia Large Cap Core Strategy. Prior to her current role, Ms. Mergen led the Investment Oversight Team from 2004 to April 2014. Before that, Ms. Mergen was a senior equity quantitative research analyst. Ms. Mergen joined one of the Columbia Threadneedle Investments legacy firms in 1999 and has been a member of the investment community since then. Ms. Mergen received a B.A. in economics from Bogazici University and an MBA from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She is a member of the Boston Security Analysts Society and the CFA Institute. In addition, she holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® and Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst designations. | ||
Peter C. Santoro | Senior Portfolio Manager | 2004 | Now |
Biography | Peter Santoro is a senior portfolio manager on the Dividend Income and Core Equity Teams for Columbia Threadneedle Investments. Mr. Santoro joined one of the Columbia Threadneedle Investments legacy firms in 2003. Previously, Mr. Santoro served as an equity analyst for Rockefeller & Company, concentrating on the global consumer sector, including media, food and beverage and retail companies. While at Rockefeller, he was also responsible for managing global portfolios for select clients, monitoring current investments, assessing the current marketplace and making asset allocation recommendations. He has been a member of the investment community since 1996. Mr. Santoro graduated cum laude from Amherst College in 1994. In addition, he holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation. | ||
Craig Leopold | Vice President | 2004 | 2014 |
Biography | Mr. Leopold joined the Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC in May 2010 when it acquired the long-term asset management business of Columbia Management Group, where he worked as an investment professional since 2003. Mr. Leopold began his investment career in 1989 and earned a B.B.A. from Adelphi University and an M.B.A. from Fordham University. | ||
George P. Maris | Executive Vice President | 2004 | 2008 |
Biography | George Maris is Co-Head of Equities – Americas at Janus Henderson Investors, a position he has held since 2018. George is responsible for leading the equity division in the Americas region and is also the lead Portfolio Manager for the Overseas strategy and the Global Alpha Equity strategy, which includes the Global Select products. In addition, Mr. Maris is a member of the Janus Henderson Executive Committee, the North American Leadership Team and the Perkins Investment Management Executive Board and was previously a member of Janus’ operating and ethics committees. He came to Janus in 2011 as a portfolio manager from Northern Trust, where he managed the U.S. large-cap core, international large-cap core and global equity strategies. Prior to joining Northern Trust in 2008, Mr. Maris spent four years as a portfolio manager at Columbia Management Group co-managing the firm’s U.S. large- and mid-cap core portfolios. From 1999 to 2004, he was a member of the investment team at Putnam Investments, serving as a portfolio manager, equity analyst and derivatives strategist in Putnam’s Value Group, and working on domestic, international and global equity strategies. He was a guest lecturer on security analysis at MIT’s Sloan School of Management from 2003 to 2005. Mr. Maris received his bachelor of arts degree in economics from Swarthmore College. He also earned an MBA from the University of Chicago and a juris doctorate from the University of Illinois. Mr. Maris holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and has 20 years of financial industry experience. | ||
Colin Moore | Head | 2004 | 2008 |
Biography | Colin Moore has been a portfolio manager and the head of active equity for Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC since 2002. Mr. Moore also serves as co-manager for Nations Strategic Growth Fund. Mr. Moore may also manage other investment products for both BACAP and Columbia Management. Prior to joining Columbia Management, Mr. Moore was chief investment officer of global/international value equities, portfolio manager, and associate director of research at Putnam Investments from 2000 to 2001. While serving in this role, he personally managed $3 billion, in addition to 29 analysts and five portfolio managers. Prior to joining Putnam in 2000, Mr. Moore was director of research and chief investment officer for Rockefeller & Co. in New York and London from 1991 to 1999. Mr. Moore has been in the investment community since 1980. Mr. Moore attended the London Business School, where he completed their investment management program and is an associate by examination of the U.K. Institute of Investment Management & Research (AIIMR). | ||
Brian M. Condon | Director | 2004 | 2007 |
Biography | Brian Condon is the head of quantitative strategies for Columbia Threadneedle Investments. Mr. Condon is also the portfolio manager for the enhanced core and disciplined equity strategies and the lead manager for the firm’s research market neutral product. In addition, he oversees the quantitative research group, responsible for developing and implementing quantitative stock selection models used throughout the firm’s equity products. The quantitative research group also supports portfolio construction and risk budgeting. Prior to these roles, Mr. Condon was a portfolio manager and head of quantitative research since 2003, as well as a senior quantitative analyst on the structured equity and value teams. Condon joined one of the Columbia Threadneedle Investments legacy firms in 1999. Previously, Mr. Condon worked as a portfolio manager and quantitative research analyst at INVESCO Management & Research. Mr. Condon has been a member of the investment community since 1993. He received a B.A. from Bryant University and an M.S. in finance from Bentley University. He is a member of the Boston Security Analysts Society, CFA Institute and the CAIA Association. In addition, he holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® and Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst designations. | ||
Robert McConnaughey | Managing Director | 2004 | 2007 |
Biography | McConnaughey is a managing director of Columbia Management Investment Advisors, LLC. He has been associated with Columbia Advisors or its predecessors since March, 2002. Prior to March, 2002, McConnaughey was an associate director of research for Citigroup Asset Management from March, 2000 to March, 2002. McConnaughey was a portfolio manager with Prudential Investments between 1997 and 2002. | ||
Sean Wilson | Senior Portfolio Manager, Co-Head | 2004 | 2005 |
Biography | Mr. Wilson joined LR Global in 2005 as a Principal and Chief Investment Officer. Mr. Wilson oversees the investment strategy of the LR Global Frontier Fund, splitting times between New York and our Hanoi office. During his nearly ten years with the firm, he has built its current investment processes, research department, quantitative tools, and portfolio risk model, and has conducted many research studies specific to Frontier Markets investing. Mr. Wilson began his career as a quantitative analyst and foreign exchange trader at Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. After a two-year period with Phoenix Investment Council as an international equity analyst, he joined Rockefeller & Co. as an international equity analyst and subsequently made managing director, where his responsibilities included director of research and portfolio manager. Before joining LR Global, he was a senior portfolio manager at Columbia Management Group managing several billion dollars in assets under management. These positions, and the over 1,000 companies visited during his career prior to LR Global, prepared him for the diversity of Frontier Markets and provided a deep understanding of both quantitative and fundamental analytical disciplines. During his past 24 years working in the investment industry, Mr. Wilson managed a diverse set of portfolios including Japanese Small Capitalization, U.S. Large Capitalization, International and Shariah-compliant funds. Mr. Wilson is deeply familiar with financial market bubbles and downturns. He managed a Japanese portfolio after the Japanese bubble in the early 1990s, an international portfolio during the currency crisis of the late 1990s, a U.S. portfolio during the information technology bubble of the early 200s, and a Frontier Markets portfolio during the financial crisis of 2008. The breadth and depth of Mr. Wilson’s experience has been instrumental in creating the information flow, tools and processes used in the firm’s approach to such a unique and diverse asset class. Mr. Wilson received his B.S. in Finance from Northeastern University in 1990 and is a Chartered Financial Analyst charterholder | ||
Michael Pelosi | Senior Portfolio Manager | 2005 | 2005 |
Biography | Michael Pelosi is a senior portfolio manager on the Large-Cap Core Team for Columbia Management, responsible for the management of Nations Strategic Growth Fund. Mr. Pelosi may also manage other investment products for both BACAP and Columbia Management. Mr. Pelosi has served as a senior portfolio manager with the firm since 1994. Mr. Pelosi was also a member of the equity strategy group with the firm from 1995 to 2000. Mr. Pelosi has been in the investment community since 1986. He has been responsible for managing aggregate assets exceeding $1.3 billion for institutional portfolios, a collective fund and several taxable relationships. Mr. Pelosi earned his bachelor's degree and his MBA, both magna cum laude, from the University of Connecticut. He is a member of the Hartford Society of Security Analysts. | ||
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