Mr. Campbell, CFA, has over five years of experience in investment and financial analysis. Prior to joining NFJ Investment Group in 2007, Mr. Campbell attended Harvard Business School, where he received an MBA. Before business school, Mr. Campbell worked as an investment banking analyst for Lazard and Merrill Lynch. He received his BBA degree in Finance from the University of Texas in 2003.

Ben Fischer, CFA, is Managing Director and Portfolio Manager of NFJ Investment Group. A founding partner of NFJ, Mr. Fischer's experience in research and portfolio management in the value sector began in 1966.  He has held positions as Chief Investment Officer - Institutional and Fixed Income, Senior Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager at NationsBank (successor organization to NCNB Texas & First RepublicBank), which he joined in 1971. Before joining RepublicBank, Mr. Fischer was a securities analyst at Chase Manhattan Bank and at Clark Dodge. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst with a B.A. in economics and a J.D. from Oklahoma University, and an M.B.A. from New York University.

Paul A. Magnuson is a Managing Director at NFJ. He is a Portfolio Manager with over 20 years' experience in equity analysis and portfolio management. Prior to joining NFJ in 1992, he was an Assistant Vice President at NationsBank, which he joined in 1985. Within the Trust Investment Qualitative Services Division of NationsBank, he was responsible for equity analytics and structured fund management.

R. Burns McKinney is a Portfolio Manager with 12 years of experience in equity research and financial analysis. Prior to joining NFJ in 2006, he worked as an equity research analyst at Evergreen Investments, where he covered the energy sector. He has also worked in investment banking, as an analyst for Alex.Brown & Sons, Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch, where he was a Vice President of equity research. Burns holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a B.A. from Dartmouth College. He is a CFA charterholder.

Thomas W. Oliver, CFA and CPA, is a Portfolio Manager at NFJ with over 8 years' experience in accounting, reporting and financial analysis. Prior to joining NFJ in 2005, he was a manager of corporate reporting at Perot Systems Corporation, which he joined in 1999. Prior to joining Perot Systems Corporation, Mr. Oliver was an auditor with Deloitte & Touche.

Jeffrey Partenheimer, CFA and CPA, is a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager at NFJ Investment Group.  His experience in financial analysis, portfolio management and large corporate finance began in 1985. Prior to joining NFJ in 1999, he spent 10 years in commercial banking, 8 of which he devoted to managing investment portfolios. Before this, he spent four years as Treasury Director for DSC Communications in Plano, Texas. He began his career as a Financial Analyst with First City Bank of Dallas in 1985. Mr. Partenheimer earned his B.B.A. from the University of Texas and his M.S. in finance from Texas Tech University.