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Fixed Income Team

James B. Kauffmann
Head of Public Fixed Income

Global Rates

U.S. Credit

Quantitative Research and Portfolio Analytics

Senior Loan

Chris Diaz, CFA
Allison Weed

Tanweer Akram, Ph.D.

Ernie Tang, FSA

Andrew Higley, CFA

Esther Yang, CFA

Sara Sullivan, CFA

Chris Daniel, CFA

Greg Jacobs, CFA
Kurt Kringelis, CFA, CPA, J.D.
Travis King, CFA

Anil Katarya, CFA

Todd Schomberg, CFA

Shannon Servaes, CFA, CPA

Matt Brill, CFA

Spencer Phua, CFA

Fitz Wickham, CFA

Corinne Krincek, CFA

J.D. Rieber, CFA

Michael A. Mata
Ali-Antoun Nakhle, CFA

Brian Timberlake, Ph.D.
Stephen Pounds
Raj Makhija

Dan Norman
Jeff Bakalar
Curtis Lee
Robert Wilson
Michel Prince, CFA
Chuck LeMieux, CFA
Brian Horton
Jim Essert
Mohamed Basma, CFA
Mark Haak, CFA
Ted Haag
Jason Esplin
Stan Zou, CFA
Kelly Byrne
Josh Mahon
Joseph Laguna
Romain Catois
Kris Trocki

Structured Finance

Risk Management

Global High Yield

Money Market

Christine Hurtsellers, CFA

Katy Wojciechowski
Jeff Dutra

Justin McWhorter

Denis P. Jamison, CFA

Roseann G. McCarthy
Tim McCrady, CFA
Dave Goodson
Jake Lowery

Peter Guan, Ph.D.

Yingli Zhu, CFA

Tracy McCullough

Suresh Krishnamoorthy

Glenn Elsey, CFA, FSA, FRM

Peter-Paul Hoogbruin

Steve Kristofco

Xin Li, CFA CIPM

Gang Ma, CFA, FSA

Asher Proschansky

Steve Reisenauer

Jai Tanwar, CFA, FRM

Brad Taylor, CFA, FSA

Randall Parrish, CFA
Robert Stiles, CFA

A. Banu Elizondo

Scott A. Frost, CFA
Jeff Nicholson
Rick Cumberledge

David Yealy
Todd Bates, CFA
Aprille Johnson

Portfolio Specialists and Implementation

Emerging Markets

Managed Accounts

Chief of Staff

Cynthia Dempsey, CFA, CPA
Robert Kinsey

Albert "Bud" Hancock III
Sean Banai

Gorky Urquieta
Daniel Eustaquio

Victor Rodriguez

Marcelo Assalin

Ken Hessel, CFA

Richard Kilbride
Karen Cronk
Jeffrey Boundy
Robert Schonbrunn

Carlos Guillen

James Kauffmann
Head of Public Fixed Income

Jim Kauffmann is the Head of Public Fixed Income for ING Investment Management. Under his leadership assets managed by his group have grown to over $40 billion in over two dozen strategies that include hedge funds, currency overlay, and global bond funds. He is the portfolio manager for several of ING’s flagship funds. In 1996 he developed ING’s proprietary valuation algorithms, the investment methodology used to identify value in fixed income markets. Prior to joining ING in 1996, he was a Vice President and senior portfolio manager at Alfa Investments Inc. He began his career in 1986 in the capital markets securities group of Drexel Burnham Lambert where he was responsible for developing fixed income strategies for clients. Jim has over 22 years of investment experience and received his B.S. in industrial management from Purdue University and an M.B.A. from Harvard University. He is a frequent commentator for several news organizations, including “The Wall Street Journal,” “The Financial Times,” “Barron’s,” “Credit Magazine,” “Financial Advisor,” and is also a featured speaker at various industry conferences.

Tanweer Akram, Ph.D.

Senior Economist, Global Rates

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. He has eight years of professional experience in the U.S. and abroad. 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. Dr. Akram 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
Senior Financial Analyst, Structured Finance

Virna Allen is a senior financial analyst with the MBS and ABS team. She has 13 years of financial services experience. 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
Assistant Portfolio Manager, U.S. Credit

Cliff Andrus is an Assistant Portfolio Manager with five years investment experience, focusing on the management of 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 is a Chartered Financial Analyst Level III candidate.

Marcelo Assalin, CFA
Portfolio Manager, Emerging

Marcelo Assalin is a Portfolio Manager on the IIM 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. He earned a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration and Accounting from Universidade de Sao Paulo. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Sean Banai, CFA
Portfolio Manager, Risk Management

Sean Banai is a Portfolio Manager for ING Investment Management with 9 years of investment experience. 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. in actuarial science from Georgia State University and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

R. Vincent Baria, CFA
Manager, Risk Management

Vince Baria is Head of Proprietary Performance & Attribution for ING Investment Management and has 11 years of investment experience. He is responsible for performance measurement and attribution for Proprietary Fixed Income investments as well as external risk reporting. Prior to joining ING Investment Management in 2001, he held roles within quantitative credit risk management, capital markets, and large corporate lending for Wachovia Bank. Vince received both his B.E. in mechanical engineering and mathematics and M.B.A. in finance from Vanderbilt University. Vince holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Todd Bates, CFA
Portfolio Manager, Money Market

Todd Bates is a Portfolio Manager for ING Investment Management with 11 years of investment experience. 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. He received his B.A. in political science and certificate in market and management studies from Duke University. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Matt Brill
Portfolio Manager, U.S.Credit

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. He has six years of investment experience. 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
Assistant Vice President, Risk Management

Rao Casturi is an Assistant Vice President in Risk Management for ING Investment Management and has 6 years of investment experience. 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.

Paul Chen, CFA
Portfolio Manager, Structured Finance

Paul Chen joined ING in 2007 as a portfolio manager focusing on mortgage derivatives and other relative value opportunities. Paul came to ING from Prudential Financial where he was an analyst in their Portfolio Analysis Group, specializing in mortgages. Paul received a B.S. in Computer Science from the New Jersey Institute of Technology, an M.B.A. with distinction from NYU’s Stern School of Business and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Rick Cumberledge, CFA
Senior Credit Analyst, Global High Yield

Rick Cumberledge is a Senior Credit Analyst in ING Investment Management with 15 years of credit and investment experience. 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.

Chris Daniel, CFA

Portfolio Manager, U.S. Credit

Chris Daniel is a Portfolio Manager for ING Investment Management with seven years of investment experience. He is responsible for the investment-grade component of separately managed institutional accounts, mutual funds, and several proprietary portfolios. Prior to joining ING Investment Management, he was a portfolio manager with The Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System. Chris began his career with Juniper Securities. He received a B.S. in business administration from the University of Tennessee. Chris holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Cynthia Dempsey, CFA
Senior Portfolio Specialist

Cynthia Dempsey is a Senior Portfolio Specialist for ING Investment Management with over 15 years of investment experience, which includes designing and implementing client portfolios. Previously, Cynthia consulted to ERISA clients for Wachovia Bank (then First Union). Her earlier experience includes work as an analyst for both Goldman Sachs' Equity Division and Calibre Financial Securities, a boutique fixed income manager. She received a B.S. in accounting from the University of Alabama and is a Certified Public Accountant. She holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Chris Diaz, CFA
Senior Portfolio Manager, Global Rates

Chris Diaz heads the Global Rates group for ING Investment Management. He has over 10 years of investment experience. He is primarily responsible for the global sovereign debt and derivative component of ING Investment Management’s institutional, mutual fund and proprietary portfolios. Prior to joining ING Investment Management in 2000, Chris was a fixed income portfolio analyst for SunTrust Equitable Securities Corporation. He received a B.S. in finance from the University of South Carolina and an M.B.A. from Emory University. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Daniel Doyle, CFA
Senior Credit Analyst, Global High Yield

Daniel Doyle is Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager and Head of High Yield at ING Investment Management. He has 28 years of investment experience. He began his career as a commercial bank examiner with Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Prior to joining ING he was Director of US Credit, Portfolio Manager – High Yield at Henderson Global Investors, and Senior Vice President, Portfolio Manager – High Yield at Scudder. Daniel received a Bachelor of Science in finance and economics from Northern Illinois University, and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago. Daniel holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Jeff Dutra, CFA
Senior Portfolio Manager, Structured Finance

Jeff Dutra is Senior Portfolio Manager for ING Investment Management, primarily responsible for the mortgage-backed securities/collateralized mortgage obligation portfolios. He has over six years of investment experience. 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.

A. Banu Asik Elizondo
Senior Credit Analyst, Global High Yield

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. She has more than five years of investment experience. 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, and is a Level 2 candidate in the CFA Program.

Glenn Elsey, CFA, FSA, FRM
Vice President, Risk Management

Glenn Elsey manages a team of four investment professionals responsible for Risk Policy and Support. He has eight years of investment experience with ING Investment Management. Prior to joining ING Investment Management in 2001, he practiced for ten years as a life insurance pricing and financial modeling actuary for Royal and SunAlliance. Glenn received a B.S. in mathematics from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He is a Fellow with the Society of Actuaries, a GARP Financial Risk Manager, and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Daniel Eustaquio
Senior Portfolio Manager, Emerging Markets Debt

Daniel Eustaquio is a Senior Portfolio Manager for ING Investment Management (ING IM) with 21 years of investment experience. He joined the company in July 1998. As a member of the global emerging markets debt team, his responsibilities include research, trading and asset allocation for portfolios that invest in securities denominated in both hard and local currencies. In a prior role he managed the fixed income assets of the ING insurance subsidiaries in Argentina and Mexico. Before joining ING IM he was a Managing Director at DEKS Management, where he directed trading and research operations of a currency fund. Previously, while at Banco Rio de la Plata (since acquired by Santander), he traded emerging market debt, managed proprietary positions and carried out corporate finance activities. Daniel received an M.B.A. from Northwestern University (Kellogg) in 1987.

Karen Fife
Analyst, Risk Management

Karen Fife joined ING Investment Management in 1998 and is responsible for total return analysis for institutional clients as well as the proprietary fixed income insurance portfolios. Before joining ING Investment Management, she worked for Southern Company as a senior financial representative where she was responsible for supporting the southeast’s largest electric utility companies in developing long-range strategic planning cases, annual budgets and special projects.

Scott Frost, CFA
Senior Credit Analyst, Global High Yield

Scott Frost is a Senior Credit Analyst for ING Investment Management with over 14 years of investment experience including nine years experience in high yield. 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. Scott received a B.S. in business administration from Bowling Green with honors and M.S.I.A. from Carnegie Mellon University. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Dave Goodson
Portfolio Manager, Structured Finance

Dave Goodson is the Portfolio Manager for ING’s non-agency mortgage and ABS investment portfolios. He brings 12 years of experience, including the last 6 years with ING. 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.

Ed Groote, CFA
Structured Finance

Ed Groote joined the Interest Sensitive Asset Department January 2004. Ed has over 10 years of investment experience and over 16 years of financial services experience. Prior to joining the Interest Sensitive Asset Department 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.
Senior Portfolio Manager, Structured Finance

Peter Guan has been with ING for four years as a senior portfolio manager of Interest Sensitive Assets. Peter was most recently with Citigroup Alternative Investments in New York, where he initiated a managed product platform for mortgage-backed investments. Previously, Peter worked at the Clinton Group, a New York based hedge fund, where he traded mortgage derivatives and other mortgage products. Peter has a Ph.D. in applied math from the University of South Florida, was a tenured professor at the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire, and has a masters degree in computational finance from Carnegie Mellon. Peter was born in China and is fluent in Mandarin Chinese.

Ken Haim
Senior Portfolio Manager, Structured Finance

Ken Haim recently joined ING as a senior portfolio manager focusing on mortgage derivatives and other relative value opportunities. Most recently, he was head of Agency CMO Trading at Countrywide where he was responsible for all aspects of primary and secondary trading. Prior to that, Ken spent 10 years as a Senior CMO trader at Salomon Brothers/Citigroup. Earlier in his career, Ken developed Bloomberg’s CMO Analytic tool, currently the industry standard. Ken has a B.A. in Math from Wesleyan University and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of Business.

Albert E. Hancock
Senior Portfolio Specialist and Head of Stable Value

Bud Hancock is a Senior Portfolio Specialist and Head of Stable Value for ING Investment Management. He has over 20 years of investment experience. Prior to his current role, Bud was head of product development. Before joining ING Investment Management in 1997, he was head of fixed income at Banque Indosuez. Earlier, he was with Westdeutsche Landesbank with various capital market responsibilities. He began his career at Manufacturer's Hanover Bank. 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.

Ken Hessel, CFA
Senior Analyst, Emerging Markets

Ken is a Senior Analyst on the Global Emerging Markets Debt team with 12 years of investment experience. He focuses on non-sovereign fixed income investments within emerging markets. Prior to joining Global EMD, he was responsible for bank, finance and broker credit research for ING’s Proprietary Fixed Income group. Before joining ING Investment Management in 2004, Ken covered bank and finance companies as a Research Analyst and Vice President at Trusco Capital Management in Atlanta. Ken holds a B.B.A. in Finance from the University of Georgia and an M.B.A. from Goizueta Business School of Emory University. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Andrew Higley, CFA

Derivative Portfolio Manager, Global Rates

Andrew Higley is a Derivative Portfolio Manager for ING Investment Management with 6 years of investment experience. 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. 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

Vice President, Market and Credit Risk Analysis, Risk Management

Peter-Paul Hoogbruin is responsible for the credit risk management of Fixed Income and Proprietary Investments. He has 16 years of investment experience. 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.

Christine Hurtsellers, CFA

Senior Vice President, Structured Finance

Christine Hurtsellers is Senior Vice President and leads the Mortgage and Asset-backed Securities Team for ING Investment Management. She joined ING Investment Management in 2005 and has 21 years of investment experience. Christine has extensive mortgage portfolio management experience, most notably at Freddie Mac, where she managed ARM, MBS, CMO and mortgage derivatives portfolios. She also managed portfolios for Alliance Capital Management and Banc One. Christine received her undergraduate degree from Indiana University, and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Michael Hyman

Senior Vice President, U.S. Credit

Mike Hyman is a Senior Portfolio Manager for ING Investment Management with 16 years of investment experience. 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 Your University Stern School of Business.

Greg Jacobs, CFA
Senior Portfolio Manager, U.S. Credit

Greg Jacobs is a Senior Portfolio Manager with ING Investment Management’s investment grade team. He has over 14 years of investment experience. Prior to joining ING Investment Management in 1998, Greg was an associate portfolio manager at Equitable Investment Services. He received a B.A. in economics from Depauw University and an M.B.A. from the University of Illinois. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Denis P. Jamison
Portfolio Manager, Structured Finance

Denis P. Jamison is a Portfolio Manager for ING Investment Management and is responsible for GNMA portfolio management. He has over 35 years of investment experience. Prior to joining ING in 2000, he was senior vice president and director of fixed income investment strategy at Lexington Mutual Funds were he managed several Funds. Before Lexington, Denis spent nine years at Value Line, Inc, an investment counseling and financial services organization. At Value Line he managed the Value Line Cash Fund and the Value Line Bond Fund. He is a graduate of the City College of New York where he received a B.A. degree in economics. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Aprille Johnson
Portfolio Manager, Money Market

Aprille Johnson is a Portfolio Manager with ING Investment Management. She has over 18 years of investment experience. 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.

Robert Kase, CFA
Portfolio Manager, Portfolio Specialists and Implementation

Bob Kase is co-lead portfolio manager for Proprietary Investments Investment Grade credit. He has 24 years investment experience. Prior to 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. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst Designation.

Anil Katarya, CFA
Senior Portfolio Manager, U.S. Credit

Anil Katarya is a Senior Portfolio Manager with ING Investment Management’s investment grade team. He has over 10 years of investment experience. 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
Portfolio Manager, U.S. Credit

Travis King is a Portfolio Manager with seven years of investment experience. He is responsible for the investment-grade component of separately managed institutional accounts, mutual funds, and several proprietary portfolios. Prior to joining ING Investment Management 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.

Robert Kinsey
Senior Portfolio Manager, Fixed Income

Rob Kinsey is Senior Portfolio Specialist for ING Investment Management’s fixed income strategies. He has over 28 years of investment experience. Prior to joining ING Investment Management in 2003, he was a senior fixed income portfolio manager with ING Funds. Before joining ING Funds in 1999, Rob managed total return fixed income portfolios for Federated Investors, Harris Investment Management, and First City in Houston. He began his career as an account executive at Smith Barney, Harris Upham & Co. He received a B.A. from Stanford and an M.B.A. from UCLA.

Corinne Krincek, CFA
Credit Analyst, U.S. Credit

Corinne Krincek is a Credit Analyst on the investment grade fixed income research team and has 12 years experience in the investment industry. She is responsible for research in the telecom, media, and technology sectors. Prior to joining ING Investment Management in June 2006, she held various positions at Moody’s Investor’s Service. For three years, she maintained credit ratings for telecommunication companies, proformed industry research, and monitored changes in credit quality. Prior to that, she was a market research associate focused on syndicated loan ratings. Her experience also includes three years at Mizuho in the Syndication Department supporting primary and secondary trading activity, as well as coordinating credit derivative transactions and four years as an economist at the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis. 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. She has also received the Moody’s Corporate Credit Training Certification.

Kurt Kringelis, CFA
Senior Portfolio Manager, U.S. Credit

Kurt Kringelis is a Senior Portfolio Manager with ING Investment Management’s credit alpha team. He has over 13 years of investment experience involving investment grade and high yield securities. Prior to joining ING Investment Management in 1998, 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.

Suresh Krishnamoorthy
Vice President and Chief Risk Officer, Risk Management

Suresh is the Chief Risk Officer for Fixed Income at ING Investment Management, responsible for risk management of the fixed income assets of the ING insurance companies and Third Party Accounts in the U.S. as well as the assets under management in Latin America and Canada. Suresh has over 20 years of industry experience, spanning information technology, financial markets, and risk management. Prior to ING, Suresh was the Head of Fixed Income Risk at GE Asset Management where he was responsible for insurance and pension assets. Previously he was the Senior Risk Manager for a credit card portfolio at GE Capital. Before joining GE, he was a senior consultant in the risk strategy practice at KPMG in New York. Suresh has a Bachelors Degree in engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India, and an M.B.A. from the Stern School of Business, New York University.

Stephen Kristofco, EA
Risk Analyst, Risk Management

Steve is a Risk Analyst for ING Investment Management, with 2 years of investment experience. He is a member of a team responsible for providing cash flow projections for USFS and producing various risk reports. Prior to joining ING Investment Management in 2006, he was a consultant with Clark Consulting, where he worked with clients on retirement plan issues. Stephen received a Bachelor’s Degree in mathematics from the University of Pittsburgh and a Master of Science in risk management and insurance from Georgia State University. He holds the Enrolled Actuary designation.

Xin Li, CFA, CIPM
Senior Performance Analyst, Risk Management

Xin Li is a senior performance analyst for ING Investment Management, and has eight years of investment experience. He is responsible for the Proprietary Investments performance measurement. Prior to joining ING Investment Management in 2001, he was a senior associate with Azurix. Xin Li began his career with CB Richard Ellis in 1998. He received his B.A. from Renmin University of China, and his M.S. in finance from Texas A&M University. Xin Li holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and the CIPM certificate.

Jake Lowery
Analyst, Structured Finance

Jake Lowery is an analyst on the mortgage credit team for ING Investment Management (ING IM) and has three years of investment experience. Jake is responsible for analysis of non-mortgage ABS, including autos, credit cards, and student loans. In addition, he assists in analysis of non-agency MBS and subprime mortgage ABS. Prior to this role, Jake served ING IM as an analyst on the investment grade credit team from 2006 to 2008, after first joining the firm as an intern in the summers of 2004 and 2005. He graduated from Vanderbilt University with honors in economics, and has passed all three exams in the Chartered Financial Analyst program.

Gang Ma, Ph.D., CFA, FSA
Vice President, Risk Management

Gang Ma is a Vice President for Market and Credit Risk Analysis, with 8 years of investment experience. He is responsible for market and credit risk analysis for fixed income and proprietary investments. Prior to joining ING Investment Management in 2004, he was a director of risk management with AEGON Institutional Markets. Gang began his career with Principal Financial Group as an actuarial assistant. He received a B.S. in mathematics from Jilin University in China, and both a Ph.D. in mathematics and an M.S. in statistics from Cornell University. Gang is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Jun Ma, CFA

Senior Associate, Risk Management

Jun Ma is a Senior Associate for ING Investment Management with 11 years of investment experience. He is responsible for Fixed-Income portfolio Market Risk and Credit Risk analysis. Jun Ma 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 Ma holds the Chartered Financial analyst designation.

Raj Makhija

Quantitative Analyst, Quantitative Research and Risk Management

Raj Makhija is an Quantitative Analyst for the quantitative research team of ING Investment Management. He has three years of investment experience and is primarily responsible for the development of proprietary relative value trading tools for corporates and structured credit products. Prior to joining ING Investment Management in May 2005, 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.

Jose Marquez
Portfolio Manager, U.S. Credit

Jose Marquez is a Portfolio Manager responsible for managing ING Investment Management’s synthetic CDO portfolios. Prior to joining ING Investment Management in September 2007, he worked for Deerfield Capital Management as a Portfolio Manager/Quantitative Analyst, where among other things he was responsible for managing synthetic CDO tranches. Jose was also involved with the quantitative analysis and development of a credit derivatives product company. His previous experience includes positions at ABN AMRO Bank and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange in the area of quantitative risk management. Jose received an M.B.A. from the University of Miami and a M.S. in financial mathematics from the University of Chicago.

Michael Mata
Head of Quantitative Research and Portfolio Analytics

Michael Mata is Head of Quantitative Research and Portfolio Analytics for the ING Investment Management fixed income group, responsible for the design and development of risk models and their application in the portfolio construction process. Michael has over 18 years of experience. 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. He received a B.S. in finance from Florida International University and an M.B.A. from DePaul University.

Roseann McCarthy
Portfolio Manager, Structured Finance

Roseann McCarthy is a Portfolio Manager for ING Investment Management responsible for the management of the ING GNMA Income Fund. She has over 10 years of investment experience. Prior to joining ING Investment Management in 2000, Roseann held similar responsibilities at Lexington Mutual Funds. She received a B.A. from Hofstra University and an M.B.A. from Seton Hall University.

Tim McCrady, CFA
Portfolio Manager, Structured Finance

Tim McCrady is a Portfolio Manager for ING Investment Management and has 17 years of investment experience. 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.

Tracey McCullough, CFA
Structured Finance

Tracy McCullough has been in the Interest Sensitive Asset group for 12 years. She oversees the financial reporting team within the Interest Sensitive Assets group. Before joining ING, Tracy worked for MetLife in their Financial Reporting unit. Tracy has a B.B.A. in Finance from Georgia State University and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Justin McWhorter, CFA, CPA
Senior Analyst, Structured Finance

Justin McWhorter is a Senior Analyst for the mortgage-backed securities/collateralized mortgage obligation portfolios. Justin joined ING in 2001 as a securities accountant and transferred to investment management in 2003 as an analyst. Justin received his Master's in Accountancy from the University of Georgia, and holds both Chartered Financial Analyst and Certified Public Accountant designations.

Kevin Moose
Derivatives Trader, Global Rates

Kevin Moose is a derivatives trader for ING Investment Management’s Global Rates group. He has nine years of investment experience. Since joining ING Investment Management 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.

Tian Mu
Senior Risk Analyst, Risk Management

Tian Mu is a Senior Risk Analyst for interest rate risk management. He has two years of investment experience. Prior to joining ING Investment Management in 2007, his experience included research and development in various industries. Tian received a B.S. in Physics from Zhejiang University and an M.S. in Mathematical Risk Management from Georgia State University.

Ali-Antoun Nakhle
Portfolio Construction Specialist, Quantitative Research and Portfolio Analytics

Ali-Antoun Nakhle is a Portfolio Construction Specialist for ING Investment Management with eight years of investment experience. Prior to joining ING in March 2007, he was a risk and performance analyst for fixed income portfolios at Putnam Investments. Prior to that, he was a consultant in the risk management division of California Public Employees' Retirement System. He began his career at Accenture as a junior analyst. He received a B.S. and M.S. degree in electrical and communications engineering from the Ecole Centrale Paris. He also received a M.S. degree from Stanford University. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Jeff Nicholson
Senior Credit Analyst, Global High Yield

Jeff Nicholson is a Senior Credit Analyst for ING Investment Management’s high yield fixed income research team covering the metal, paper, energy, mining, packaging and transportation sectors. He has nine years of investment experience. Prior to joining ING Investment Management in 2001, he was a high yield analyst at PNC Capital. Jeff received a B.S. in management from West Virginia Wesleyan College and an M.B.A. from Pennsylvania State University.

Randall Parrish, CFA
Portfolio Manager, Global High Yield

Randall Parrish is a High Yield Portfolio Manager with ING Investment Management and has over 18 years of investment and related experience. For the past 2 years, Randy has been a portfolio manager on the high yield team. 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.

Ripal Patel
Assistant Portfolio Manager, Structured Finance

Ripal Patel is an Assistant Portfolio Manager for the Non-mortgage ABS and Credit RMBS Portfolio. She joined ING Investment Management in June 2004 as an Analyst for the CMBS and Structured Credit Portfolio. She has more than four years of investment experience. Ripal graduated from Goizueta Business School of Emory University with Bachelors Degree in Business Administration. Ripal is a Chartered Financial Analyst Level III Candidate.

Spencer Phua, CFA
Senior Credit Analyst, U.S. Credit

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.

Stephen Pounds
Quantitative Analyst, Quantitative Research

Stephen Pounds is a Quantitative Analyst with ING Investment Management, working in Risk Management Canada & Latin America, and Quantitative Research for Proprietary Investments. He joined ING Investment Management in 2006 and has 2 years investment experience. Stephen received a B.S. in applied mathematics and a M.S. in quantitative and computational finance from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Asher Proschansky
Senior Risk Analyst, Risk Management

Asher Proschansky is a senior risk analyst for ING Investment Management, and has 27 years of investment experience. 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
Senior Credit Analyst, U.S. Credit

J.D. Rieber is a Senior Credit Analyst for ING Investment Management with over seven years of investment experience. He is a member of the investment grade fixed income research team, covering the healthcare, basic industrial, capital goods, transportation 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.

Steve Reisenauer, CLU, ChFC, FLMI
Assistant Vice President, Risk Management

Steve Reisenauer is an Assistant Vice President for ING Investment Management, with 16 years of investment experience. He is responsible for Interest Rate Risk Management. Prior to joining ING Investment Management in 1995, he was a senior consultant with Magnus Software Inc. He began his career with Time Insurance in the information technology area. Steve received his M.B.A. from Coles College of Business, and holds the CLU, ChFC, and FLMI designations.

Victor Rodriquez
Portfolio Manager, Emerging Markets

Victor is a Portfolio Manager in ING Investment Management with over 20 years of experience in emerging markets corporate and investment banking and fixed income investing. He joined ING in 2003 and has managed investments in publicly and privately traded, non-sovereign emerging markets bonds. Prior to joining ING, Victor was with GMA Partners (a boutique investment banking firm in Atlanta), the Corporate Finance Private Placements Group of Wachovia Securities, and Prudential Capital (the private placement arm of The Prudential Insurance Company). Victor received an A.B. from Cornell University and his M.B.A. from Emory University where he was a Woodruff Scholar. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Anthony Routh
Analyst, Structured Finance

Anthony Routh is an Analyst for ING Investment Management with two years of investment experience. He is a member of the Non-Agency MBS trading desk. Prior to joining ING Investment Management in January of 2007, he completed internships at ING Americas and Smith Barney, Citigroup. Anthony holds a B.B.A. in Finance from the University of Georgia.

Todd Schomberg, CFA
Portfolio Manager, U.S. Credit

Todd Schomberg is a Portfolio Manager for ING Investment Management's investment grade team. He has 7 years of investment experience. 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.

Shannon Servaes, CFA
Senior Portfolio Manager, U.S. Credit

Shannon Servaes is a Senior Portfolio Manager, Investment Grade and Structured Credit. He co-manages the proprietary investment grade and structured credit portfolios as well as the credit research team. Prior to joining ING Investment Management in 2004, he worked at Strong Capital Management and Duff and Phelps Credit Rating Company. Shannon began his career at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, as a bank examiner. He earned a B.S. in economics from Baker University and an M.B.A. from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University. Shannon is also a Certified Public Accountant and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Robert Stiles, CFA
Senior Credit Analyst, Global High Yield

Robert Stiles is a Senior Credit Analyst with ING Investment Management and has eight years of 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.

Sarah Sullivan, CFA
Derivatives Analyst, Global Rates

Sarah Sullivan is a Derivatives Analyst for ING Investment Management. She has eight years of investment experience. Prior to joining the Derivatives team, she worked in Client Relations and Portfolio Management as a Portfolio Manager. Sarah began her career with ING Americas in 1999 as an Asset Liability Analyst. She received a Bachelors Degree in Industrial Engineering from The Georgia Institute of Technology. Sarah holds the holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Jai Tanwar, CFA, FRM
Senior Risk Analyst, Risk Management

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.

Tao Tang, CFA
Quantitative Analyst, Structured Finance

Tao Tang is a Quantitative Analyst on the MBS & ABS team, providing portfolio analytics, performance attribution, scenario analysis, and other quantitative support, specializing in structured products such as ABS and CMBS. He ha