Fixed Income Team

Christine Hurtsellers, CFA

Christine Hurtsellers is Chief Investment Officer of Fixed Income at ING Investment Management U.S., leading a team of more than 100 investment professionals with over $100 billion in fixed income assets under management. She is a member of the ING Global Investment Leadership Team and board member of Pomona Capital. Before assuming the leadership of Fixed Income and Proprietary Investments, Christine was head of Structured Finance from 2005–08. Her mortgage-backed securities team was responsible for the highly successful track record of ING's proprietary mortgage derivatives portfolios, and she directed portfolio and sector strategy across fixed income asset classes. Prior to joining ING Investment Management U.S. in 2004, Christine developed extensive mortgage portfolio management experience, most notably at the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac”), where she led the agency guaranteed retained portfolio team with $650 billion in assets under management. Prior to that role, Christine managed multiple products for Freddie Mac, including mortgage derivatives, adjustable rate mortgages and collateralized mortgage obligations (CMOs); her team pioneered the use of specified collateral in CMO deals, which today is the market standard. Prior to Freddie Mac, she was a portfolio manager responsible for mortgages, structured products, municipals and corporates at Alliance Capital Management and Banc One, and a client consultant at Pentalpha Capital group. Christine earned a B.A. in finance (with high honors) from Indiana University Kelley School of Business and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.

Tanweer Akram, Ph.D.

Tanweer Akram is vice president and economist in the Global Rates department of ING Investment Management. He conducts research on macroeconomic developments in the U.S. and other major advanced economies. Prior to joining ING in September 2006, he worked for Moody’s Economy.com where he was a senior economist responsible for analysis of global macroeconomic developments and foreign direct investment and trade issues. In addition, he covered the international steel industry and the Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S. Virgin Islands economies. He had earlier also worked for the Investment Climate Department of the World Bank, A.T. Kearney’s Global Business Policy Council, and the Asia Department of the International Monetary Fund. He was a Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Policy Dialogue in Bangladesh and has taught at Barnard College and Columbia University in the United States. His research papers and reviews have been published in various peer-review journals, including Applied Economics, Applied Economics Letters, Bangladesh Development Studies, Global Journal of Economics and Finance, Journal of Asian Business, Journal of Bangladesh Studies, Journal of Emerging Markets, Journal of Third World Studies, Kyklos, Savings and Development, and Third World Quarterly. Tanweer received his B.A. in economics from Grinnell College, Iowa, his Masters’ degree in economics from the London School of Economics in the U.K., and his Ph.D. in economics from Columbia University in New York.

Virna Allen, CPA

Virna Allen is a senior financial analyst providing trade, accounting and reporting support. Prior to joining ING Investment Management in 2001, she was a business analyst with SunTrust Robinson Humphries. She began her career with SunTrust Banks, Inc. Virna received her B.B.A. in accounting from Georgia State University.

Cliff Andrus, CFA

Cliff Andrus is an Assistant Portfolio Manager, focusing on the management of investment grade and structured credit products across multiple client mandates. His responsibilities include portfolio construction, security selection, relative value, and credit monitoring. Prior to joining ING Investment Management in 2006, he was a pension actuary with Watson Wyatt Worldwide in Chicago. Cliff received a Bachelor’s Degree in engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Master’s Degree in Quantitative & Computational Finance from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Cliff holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.

Marcelo Assalin, CFA

Marcelo Assalin is a Portfolio Manager on the ING IM Global Emerging Markets Debt Team. Prior to joining the EMD Team, he was the Chief Investment Officer of SulAmerica Investimentos, ING’s asset management joint venture operation in Brazil, where he worked for 13 years. Marcelo started his career as a Credit Analyst at BankBoston in Sao Paulo in 1993, covering Brazilian companies. Marcelo holds a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration and Accounting from Universidade de Sao Paulo and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.

Sean Banai, CFA

Sean Banai is a Senior Portfolio Manager for ING Investment Management. He is responsible for overseeing the implementation of the overall portfolio construction of the fixed income stable value strategy. Prior to his current role, Sean was head of Quantitative Research for Proprietary Fixed Income. Prior to joining ING Investment Management in 1999, he was a partner in Private Sector. Sean received a B.A. and M.S in actuarial science from Georgia State University and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.

Todd Bates, CFA

Todd Bates is a Portfolio Manager for ING Investment Management. He is part of the Money Market team responsible for all of the ING Money Market Funds and several cash management accounts. Prior to joining ING Investment Management, he was associate director for taxable money market research at Evergreen Institutional Asset Management. He has also held analyst positions with Mariner Post-Acute Network, Inc. and ABN AMRO Bank. Todd received his B.A. in political science from Duke University. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.

Jason Blake

Jason Blake is an analyst focusing on risk systems integration and fixed income risk analytics. Prior to his current position Jason worked with the mortgage backed securities/collateralized mortgage obligations team. Jason received his M.B.A. from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Matt Brill, CFA

Matt Brill is a Portfolio Manager for the Beta Investment Grade and Structured Credit Portfolio. He joined ING Investment Management in 2005 as an Analyst for the CMBS portfolio. Prior to joining ING he was a portfolio associate for Wells Real Estate Funds. Matt graduated magna cum laude from Washington and Lee University with a B.A. in economics. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.

Rao Casturi

Rao Casturi is an Assistant Vice President in Risk Management for ING Investment Management. He is responsible for corporate credit reporting and consolidation for the internal risk reporting. Prior to joining ING Investment Management in September of 2006, he was with the GE Asset Management where he worked on portfolio management and structured products reporting as a fixed income application architect. Rao received his M.S. in computer science from the Tula State University, Tula, Russia and B.E in Electronics and Communications from Andhra University, AP, India.

Richard Cumberledge, CFA

Rick Cumberledge is a Senior Credit Analyst in ING Investment Management. Prior to joining ING, Rick spent nearly 6 years working at Federated Investors as a senior high yield credit analyst. Previous experience includes positions with American Capital Strategies, Bank of America and Allied Capital. Rick has a MSc. in finance from The George Washington University and a B.A. in Business Administration from Westminster College. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.

Sagar Dedhia

Sagar Dedhia is a Credit Analyst for ING Investment Management. Prior to joining ING, he worked in the Credit Portfolio Research group at J.P.Morgan in Mumbai. Here, he conducted credit analysis and research on European banks. Sagar received an M.B.A. from Emory University’s Goizueta Business School in 2010 and a Bachelor of Management Studies from University of Mumbai.

Ralph Divino

Ralph Divino is a Fixed Income Client Portfolio Manager at ING Investment Management. Prior to his current role, Ralph was Head of Discretionary Investment Management at UBS Wealth Management. Ralph was also a Senior Fixed Income Portfolio Specialist at BlackRock and Merrill Lynch investment Managers and served as a Client Portfolio Manager at UBS Global Asset Management and Deutsche Asset Management, with a focus on quantitative and fixed income investment products. Ralph began his career in fixed income trading and sales at Bankers Trust. Ralph holds an M.B.A. and a B.S. (cum laude) from New York University’s Stern School of Business and is a member of the New York Society of Securities Analysts.

Colin Dugas, CFA

Colin Dugas is a portfolio manager on the commercial mortgage-backed securities team focusing on portfolio management and security selection, as well as credit monitoring and analysis. He received his B.S. in management from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.

Jeff Dutra, CFA

Jeff Dutra is Senior Portfolio Manager for ING Investment Management, primarily responsible for the mortgage-backed securities/collateralized mortgage obligation portfolios. Prior to this he ran the operations and accounting groups at ING responsible for financial derivatives and mortgage derivatives. Jeff received a B.A. in Mathematics from the University of South Florida, a M.B.A. from the University of Tampa and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.

John R. Edwards

John Edwards is a portfolio manager on the commercial mortgage-backed securities team focusing on portfolio management and security selection, as well as credit monitoring and analysis. Prior to joining the CMBS team, John worked in ING’s real estate whole loan group in numerous positions including production, risk management, problem loan restructure, and real estate equities management. He holds a B.S. in Finance and Real Estate from Florida State University and an M.B.A. from Georgia State University.

A. Banu Asik Elizondo

A. Banu Asik Elizondo is a Senior Credit Analyst for ING Investment Management covering the telecommunications, cable/satellite and media sectors for high yield portfolios. Banu began her career as a sell side analyst for the Fixed Income Research team at Wachovia Securities, where she covered TMT sectors across the entire credit spectrum for four years. Banu received a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Duke University in 2003.

Scott A. Frost, CFA

Scott Frost is a Senior Credit Analyst for ING Investment Management. He is a member of the high yield fixed income research team, covering the gaming, lodging, entertainment, building, health care, and finance sectors. Prior to joining ING Investment Management, he was a sell side high yield analyst at PNC Capital Markets. Scott received a B.S. in business administration from Bowling Green State University with honors and M.S.I.A. from Carnegie Mellon University. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.

Aaron Glenn

Aaron Glenn is a Fixed Income Portfolio Specialist for ING Investment Management. Prior to joining ING, Aaron spent five years with Morgan Stanley as part of an Atlanta-based Private Wealth Advisor team. There, he worked directly with high net worth, endowment, and corporate clients in helping manage discretionary and non-discretionary fixed income portfolios and in conducting ongoing client services activities. Aaron holds a B.A. degree from Vanderbilt University and holds FINRA Series 7, 66 and 31 securities registrations.

Sergio Godoy, Ph.D.

Sergio Godoy is a Fixed Income Strategist for ING Investment Management. He is responsible for developing models, trading ideas and research in global emerging market fixed income and foreign exchange. Prior to joining ING Sergio was a portfolio manager of balanced funds and head of Fixed Income Strategy at Larrain Vial Investment Management in Santiago, Chile. Before that he was Senior Economist at the Central Bank of Chile and a professor of finance at the Universidad Adolfo Ibanez and the Universidad Catolica de Chile. He has authored half a dozen published papers on economics, finance, and public policy in both his native Chile and the United States. Sergio holds an M.S. in Applied Macroeconomics from the Universidad Catolica de Chile and an M.B.A. and Ph.D. in Financial Economics from the Columbia Business School.

Dave Goodson

Dave Goodson is the Senior Portfolio Manager for ING’s non-agency mortgage and ABS investment portfolios. Prior to joining ING Investment Management, he was a principal at an independent investment bank focused on asset-back commercial paper transactions. Dave also worked as a vice president in Wachovia Securities’ asset backed finance group marketing and executing securitizations for the bank’s corporate clients. He received his B.A. in management from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Jennifer Gorgoll, CFA

Jennifer Gorgoll is a Portfolio Manager and head of the Emerging Markets Corporate fixed income team. She is responsible for investing in high grade and high yield emerging market corporate bonds for both ING and external accounts. Before joining Investment Grade Credit, Jennifer worked in ING’s Private Placement group. While on the Private Placement team, she focused on investments in emerging markets, structured credit and distressed assets. Prior to joining ING Investment Management in 2002, Jennifer worked at Prudential Capital Group specializing in private placements for companies based in the U.S., as well as Financial Institutions Group at Salomon Brothers Inc and at Patricof & Co Capital Corp, a boutique investment bank. Jennifer received an M.B.A. with Honors from Columbia Business School with a concentration in finance and a B.S. in finance and insurance from The Honors College at the University of South Carolina. Jennifer holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.

Ed Groote, CFA

Ed Groote joined ING Investment Management in 1996 and joined Structured Products in January 2004. Prior to joining the team, Ed worked with various departments on Portfolio Management, Asset Valuation, Analytics, Accounting and Information Technology issues. Ed received a B.A. in economics from the University of Northern Iowa and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.

Peter Guan, Ph.D.

Peter Guan is a Senior Portfolio Manager, and Head of Mortgage Derivatives Group, which manages a $5 billion mortgage derivative book for ING as well as external clients. Before joining ING IM in 2004 Peter worked at Citi Alternative Investment group where he managed a portfolio of mortgage products while designing a platform and strategy for a mortgage hedge fund. Prior to Citi he worked at the Clinton Group, a New York-based hedge fund, involved in research, trading and portfolio management, including mortgage derivatives and other mortgage products. Peter earned a B.A. in Mathematics at Ocean University of China, a M.S. in Computational Finance at Carnegie Mellon University and a Ph.D. in Mathematics at the University of South Florida.

Ken Haim

After a brief stint at Drexel Burnham Lambert developing applications for the mortgage trading desk, Ken went to Bloomberg Financial Markets where he developed the CMO cash flow engine which drives the analytics for the industry standard CMO application. In 1993, Ken left Bloomberg to join Salomon Brothers, an industry leader in the MBS market. After spending a year rewriting their CMO software, he joined the CMO trading desk. From 1994 to 2003, he structured new issue agency CMOs and traded secondary flow. In 2003, he left to start an Agency CMO trading desk at Countrywide Securities. His many years on the sell side have led to deep sell side and buy side relationships and a keen understanding of what drives the MBS markets. In 2008, Ken joined the MBS derivative group at ING IM as a senior portfolio manager, adding sell side acumen to a very strong quantitative group. At ING IM, Ken manages the daily trading activity. In addition, he has developed various portfolio risk management tools. Ken has a B.A. in math from Wesleyan University and an M.B.A from the Wharton School of Business.

Albert E. Hancock III

Bud Hancock is a Senior Portfolio Specialist and Head of Stable Value for ING Investment Management. Prior to his current role, Bud was head of product development at Aeltus Investment Management. Before joining ING Investment Management in 1997, he was head of fixed income at Banque Indosuez/Credit Agricole. Earlier, he was with Westdeutsche Landesbank with various capital market responsibilities in New York and Duesselforf. He began his career in the international division of Manufacturers Hanover Trust. Bud received a B.A. in economics from the University of Vermont and an M.B.A. from the American Graduate School of International Management.

Andrew H. Higley, CFA

Andrew Higley is a Derivative Portfolio Manager for ING Investment Management. He is primarily responsible for rate derivatives. Prior to joining ING Investment Management in 2006, he was with the FHLBank Atlanta where he created, priced, and hedged both plain and structured loans for banks, and traded stand-alone derivatives. He also marketed the Bank’s intermediation services and consulted to regional and national banks on asset-liability management problems. Andrew holds a B.A. from the University of Virginia, an M.A. in finance from Harvard University, and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.

Peter-Paul Hoogbruin, FRM

Peter-Paul Hoogbruin is responsible for the credit risk management of Fixed Income and Proprietary Investments. Prior to joining ING Investment Management in 2007, he was risk integration manager at ING Group Risk Integration and Analytics in Amsterdam. Earlier in his career, he was manager of the credit risk measurement department of ING Group Corporate Credit Risk Management, after working for the portfolio management department of group credit risk management at Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt. He started his career at the controllers department of ING Bank International. Peter-Paul received his Master’s Degree in econometrics and operations research from the Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands. He holds the Financial Risk Manager designation.

Michael Hyman

Mike Hyman is the Head of Investment Grade Creditfor ING Investment Management. He is responsible for managing the investment grade credit and structured portfolios across multiple client objectives. Prior to joining ING Investment Management in 2001, Mike worked in securitization and derivative structuring at GE Capital. Previously he managed proprietary fixed income and derivative portfolio for Société Générale and Yasuda Trust and Bank. Mike earned his Bachelor of Science in Finance and Economics at the Pennsylvania State University and M.B.A. from New York University Stern School of Business.

Aprille Johnson

Aprille Johnson is a Portfolio Manager with ING Investment Management. Prior to assuming her current responsibilities, she was head of U.S. equity trading. Before joining ING Investment Management in 1998, Aprille was with CIBC and Kidder Peabody. She received a B.A. in chemical engineering technology from Trident College.

Bob Kase, CFA

Bob Kase is a Senior Portfolio Manager. Prior to this role he was the co-lead portfolio manager for Proprietary Investments Investment Grade credit. Before joining ING in 2007, he managed corporate, ABS, and CMBS for SunTrust Bank. He began his career as a senior portfolio manager at CL Capital Management, followed by a stint as a senior portfolio manager for American General. Bob received a B.S. from Georgia Tech and an M.B.A. from Georgia State University. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.

Anil Katarya, CFA

Anil Katarya is a Senior Portfolio Manager with ING Investment Management’s investment grade team. Prior to joining ING Investment Management in 2000, Anil was a financial analyst for Mirant Inc. He received a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Kurukshetra University, India and an M.B.A. from Georgia State University. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.

Travis King, CFA

Travis King is a Portfolio Manager for ING Investment Management and is responsible for the investment-grade component of separately managed institutional accounts, mutual funds, and several proprietary portfolios. Travis has nine years of investment experience. Prior to joining ING Investment Management in 2005, he was a senior fixed income analyst with Reams Asset Management. Travis received his B.B.A. from James Madison University and M.B.A. from Memorial University. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.

Michael Kotzan, CFA

Michael Kotzan joined ING Investment Management as Assistant Vice President in Risk Management in March 2011, where he is working on investment risk for external accounts, concentrating on multi-strategy fixed income. Michael has extensive background in a variety of markets and asset classes, with a focus on fixed income derivatives. Prior to joining ING, Michael was most recently responsible for development of the market risk management platform for Regions Morgan Keegan, focused on Capital Markets and the broker dealer. He has also worked at Invesco in portfolio construction and implementation for tactical asset allocation overlay strategies via several fund vehicles and separate accounts. Michael received a B.S. in Mathematical Economics from Wake Forest University, and an M.B.A. from Emory University. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.

Corinne Krincek, CFA

Corinne Krincek is a Credit Analyst for ING Investment Management. She follows the telecom, media, and technology sectors. Prior to joining ING Investment Management in 2006, she held various positions at Moody’s Investors Service, covering the telecommunication sector and conducting market research for syndicated loan ratings. Her experience also includes three years at Mizuho in the Syndication Department supporting trading activity and coordinating credit derivative transactions. Corinne began her career as an economist at Bureau of Economic Analysis in the U.S. Department of Commerce. Corinne received a B.S. in economics from the University of Pennsylvania and a Masters of International Business from the University of South Carolina. She holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.

Kurt Kringelis, CFA, CPA, J.D.

Kurt Kringelis is a Senior Portfolio Manager with ING Investment Management’s Credit team. His experience involves investment grade and high yield securities. Prior to joining ING Investment Management, Kurt was an Associate Portfolio Manager with the high yield group at Equitable Investment Services. He received his B.S. degree in finance, M.B.A., and Juris Doctor from the University of Illinois. Kurt is a Certified Public Accountant and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.

Jake Lowery, CFA

Jake Lowery is a Portfolio Manager on the Global Rates team, focusing on the management of global sovereign debt and derivative positions for ING Investment Management’s institutional, mutual fund, and proprietary portfolios. His previous work with ING IM includes time spent as a Portfolio Manager for Non-Agency RMBS and ABS securities and as an analyst focusing on Investment Grade Credit. Jake earned a B.A. in Economics with Honors from Vanderbilt University and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.

Jun Ma, CFA

Jun Ma is a Senior Associate for ING Investment Management. He is responsible for Fixed-Income portfolio Market Risk and Credit Risk analysis. Jun began his career with China Harbor Engineering Co. where he was a futures floor trader at Beijing Commodity Exchange. He received his B.A. from Fudan University (Shanghai, China) and an M.B.A. from Emory University. Jun holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.

Raj Makhija

Raj Makhija is an Quantitative Analyst for the fixed income quantitative research team of ING Investment Management. He is primarily responsible for the development of proprietary relative value trading tools for corporates and structured credit products. Prior to joining ING Investment Management, Raj was a market risk analyst for SunTrust Capital Markets Inc. Raj received a B.Eng. in computer engineering from the University of Bombay, India and a M.S. in quantitative and computational finance from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Michael A. Mata

Michael Mata is Head of Multi-Sector Fixed Income Strategies that includes our U.S. core, core plus and global bond strategies. Michael is also a senior portfolio manager for our U.S.-based global bond strategies. Prior to this position he was the Head of Quantitative Research and Portfolio Analytics for the ING Investment Management fixed income group, responsible for the design and development of quantitative models and their application in the portfolio construction process. He joined ING Investment Management in 2004 from Putnam Investments, where he was the senior risk manager for fixed income portfolios. His previous experience includes risk management for fixed income derivative and bond arbitrage trading at Lehman Brothers. Michael received a B.S. in finance from Florida International University and an M.B.A. from DePaul University.

Tim McCrady, CFA

Tim McCrady is a Portfolio Manager for ING Investment Management. Since joining ING Investment Management in 1998, he has managed collateralized debt obligations, asset-backed securities, and commercial mortgage-backed securities and has also been involved in Product Development. Previously, he was a portfolio manager at Banc One Capital Corporation and an asset-backed securities analyst at Banc One Corporation. Tim received his B.S. in business administration from The Ohio State University. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.

Tracy McCullough, CFA

Tracy McCullough joined ING Investment Management in 1996 as an analyst in the Structured Products area. She has experience in financial data analysis and reporting. Prior to joining ING, Tracy was a financial reporting analyst for MetLife’s Separate Account-Pension division. Tracy has a B.B.A. in finance from Georgia State University and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.

Justin McWhorter, CFA, CPA

Justin McWhorter is a Portfolio Manager for the mortgage-backed securities/collateralized mortgage obligation portfolios. Justin has eight years of investment experience and manages the mortgage financing desk. Justin received his Master's in Accountancy from the University of Georgia, and holds both Chartered Financial Analyst® and Certified Public Accountant designations.

Ryan Mitchell

Ryan Mitchell is an analyst covering banks and finance, with six years of investment experience. Prior to joining ING Investment Management in 2011, he held various capital market-related positions at SunTrust, Robinson Humphrey, and Bank of America. Ryan received his B.S from The University of South Carolina and M.B.A. in finance from Emory University. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA) designation.

Kevin Moose

Kevin Moose is a derivatives trader for ING Investment Management’s Global Rates group. Since joining ING in 1999, in addition to trading derivatives and mortgage backed securities, he has also held actuarial and risk management positions. Kevin received his B.S. in mathematics from Southern Polytechnic State University.

Randall Parrish, CFA

Randall Parrish is a High Yield Senior Portfolio Manager with ING Investment Management. For the previous five years, Randy served as a high yield analyst focused on the media and retail/consumer sectors. Prior to joining ING Investment Management in 2001, he was a corporate banker in leveraged finance with SunTrust Bank and predecessors to Bank of America. Randy received a B.B.A. in business administration from the University of Georgia. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.

Spencer Phua, CFA

Spencer Phua is a Senior Credit Analyst in ING Investment Management. He started his career in investment banking with Merrill Lynch's Financial Institutions Group in 2000, covering Asian banks and asset managers. Prior to joining ING, Spencer also worked in High Grade research at Lehman Brothers and Prudential Fixed Income, covering US banks, brokers and finance. His coverage responsibilities at ING include banks, finance companies and brokers. Spencer received an M.B.A. in finance and accounting from the Kellogg School of Management and an M.A. in economics from Oxford University in the UK and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of London in the UK. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.

Asher Proschansky, J.D., A.S.A.

Asher Proschansky is a senior risk analyst for ING Investment Management. He is responsible for CDS VAR, Collateral Management, Derivative Use Strategy Controls, Investor Client Reporting on Credit Derivatives, and Risk System Oversight. Prior to joining ING Investment Management in 2000, he worked as an actuary, an attorney, a systems analyst, and a senate intern. He received his B.A. from the University of Rochester, and a Juris Doctor from the George Washington University National Law Center. Asher is an Associate of the Society of Actuaries.

J.D. Rieber, CFA

J.D. Rieber is a Senior Credit Analyst for ING Investment Management. He is a member of the investment grade fixed income research team, covering the healthcare, basic industrial, capital goods and consumer cyclical sectors. J.D. joined ING Investment Management in May 2007 as a senior analyst on the high yield team, covering the consumer and retail sectors. Prior to joining ING, he held analysts positions with AEGON USA Investment Management and Principal Global Investors. He received a B.A. in Finance from University of Northern Iowa and an M.B.A. in Finance from University of Iowa Tippie School of Management. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.

Robert Robis, CFA

Robert Robis is Head of Fixed Income Macro Strategies for ING Investment Management. In this role, Rob is responsible for contributing to strategy-setting across global rates, sectors and currencies. Prior to joining ING in 2011, Robert was the Senior Fixed Income Portfolio Manager and Global Macro Strategist at Oppenheimer Funds Inc. He began his career in 1995 with The Bank Credit Analyst Research Group. Robert received his B.A. in Economics with honors from the University of Western Ontario and his M.A in Economics from New York University. Robert holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.

Anthony Routh

Anthony Routh is an Analyst for ING Investment Management. He is a member of the Non-Agency MBS trading desk. Prior to joining ING Investment Management, he completed internships at ING Americas and Smith Barney, Citigroup. Anthony holds a B.B.A. in Finance from the University of Georgia.

Avrine Roy

Avrine Roy is an Analyst with the Structured Finance team, working on the ABS trading desk at ING Investment Management. He graduated from Georgia Institute of Technology with a B.S. in Industrial Engineering and a B.S. in Business Administration. While at Georgia Tech, Avrine spent time working with the Georgia Tech Student Foundation, making investment decisions for the endowment.

Steve Ruth, CFA

Steve Ruth is a Client Portfolio Manager for ING Investment Management. Prior to joining ING Investment Management he was a lead fixed income portfolio manager with BlackRock. Steve also served as a fixed income portfolio specialist at Merrill Lynch Investment Managers. He received an M.B.A. in quantitative methods from Drexel University and a B.A. in economics from Gettysburg College. Steve holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.

Amir Sahibzada

Amir Sahibzada, Head of Investment Risk, Fixed Income, oversees all market, credit and counterparty risk management activities across ING U.S. investment portfolios. Amir was most recently Managing Director & Global Head of Risk Management with D.B. Zwirn & Co. (now Fortress Investment Group), a multi-strategy New York-based hedge fund. Prior to joining D.B. Zwirn, Amir was with ABN AMRO Bank since 1993, holding various risk management positions covering both market and credit risk areas. His last position with ABN AMRO bank was as the Group Vice President and Chief Risk Officer for the Trading and Sales Platform for ABN AMRO Bank North America and its subsidiaries. Amir has a B.A. in Physics and Mathematics from Wabash College in Indiana and an M.B.A. from The University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business.

Shivanker Saxena, CFA

Shivanker Saxena is a Credit Analyst for ING Investment Management. He is a member of the U.S. investment grade fixed income research team and is responsible for all the energy related sectors, including MLPs and pipelines. Before joining ING in November 2009, Shivanker was an analyst within the credit research team at Barclays Capital in New York, with a primary focus on energy related sectors. Prior experience includes four years in corporate banking with ICICI Bank (India) and three years in corporate audit at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Shivanker is an M.B.A. from the Stern School of Business at NYU and Bachelor of Commerce (Hons.) from University of Delhi. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation and is a Chartered Accountant (India).

Todd Schomberg, CFA

Todd Schomberg is a Portfolio Manager for ING Investment Management's investment grade team. Prior to joining ING Investment Management, Todd worked as a Senior Fixed Income Investment Analyst for Wells Capital Management. Todd received a B.S. degree in Finance and Economics from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and an M.B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.

Anuranjan Sharma

Anuranjan Sharma is a Quantitative Research Analyst for ING Investment Management. He received a B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, India and an M.B.A. in Investment Strategy from Carnegie Mellon University with University Honors.

Abhishek Sinha

Abhishek Sinha is a Risk Analyst supporting Credit Risk division for Fixed Income at ING Investment Management, responsible for credit risk analysis of Institutional and Retail Accounts. Abhishek has a Masters and Bachelors Degree in Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay and a M.S. in Management from Georgia Institute of Technology. Abhishek has research experience in quantitative finance, accounting, and engineering. He has been a visiting researcher for Cambridge University, UK, and research assistant at IIT Bombay and Georgia Tech. Abhishek’s industry experience comprises of automated trading, quantitative modeling, fundamental, and technical analysis.

Robert Stiles, CFA

Robert Stiles is a Senior Credit Analyst with ING Investment Management and has credit and investment experience. He is a member of the high yield fixed income research team where his coverage responsibilities include basic industries and consumer non-cyclicals. Prior to joining ING Investment Management, Robert worked for FTN Financial as a desk analyst for both their high yield and investment grade trading desks. Previous experience includes positions with Principal Global Investors in their private placement group and Pacholder Associates as a high yield analyst. In addition to his financial experience, Robert was a production engineer for five years with Cargill, Inc. in Dayton, Ohio. Robert received an M.B.A. with a finance concentration from Wright State University and a B.S. in chemical engineering from the Ohio State University. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.

Abhishek Suthan

Abhishek Suthan is a Quantitative Research Analyst for ING Investment Management. He received a double bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering and Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he was ranked in the National Dean’s List. He subsequently obtained an M.B.A. (Finance) from Emory University’s Goizueta Business School, where he was ranked at the top of his graduating class.

Tao Tang, CFA

Tao Tang is a Quantitative Analyst providing portfolio analytics, performance attribution, scenario analysis, and other quantitative support. He joined ING Investment Management in 2003 with the Analytics Team of the Portfolio Management and Client Relations Group. Tao earned his Bachelor of Science in International Finance from the RENMIN University of China (Beijing) and an M.B.A. degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Tao holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.

Jai Tanwar, CFA, FRM

Jai Tanwar joined ING Investment Management as a Senior Risk Analyst in February, 2008. He is responsible for managing all aspects of risk management within a portfolio context for all strategies. Prior to joining ING, Jai was a senior analyst with UBS AG where he was responsible for business analysis for interest rates and credit derivatives products. Prior to that role, Jai was with BNP Paribas, Singapore where he was an analyst for a broad range of interest rates sensitive products. He received a Bachelor of Technology from Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi and a Master of Applied Finance from Singapore Management University. Jai holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation, as well as the Certified Financial Risk Manager (FRM) qualification.

Brad Taylor, FSA, CFA

Brad Taylor is Vice President in the Risk Management Fixed Income Risk Analytics group. Prior to his current position, he most recently spent 5 years as a member of the MBS asset management team focusing on the Proprietary Investments portfolios. Brad began his career with ING in 1999 with the Interest Rate Risk Management department where he focused on asset modeling and ALM projections. From 2001 to 2003, Brad was on assignment at ING Group’s headquarters in Amsterdam where he worked in the Corporate Insurance Risk Management department monitoring the insurance risk in ING insurance company portfolios worldwide. Prior to his career with ING, Brad spent over 13 years with an insurance company in a variety of actuarial roles, including extensive ALM work and product pricing functions. Brad received his B.S. in Statistics from the University of Michigan, holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation, and is a Fellow in the Society of Actuaries.

Brian Timberlake, CFA, Ph.D.

Brian Timberlake is the Head of Quantitative Research at ING Investment Management. Prior to this position he was a Senior Quantitative Analyst. Brian received a B.S. in chemical engineering from the University of Maryland, a M.S. in quantitative and computational finance from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.

Matt Toms, CFA

Matt Toms is Head of U.S. Public Fixed Income Investments. In this role, Matt directly oversees the investment teams responsible for investment grade corporate, high yield corporate, structured product and money market strategies for the General Account and External Client business, as well as ensures coordination of credit strategies across developed and emerging markets. Matt joins us most recently from Calamos Investments, where he established and grew their Fixed Income business. He also has prior experience with Northern Trust and Lincoln National. He received a B.B.A. from the University of Michigan and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.

Rob Turner

Rob Turner is an Assistant Portfolio Manager for the Proprietary Investment Grade Portfolio. Rob began his career as a credit analyst with Freddie Mac, where he analyzed mortgage purchase agreements. Rob received a B.S. in political science from the University of Arizona and a M.B.A. from Georgia State University.

Esther Yang, FSA, CFA

Esther Yang joined ING Investment Management in 2006. Her current responsibilities include derivatives trade executions, researches, and providing services to other groups that need derivative expertise. During 2004-2006, she worked as a consultant on the liability side. Her responsibilities included developing economic scenarios for valuing Guarantee Minimum Benefit in life annuity products, and developing risk management (hedging) strategies. Prior to working in consulting practice, Esther worked for Allstate Investments where she managed interest rate derivative portfolio for certain life and P&C products. Esther holds a Bachelor Degree in biology from Beijing University, and a Masters Degree in actuarial science from the University of Waterloo. She is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.

David Yealy

David Yealy is a Senior Portfolio Manager for ING Investment Management. He is responsible for managing the ING money market mutual funds and cash management accounts. Prior to joining ING Investment Management in 2004, he was a managing director and fixed income portfolio manager with Trusco Capital Management where he was responsible for managing over $9 billion of assets under management. He received a B.A. in economics from Wake Forest University.

Yingli Zhu, Ph.D., CFA

Yingli Zhu is a Quantitative Analyst on the Mortgage Derivatives Team, responsible for conducting quantitative research and analyzing new investment opportunities. Yingli joined ING Investment Management in 2004 as part of the Quantitative Risk Management Team, where she participated in the development of ING’s proprietary risk system and various relative value tools. She received a B.S. in nuclear engineering from the Xi’an Jiaotong University of China and Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a focus on risk analysis and a minor in financial technology. Yingli holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.