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Fredric A. Nelson III
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Rick Nelson is Vice Chairman, CIO Third Party Business for ING Investment Management Americas, which operates in the institutional, managed account and alternative markets. In his role, Rick is responsible for leading all investment activities across the equity and fixed income platforms. This encompasses portfolio oversight, investment team review, and managing ING Investment's strategic Investment Process and Risk Management functions. Rick has over 23 years of investment management experience. Prior to joining ING Investment Management in 2003, he was with JPMorgan Fleming Investment Management, Inc., where he was Head of the U.S. Equity Group as well as a member of the Global and U.S. Executive Committees. Before that he was at Bankers Trust, where he was part of the Global Investment Management Group and led the Global Quantitative Applications Group. Rick received his B.S. in economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago.
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Christopher F. Corapi
Head of Fundamental Equity and
Senior Portfolio Manager
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Christopher Corapi joined ING Investment Management in February 2004 as Director of U.S. equity research and Manager of VP growth and income portfolio. Chris has over 25 years of investment experience. Prior to joining ING, he was the global head of equity research at Federated Investors. Previously he was head of U.S. equities and portfolio manager at Credit Suisse Asset Management. Prior to that, Chris was with JPMorgan Investment Management as head of emerging markets research and was a U.S. equity analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein & Company. He holds a B.S. in business administration from Alfred University and is a Certified Public Accountant.
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Steve Salopek
Head of Small-Cap Equity
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Steve Salopek joined ING Investment Management in June 2005 from Banc One Investment Advisors, where he was a portfolio manager directing $700 million in small-cap growth assets. He has worked in portfolio management and sector research roles for the past 18 years and has extensive experience with equity research, portfolio management and developing a robust investment process. Reporting to Head of Fundamental Equity Chris Corapi, Steve is responsible for working with the portfolio management teams to enhance the approach and structure of the firm’s small-cap equity investment strategies. Prior to Banc One, he was with Stein Roe & Farnham where he managed small-cap growth assets for institutional clients. Steve earned his B.S. and M.B.A. from The Ohio State University.
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Uri D. Landesman
Head of Global Growth
Senior Portfolio Manager
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Uri Landesman is Head of Global Growth. He joined ING Investment Management in February 2006 as Senior Portfolio Manager on the international investment team reporting to Christopher Corapi, the Head of the Fundamental Equity team. Uri has over 23 years of investment experience. Prior to joining ING, he was the director of global equity research at Federated Investors where he managed three international large-cap growth funds and two global funds. Previously he was a principal with Arlington Capital Management where he co-managed a core equity hedge fund and a senior portfolio manager with JPMorgan Investment Management where he managed a large-cap growth equity strategy. Prior to that, Uri was an analyst with Great Lakes Capital and Sanford Bernstein. He received a B.A. summa cum laude from Yeshiva College. He has been the recipient of several industry citations, including the "Best of the Buy Side" in Institutional Investor and "25 to Watch Over the Next 25 Years" in Pension & Investments.
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Carl Ghielen, VBA
Senior Portfolio Manager
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Carl Ghielen is a Senior Portfolio Manager in the Quantitative Equity Team, where he is responsible for quantitative equity portfolio management. Carl has 18 years of investment management experience. Carl joined the firm in 2000 as a Senior Investment Manager in the European Equity team. Carl started his career in 1990 as Investment Advisor at General Investment Management in Eindhoven, an independent boutique investment manager. Prior to joining ING Investment Management, Carl worked from 1994 to 2000 for Mn Services (one of the largest pension funds in the Netherlands) as Senior Portfolio Manager European Equities. Carl holds a Master’s degree in Economics (focus: Business Economics) from Tilburg University. Carl holds an RBA degree, a Dutch equivalent to CFA.
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Pieter Schop
Senior Portfolio Manager
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Pieter Schop is Senior Investment Manager Equities in the Global Equity Core Team. In his role he combines stock selection and portfolio management activities. Prior to this position Pieter was a Senior Investment Manager in the European Equity Team. In this team he was a sector specialist most recently for the Telecom and Cyclical Services sectors. Moreover, he managed a number of segregated mandates. He started his career at ING Investment Management in 1996. Prior to ING Investment Management he worked at Mercer Ten Pas, a consulting firm, where Pieter made assessments of key institutional investors. He obtained his masters degree in econometrics at the State University of Groningen in 1994.
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Philip A. Schwartz, CFA
Senior Portfolio Manager
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Philip Schwartz is Senior Portfolio Manager for the international value strategy and has 21 years investment experience, 18 of which covering international markets. Philip is responsible for managing portfolios as well as designing and implementing the international value investment process. Prior to joining ING Investment Management in 1993, he was with European investment firm Cheuvreux de Virieu in Paris and New York. Prior to that, he held positions as a stockbroker in Boston. Philip earned his B.A. and M.A. degrees in Economics from Boston University and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
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James A. Vail, CFA
Senior Portfolio Manager
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Jim Vail is Senior Portfolio Manager for special strategies. He has 38 years investment experience. Prior to joining ING Investment Management in 1991, Jim held investment research positions with Chemical Bank, Oppenheimer & Co., and Robert Fleming Inc. He received his B.S. from St. Peter’s College and an M.B.A. in finance from Seton Hall University. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
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Michael Leskinen, CFA
Portfolio Manager
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Michael Leskinen is Portfolio Manager for the large-cap value strategy. He joined ING Investment Management in 2001 as a Research Analyst covering the financial services sector. Previously, Michael worked at a variety of positions at Federated Investors, Citigroup and Bank One. He has 7 years of research and industry experience. Michael received his M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania graduating a Palmer Scholar. He graduated summa cum laude from Arizona State with a B.S. in finance and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
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Eugene Lancaric
Portfolio Co-Manager
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Eugene Lancaric has 27 years of investment experience. He joined ING Investment Management in 2001 from Alliance/Bernstein, where he was senior vice president and chief investment officer of the Regent Investor Services division. He previously held the position of research analyst at Strategic Economic Divisions, a leading-edge investment research and software development firm. Eugene worked earlier as a senior global portfolio manager at Swiss Bank Corporation; as a senior portfolio manager at E.F. Hutton; and as a portfolio manager and analyst at the Chase Manhattan Bank. He has an extensive background in the application of economic analysis to investment management. Eugene received an M. Phil. in economics from the City University of New York, and graduated with honors in sociology from McGill University.
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David Rabinowitz
Deputy Director of U.S. Equity Research and Senior Sector Analyst, Consumer
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David Rabinowitz joined ING in January 2008 as the Deputy Director of U.S. Equity Research and Senior Sector Analyst covering the consumer sector. David has 21 years of investment experience. He joined ING from JPMorgan, where he held several equity leadership positions. Most recently, he served as Director of Emerging Markets Equity Research, and before that, was the Director of Global Sector Research. Previously, he was a global consumer strategist at UBS Warburg and prior to that, he was a U.S. equity analyst for Smith Barney and Sanford C. Bernstein & Company. He received a M.A. in economics from New York University and a B.A. in economics from Yeshiva University.
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Joseph Basset, CFA
Portfolio Manager
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Joseph Basset joined ING Investment Management in June 2005. He has 11 years of investment management experience and 8 years teaching economics and finance at the university level. Joe has portfolio management responsibilities for our Small-Cap Core strategy and analyst responsibilities for our Small-Cap Growth strategy. Most recently, he covered semiconductor, information technology, and communication equipment companies for Banc One, and was an Analyst for the One Group Technology Fund. Joseph received his B.A. in economics from Tulane University and his M.B.A. and A.B.D. in finance from the University of Texas. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
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Jeffrey Bianchi, CFA
Senior Portfolio Manager
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Jeff Bianchi is a Senior Portfolio Manager on the ING growth team. He is currently the portfolio manager of the ING Mid-Cap Growth strategy and co-portfolio manager of the ING Large-cap Growth strategy. He joined ING Investment Management in 1994 and has 14 years of investment management experience. Before assuming his current responsibilities, he served as a portfolio manager on the large-cap growth team for 7 years. He received a B.A. in economics, a B.S. in finance, and an M.B.A. in economics from the University of Connecticut. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
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Paul Zemsky, CFA
Head of Multi-Asset Strategies and Solutions Group
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Paul Zemsky is the head of ING’s Multi-Asset Strategies and Solutions Group. The team’s mandate is to develop products and provide investment solutions that go beyond ING’s traditional investment offerings. The group combines capabilities in derivatives/financial engineering, risk management, asset allocation, liability modeling and pension accounting and multi-strategy portable alpha. Paul joined ING Investment Management in 2005 as Head of Derivative Strategies. In this role, he oversaw derivative strategies for credit, interest rate, and equity products, and supported the organization on a number of key areas, including product development and risk management for both proprietary and third-party businesses. Prior to his role at ING, Paul spent 18 years at J.P. Morgan Investment Management, where he held a number of key positions, including having responsibility for the market timing and asset allocation for the firm's fixed income business and handling option trading in both the exchange-traded and over-the-counter markets. He was one of the first on Wall Street to identify the potential for portable alpha strategies and liability targeted portfolios. Most recently, he co-founded CaliberOne Private Funds Management, a macro hedge fund. Paul has 21 years of investment experience. He holds a dual degree in finance and electrical engineering from the Management and Technology Program at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Pierre Couture, A.S.A., E.A., M.A.A.A.
Senior Pension Actuary
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Pierre Couture joined ING in March of 2007 as a Senior Pension Actuary for Multi-Asset Strategies including traditional asset allocation products, portable alpha strategies, and customized asset/liability solutions that address clients’ plan level investment objectives. Prior to joining ING, Pierre consulted to US (public, Taft-Hartley and corporate) and multinational clients seeking integrated financial risk management advice for their pension plans. He specialized in asset/liability modeling, strategic asset allocation, funding, and accounting policy diagnostics. Before joining Mercer’s New York office in 1994, Pierre worked in the Mercer’s Montreal office for over four years. Pierre holds a BSc in actuarial sciences from Universite Laval in Quebec City. He is an Associate of the Society of Actuaries, an Enrolled Actuary under ERISA, and a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries.
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Brian Gendreau, Ph.D.
Investment Strategist
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Brian Gendreau is an Investment Strategist with ING Investment Management. He is a member of its asset allocation committee, which sets the investment strategy for over $12 billion in ING’s asset allocation, lifecycle, and balanced funds. Brian has a B.A. in economics from Northwestern University, a M.A. from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Relations, and a PhD in Business Economics from the Wharton School. He has taught in the MBA programs at Wharton and New York University, and has contributed to academic journals in economics and finance. Before coming to Wall Street, he served as a staff economist with the Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. He worked for JP Morgan, Salomon Smith Barney, and Heckman Global Advisors prior to joining ING in 2004. Brian appears frequently on CNBC and Bloomberg television and radio.
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Joan Dillon
Senior Sector Analyst, Health Care
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Joan Dillon joined ING Investment Management in 2004 as Senior Sector Analyst covering the health care sector from Equinox Capital Management where she was senior analyst for the health care and consumer staples sectors. Previously, Joan was a health care analyst with Dreyfus Corporation, JPMorgan, and CS First Boston. She began her career as a quantitative research specialist at CS First Boston. She has 21 years of professional experience, including 14 years as an analyst in the investment business. Joan earned a B.S. (magna cum laude) in finance and computer information systems (double major) from Manhattan College and an M.B.A. in finance from New York University, Stern School of Business.
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Robert M. Kloss
Portfolio Manager and Senior Sector Analyst, Financial Services
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Bob Kloss is Co-Manager of the ING Financial Services Fund and is also a Senior Sector Analyst on the fundamental equity research team, covering the financial services sector. He has 19 years of investment experience. Since joining ING Investment Management in 1992, Bob has served as equity analyst and portfolio manager for a variety of value-oriented funds. Previously, he was a principal of Phoenix Strategies, an investment management and consulting firm. He began his career with Wells Fargo Credit Corporation. Bob received both a B.A. and M.S. in economics from Arizona State University.
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Brian Madonick
Senior Sector Analyst, Industrials and Materials
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Brian Madonick joined ING Investment Management in 2004 as a Senior Sector Analyst covering the industrials and materials sector. Brian has over 14 years of investment experience. Prior to joining ING Investment Management, he spent four years as the industrials analyst at U.S. Trust. Prior to that, he was a senior analyst at Bear Stearns. Brian received a B.A. from SUNY Binghamton.
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David Powers
Portfolio Manager and Senior Sector Analyst, Energy and Utilities
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David Powers joined ING Investment Management in June 2007 as a Senior Sector Analyst on the fundamental research team, currently covering the energy and utilities sectors. David is also Co-Manager of the ING Global Natural Resources Fund and Co-Manager of the ING Equity Dividend Fund. David has over 11 years of investment experience including over 9 years as a global energy analyst. He joined ING from Federated Investors where he held several senior investment positions including portfolio manager. Prior to that, he was associate director of research for global equities. David began his investing career at the State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio and held numerous positions including co-portfolio manager. David earned a B.S. in Accounting from Fairleigh Dickinson University and a M.S. in Accounting and an M.B.A. in Finance from Kent State University. David holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
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Michael Pytosh
Senior Sector Analyst, Technology, Media and Telecom Services
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Michael Pytosh joined ING Investment Management in 2004 and is responsible for covering the technology and telecom sector. Previously he had been president of Lincoln Equity Management, LLC and a technology analyst. Prior to that, Michael was a technology analyst at JPMorgan Investment Management and an analyst at Lehman Brothers. Michael started his career at American Express. He has 21 years of professional experience, including 16 as an analyst in the investment business. Michael has a B.S. degree in accounting from Arizona State University and is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers.
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Steven L. Rayner, CFA, CPA
Portfolio Manager and
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Steve Rayner is Co-Manager with Bob Kloss of the ING Financial Services Fund, and is also a Senior Sector Analyst on the fundamental equity research team, covering the financial services sector. He has 13 years of investment experience, focusing primarily on the financial services sector. Prior to joining ING Investment Management in 1995, Steve was a senior auditor with KPMG Peat Marwick in San Francisco. He received his B.S. from the Haas School of Management at the University of California, Berkeley and an M.B.A. from the Anderson Graduate School of Management at UCLA. He is a Certified Public Accountant and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
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Kei Yamamoto, CFA
Senior Sector Analyst, Technology
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Kei Yamamoto joined ING Investment Management in July 2006 and is responsible for covering part of the technology sector including computer hardware and software, semiconductors, storage and peripherals. She joined ING from D.E. Shaw & Co. where she was a senior analyst and sector head of computer hardware for the long short equities group for two years. Before that she was partner and co-portfolio manager at Mosaic Asset Management, a technology based hedge fund, for four years. Prior to that, she held senior positions with J. & W. Seligman & Co. and Oppenheimer Funds & Co., Inc. for three years. Kei has 20 years of investment experience, including 14 years as an analyst in the investment business. She received an M.S. and B.S. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology for science and engineering and received her M.B.A. from the University of California. Kei holds the Chartered Financial Analyst.
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Dahniel Buie
Senior Sector Analyst, Technology
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Dahniel Buie joined ING in January 2006 as a Sector Analyst covering the technology sector. He has seven years of experience as an investment professional. Dahniel joins ING Investment Management from PTG Capital where he was a proprietary trader. Prior to PTG, he was an analyst in the Private Client Services Department at Bear Stearns. Before that, he was a Jr. Research Associate in the Equity Research Department at Morgan Stanley. Dahniel received a B.A. in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance from Morehouse College where he attained Magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa honors.
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Kristy D. Finnegan, CFA
Sector Analyst, Technology and Telecom
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Kristy Finnegan is a Research Analyst on the fundamental research team covering the technology and telecom sector. She joined ING Investment Management in 2001 and has six years of investment experience. Previously she was an investment analyst at SunTrust Equitable Securities in Nashville, Tennessee. She received a B.S. in economics from Vanderbilt University. She holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
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Kristin Manning, CFA
Research Analyst, Consumer Discretionary and Staples
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Kristin Manning is an Analyst on the fundamental research team covering the consumer sector. She has six years of experience in the financial services industry. Prior to joining ING Investment Management in April 2006, she was a research analyst at Wells Capital Management responsible for the financials, autos, IT services and utilities sectors. Kristin received a B.S. in business administration from the University of Nebraska. She holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
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Scott Mills
Sector Analyst, Health Care
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Scott Mills is an Analyst on the fundamental research team covering the health care sector. He has over five years of experience in the financial services industry. Prior to joining ING Investment Management in 2005, he worked at Morgan Stanley in the Financial Control Group. His previous experience included positions with KPMG as an international tax analyst and Bloomberg as a financial research analyst. Scott received a B.S. with honors in finance from Rutgers University.
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Jamie Swain, CFA
Sector Analyst, Financial Services
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Jamie Swain joined ING Investment Management in 2002 from Strong Capital Management where he was a high yield bond analyst. Previously, he was a bank examiner with the FDIC. Jamie has over 14 years of investment-related experience. He received a Bachelors Degree in business administration from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, M.B.A. from Indiana University and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
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Christine Wang
Sector Analyst, Industrials and Materials
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Christine Wang joined ING Investment Management in 2004 as a Research Analyst on the fundamental research team. She has four years of investment experience. Prior to joining ING, she was an equity sales associate at Bear Stearns. She received a B.S. in finance & international business from New York University, Stern School of Business.
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Naveen Bobba
Research Analyst, Technology
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Naveen Bobba joined ING Investment Management in July 2005 as a Research Analyst on the growth team. He has 8 years of investment research experience. Naveen was most recently a member of Bear Stearns technology research team. Prior to that he worked at ABN AMRO as a summer associate assisting the computer software analyst. He began his career at Sagar & Associates, Chartered Accountants in Hyderabad, India. Naveen earned a B.S. in mathematics and physics from JKC College, Nagarjuna University, Guntur, India, Certificate in Statistical Methods and Applications from the Indian Statistical Institute (Hyderabad Center), Calcutta, India, and M.B.A. in finance from the University of Rochester.
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Jed Latkin
Senior International Research Analyst
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Jed Latkin is an Analyst for the international team covering emerging markets reporting to Uri Landesman, Head of International Equities. Jed joined ING Investment Management in April 2006 and has 11 years of investment experience. His previous experience includes Trokia Dialog, Morgan Stanley, Fleet Boston and Citicorp Securities. He received a B.A. in political science and history from Rutgers University and an M.B.A. in finance/statistics from Columbia Business School.
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John Pairaktaridis
Senior International Research Analyst
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John Pairaktaridis is an Analyst for the international ADR strategy. He has eight years of investment experience. Prior to joining ING Investment Management in 2004, he was a portfolio analyst at Neuberger Berman. He has a B.S. degree in finance from New York University, Stern School of Business.
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Jing Sun, CFA
Senior International Research Analyst
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Jing Sun is an Analyst for the international team covering Japan. He has over 20 years of investment experience. Most recently he was with Trigram Capital Management as portfolio manager for their Global Equity strategy. Previously, Jing was Managing Director, Sector Portfolio Manager for TIAA-CREF. Prior to that he was Senior Equity Research Analyst for Alliance Capital Management. Jing received a Bachelors degree, in Engineering, Cum Laude, from the City College of New York, a Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University, and a MBA from The Wharton School. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
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Joseph Vultaggio
International Research Analyst
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Joseph Vultaggio is an Analyst for the international ADR strategy. Joseph has 12 years investment experience and is responsible for the European markets. Joseph joined ING Investment Management in 1994. He received a B.S. degree in finance from Trenton State College and M.B.A. in finance at Rutgers Graduate School of Management.
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Ben Chen, Ph.D., CFA
Senior Quantitative Analyst
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Ben Chen joined ING Investment Management in July 2007 as a Senior Quantitative Analyst. He has 11 years of experience in the financial services industry. Most recently, Ben worked for the Structured Derivatives Strategies Group at ING Annuities where he designed a sophisticated quantitative fund analytics framework to evaluate fund managers and construct multi-asset fund portfolio for variable annuity business, developed hedging strategies for performance guarantees offered in variable annuity products. Prior to that, he was a senior quantitative analyst responsible for risk and portfolio management at Starview Capital Management, a fund of hedge funds. Previously he worked for Guzman & Company in Miami where he spent 5 years conducting market microstructure research for its institutional clients and developing investment strategies for its proprietary trading desk. Ben holds a B.A. in economics from Xiamen University and a M.A. in Economics from Peking University, both in China. He earned his Ph.D. in economics from Syracuse University and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
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Eleonora Omarova
Senior Quantitative Analyst
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Eleonora (Nora) Omarova joined ING Investment Management in July 2007 as a Senior Quantitative Analyst in the Multi-Asset Strategies and Solutions Group. Nora has nine years of financial experience. Prior to joining ING, she worked as a senior global risk analyst with Citigroup. She developed Citigroup internal sovereign rating and currency devaluation models, and a methodology for setting limits on options vega exposure for proprietary trading portfolios. Prior to Citigroup, she worked for Travelers Investment Group, where she developed a sovereign bond model to predict spread movements and determine investment strategy for an emerging markets portfolio. Nora holds a M.A. degree from Columbia School of International Affairs, a M.S. in Finance from Columbia Business School and is a Ph.D. candidate in Finance at Columbia Business School. She is a recipient of the National Association for Business Economics Contributed Paper Award for her publication in the Business Economics journal.
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Chris Askeland, CFA
Small-Cap Research Analyst
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Chris Askeland joined ING Investment Management in June 2005. He has 16 years of financial services experience, 6 years as an equity analyst. With Banc One, he provided sector research on communications services companies and developed quantitative financial models for identifying leading indicators for sector analysis. Chris received his B.A. from Michigan State University and his M.B.A. from Indiana University. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
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James A. Hasso
Small-Cap Research Analyst
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James Hasso joined ING Investment Management in February 2006. He has 12 years of investment management experience, and 10 years as an equity analyst. Prior to joining ING, James worked at First Investors Corporation, Valenzuela Capital Partners, Mitchell Hutchins Asset Management, Spears, Benzak, Salomon & Farrell and American International Group in research analyst/associate portfolio manager capacities. He received his B.A. in economics from Lehman College and his M.B.A. in finance from Fordham University.
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Chris Jennings
Small-Cap Research Analyst
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Chris Jennings joined ING Investment Management in February 2006. He has 14 years of investment management experience. Prior to joining ING, Chris worked at Credit Suisse Asset Management as Director, Small-Cap Technology Analyst. Chris held a similar role as Director, Technology Analyst at Saranac Capital Management, LP, and Salomon Brothers. He received his Bachelor’s degree in American literature from Middlebury College and an M.B.A. from Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University.
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Karthik Radhakrishnan, CFA
Small-Cap Research Analyst
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Karthik Radhakrishnan joined ING Investment Management in May 2007. He has over six years of investment experience and was previously a senior research analyst at Eagle Asset Management covering health care. Prior to that, he was a senior equity analyst for Diamond Capital Management, part of the Dow Chemical Company. He began his financial career at Latona Associates as a corporate finance associate. He received a Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology and a Masters of Science degree in civil and environmental engineering from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He also received a Master of Business Administration from the University of Michigan Business School. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
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Seth D. Finkelstein, CFA
Senior Portfolio Specialist
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Seth Finkelstein is the Senior Portfolio Specialist responsible for Multi-Asset Strategies including traditional asset allocation products, portable alpha strategies, and customized asset/liability solutions that address clients’ plan level investment objectives. Additionally, Seth has oversight responsibility for the broader team of Portfolio Specialists based in New York, and is involved extensively in new product development in the institutional as well as structured product arenas. Seth joined ING Investment Management in 2005 as Senior Portfolio Specialist, responsible for a variety of Fundamental Equity strategies, including the 130/30 Fundamental Equity strategy, Research Analyst Portfolio, and sector-specific portfolios.
Seth has 12 years investment experience spanning a variety of traditional and alternative asset classes, and has worked with a broad spectrum of retail and institutional client segments. Prior to joining ING, Seth was with Seneca Capital Management where he served as a portfolio advisor on the firm’s growth equity and domestic fixed income strategies. Earlier in his career, Seth was a lead product manager for JPMorgan Investment Management’s retirement business. He graduated summa cum laude with a B.B.A. in finance from Baruch College and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
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Martin Jansen
Senior Portfolio Specialist
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Martin Jansen is Senior Portfolio Specialist with primary responsibility for international equities. Martin has 27 years of investment experience. Most recently, he was responsible for managing the transition of the U.S. equity trading facility and U.S. equity assets from ING Investment Management The Hague to ING Aeltus. He joined ING in 1997 as senior manager to co-manage U.S. equity portfolios and was named head of the U.S. equity team in 1999. Prior to joining ING, Martin was responsible for the U.S. equity and venture capital portfolios at a large corporate Dutch pension fund. He received a Bachelor of Commerce and M.B.A. from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.
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Alan D. Segars, CFA
Senior Portfolio Specialist
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Alan Segars is Senior Portfolio Specialist for the growth and large-cap core teams. Alan joined ING Investment Management in 1993 and has 37 years of investment experience. Before joining ING, Alan was the managing partner responsible for institutional investment at Grigsby Branford Capital Partners. Previously, he was head of institutional fixed income investments at Irving Trust and Bank of New York. He began his career as an equity analyst at Manufacturers Hanover Trust, and later became head of fixed income there. Alan holds a B.A. in economics from the City College of New York and an M.B.A. in finance and investments from Bernard M. Baruch College, City University of New York. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
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Susan Barrett
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Susan Barrett joined ING Investment Management in 2004 as a Portfolio Specialist supporting the large and mid-cap growth, large-cap core research, small-cap, large-cap value, and fixed income teams. She has 12 years of investment experience. Susan joined ING from Focus Investment Group, a fund of hedge funds, where she was responsible for marketing and client servicing. Previously, Susan was with Credit Suisse Asset Management for over five years serving in various capacities, including manager of the RFP group. Prior to that, she was an investment assistant with Bankers Trust. She received her B.A. in economics from Villanova University.
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Rachael Camargo
Portfolio Specialist
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Rachael Camargo is a Portfolio Specialist supporting ING’s fundamental equity and multi-asset strategies and solutions. She has six years of experience in the financial services industry. Rachael joined ING Investment Management in 2001 as a senior publisher in marketing. She received a B.F.A. (summa cum laude) from Carnegie Mellon University and an M.B.A. from New York University’s Stern School of Business.
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Heather Hackett, CFA
Portfolio Specialist
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Heather Hackett joined ING Investment Management in August 2005 as a Portfolio Specialist supporting the international equity and asset allocation teams. She has 12 years of investment experience. Most recently, Heather was an analyst in the consulting group of Smith Barney. Earlier in her career, she was a registered sales assistant with Schroder & Co. Heather graduated magna cum laude with a B.S. in business economics from State University College at Oneonta. She holds a Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
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George Loebrich
Portfolio Specialist
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George Loebrich joined ING Investment Management in January 2007 as a Portfolio Specialist supporting the International Equity and Asset Allocation teams. He has 4 years of investment experience. Prior to joining ING Investment management, George was an internal wholesaler for ING Financial Advisors. George graduated with a B.S. in financial economics from the State University of New York at Binghamton.
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Susan Viston
Portfolio Specialist
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Susan Viston is the Portfolio Specialist for several Fundamental Equity strategies including Large-Cap Core Research, Research Analyst Strategy, 130/30 Fundamental Equity, Large-Cap Value and sector-specific portfolios. She has 6 years of investment experience. Susan joined ING Investment Management in 2002 as an operations analyst focusing on soft-dollar reconciliation and worked most recently as a performance attribution specialist in the ING Investment Risk Department. She received a B.A. in economics from Drew University.
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Jim Griffin
Economic Consultant and Portfolio Strategist
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Jim Griffin is Economic Consultant and Portfolio Advisor to ING Investment Management. He is editor of ING Investment Weekly, the company's well-regarded newsletter which has been frequently excerpted in Barron’s Market Watch column. His commentaries are published weekly on the RealMoney site of TheStreet.com, a leading on-line investment website where he has been a weekly contributor since 1997. His 36 years of experience as an observer of money, bond, equity, currency and commodity markets serves as the wellspring for his commentaries. He is a monthly contributor to the Blue Chip Financial Forecasts survey and is quoted often in The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Bloomberg, Fortune, and other financial media. Jim retired in 1999 from his position as chief investment strategist at Aeltus, an ING Investment predecessor firm. He was previously chief economist for Aetna Life and Casualty and served as its chief portfolio strategist for asset allocation for pension clients. Prior experience includes his money market economist role at Hartford National Bank and service as an intelligence officer in the US Army. He has B.A. and M.A. degrees in international economics from the University of Connecticut, and has served on the adjunct faculties of the University of Hartford and the Hartford Graduate Center. He is past vice chairman of the Governor’s Economic Conference Board, and chaired the education subcommittee of the Connecticut Progress Council sponsored by the Connecticut General Assembly.
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Nanette Buziak
Head of U.S. Equity Trading
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Nanette Buziak joined ING Investment Management as Head of U.S. Equity Trading in March 2005. In this role, she is responsible for all equity trading operations and focuses on working with the trading desk, portfolio managers and analysts in streamlining trading-related functions. She has centralized ING Investment Management's domestic equity trading in New York, and is focused on enhancing the information flow between investment professionals, and further integrating trading into the Alpha generating investment process. Nanette has 15 years of experience in trading and portfolio management. She joined ING Investment Management from JPMorgan Fleming Asset Management where she was a senior portfolio manager responsible for the structured equity portfolios. There she leveraged her extensive skills in trading and market insights to determine the best mechanism for executing portfolio strategy such as block trading, crossing networks and package trading. Her previous experience includes roles as trader and portfolio manager for First Marathon America, Inc.'s domestic convertible bond arbitrage portfolio and as a member of the program trading team. Prior to this she was a financial analyst at Bear Stearns & Company, Inc. Nanette received a B.B.A. in applied actuarial mathematics from Bryant College in May 1993.
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Victor Torchia, Jr.
International Trader
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Victor Torchia has 27 years of investment experience. He is a senior trader for international equities. Prior to joining ING Investment Management in 1993, Victor was a trader with Wellington Management Company, Axe-Houghton Management, Nomura Securities, and Asiel & Co. Victor received his B.S. from Manhattan College and M.B.A. in finance from Sacred Heart University.
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Enrico Cacciatore
Senior Trader
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Enrico Cacciatore joined ING Investment Management in February 2008 as a Senior Trader supporting the quantitative equity team and program trading for the U.S. fundamental equity team. He has 10 years of investment experience. Prior to joining ING Investment Management, Enrico was at TradeTrek Securities LLC, a sell-side agency only algorithmic trading broker/dealer, where he was Managing Director and Head Trader. His responsibilities included managing the development, build-out, and implementation from the ground up of the firm’s algorithmic trading desk. Enrico also worked for 6 years at Fidelity Investments in New York City as an equity trader. Prior to his investment experience, Enrico was a Captain in the U.S. Army serving with the 5th Special Forces, as well as other Special Operation Forces throughout the U.S. and Middle East. Enrico earned his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (Aerospace Systems) from the United States Military Academy at West Point, as well as graduate studies in Computational Finance from Carnegie Mellon University.
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Michael J. Fenske
Senior Trader
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Mike Fenske joined ING Investment Management in June 2005. He has 10 years of trading experience. Previously, Mike was senior buy-side equity trader at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. He has worked at Dreman Value Management, Fahnestock & Co. and Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. Mike earned a B.A. in history from the University of Delaware.
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Thomas C. Genkinger
Trader
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Tom Genkinger joined the ING Investment Management Equity Trading team in August, 2006. He has over eight years of investment experience at Prudential Securities where he had a variety of trading responsibilities, most recently as Vice President and senior trader for healthcare, responsible for trading and making markets in HMO, hospitals, distributors and medtech stocks. He also managed the firm's healthcare sector capital and directly supported the acquisition of new customer business. Tom received a B.S. in finance from the University of Scranton and holds NASD series 7, 55 and 63 licenses.
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Jody Hrazanek
Derivatives Trader
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Jody Hrazanek joined ING Investment Management in October 2005. She has 13 years of investment-related experience. In her current role she is a derivatives trader with responsibility for ING’s third-party business as well as the firm’s general account. Prior to joining ING, she was a convertible bond trader at Advent Capital Management. She had previously been a convertible bond and risk arbitrage trader at Merrill Lynch Quantitative Advisors and Deutsche Bank Asset Management and an analyst at Goldman Sachs. Jody graduated Summa Cum Laude from Fairfield University with a B.S. in mathematics and received a M.S. in statistics and operations research from New York University.
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Jason Rausch
Derivatives Trader
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Jason Rausch joined ING Investment Management in April 2007 with 4 years of experience in the investment management industry. Jason came from Jennison Associates where he most recently worked as a Portfolio Assistant. Jason graduated with a B.S. in Finance from Marist College, a B.B.A. in Accounting from Dowling College and is awaiting application approval by the CFA Institute after passing Level 3 of the Chartered Financial Analyst exam in June 2006.
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Jenifer Rizza, CFA
Trader
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Jenifer Rizza has 18 years of investment experience and joined ING Investment Management in 1994. Previously, Jenifer was an international equity analyst and trader, specializing in the Far East, and before that was liaison and facilitator between the president of ING and the investment community. Earlier, she worked as a short-term fixed income trader. Jenifer received a B.S. in finance from Fairfield University and an M.B.A. in finance from the University of Hartford. She holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
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Mary Ellen Smith
International Trader
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Mary Ellen Smith joined ING Investment Management in 2002. She has 26 years of experience in the investment industry. Her career as a trader began in 1985 where she was responsible for equity trading for global and international strategies. Mary Ellen received a B.A. in sociology, a Masters in social work and an M.B.A. in finance from New York University.
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Peter Walsh
Senior Trader
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Peter Walsh has 16 years of investment experience. Prior to joining ING Investment Management in 1994, he worked for Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. Peter received a B.S. in finance from Bentley College. Top
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