Stephen Ham, CFA

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SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Equity Portfolio Manager and Analyst with MBA, CFA and extensive experience making investment decisions

for various multi-billion dollar portfolios, including mutual funds, pensions and endowments. Significant

experience developing investment strategies and evaluating companies in multiple industries with a bottom-up

fundamental style of investment. Personally evaluated stocks in the following sectors: Financials, Consumer

Discretionary and Staples, Energy, Basic Materials and REIT’s; directed stock selection in all other sectors

covered by equity investment team. Built and managed a solid team with a track record of outperforming

investment results. Forward looking and focused with strong multi-tasking and team building skills.

EXPERIENCE

Bloomberg Research, 2011-2012 Princeton, NJ

Equity Analyst

Provided research to help investors evaluate Property & Casualty Insurance, Reinsurance and Life Insurance

stocks and related securities.

• Analyzed Insurance industry trends and profitability using extensive data sources; c reated and

maintained comprehensive industry research, analysis and proprietary data sets for over 60

companies.

• Served as main point of contact for Insurance industry for Bloomberg’s client base and internal

departments.

• Established and maintained extensive contacts with Insurance company management and industry

sources that resulted in information essential to evaluating the Insurance industry.

First Investors Management, 2008-2009 New York, NY

Equity Portfolio Manager

Developed investment recommendations for companies in the Financials, REIT’s and Consumer Staples sectors

and supported various portfolio strategies for Large and Mid Cap equity mutual fund portfolios totaling $4B.

• Contributed to First Investor Management’s 2008 investment outperformance (up 4% vs. the S&P

500; investment performance ranked #10 of the 59 largest equity mutual fund companies in 2008:

Barron’s - January 31, 2009). Firm was sold in 2010.

• The Financials and Consumer Staples sectors’ performance beat their benchmarks by 2.4% and

1.1%, respectively, during 2008.

• Evaluated numerous potential equity investments resulting in 26 new stock ideas over 16 months,

each with detailed investment reports including financial and valuation models.

• Recommended new stock ideas outperformed benchmark by an average 7% during 2008/2009.

• Established and maintained extensive contacts with company management, industry sources and

sell-side analysts, leading to critical information for evaluating potential equity investments.

Standard & Poor’s, 2007-2008 New

York, NY

Equity Analyst

Evaluated companies in the Oil Services, MLP Pipeline, Refining and Alternative Energy industries and

prepared detailed investment reports including financial and valuation models.

• Outperformed Energy sector benchmark by 12% in 2007 while developing investment

recommendations for companies in the Energy sector.

• Developed beneficial relationships with company management and industry sources that resulted in

information essential to evaluating the Energy sector.

The Pension Boards, 1996-2006 New York, NY

Senior Equity Portfolio Manager

Managed a $1.2 billion portfolio of Large and Mid Cap equities, part of a $3.5 billion pension plan and

endowment.

• Outperformed benchmarks (5% above S&P 500; 15% above Russell Top 200) over 10 years with

outperformance in 7 of 10 years.

• Created and maintained valuation models to screen and identify undervalued equities.

• Developed, executed and evaluated overall portfolio investment strategies.

• Built and managed a solid equity investment team with a bottom-up fundamental style of

investment. Responsible for ensuring the quality and accuracy of their investment

recommendations.

• Personally evaluated stocks in the following sectors: Financials, Consumer Discretionary and

Staples, Energy, Basic Materials and REIT’s; directed stock selection in all other sectors covered by

equity investment team.

Rodman & Renshaw/Mabon Securities, 1993-1996 New York, NY

Equity Analyst

Developed investment recommendations for companies in the Retailing sector as a sell-side analyst, resulting in

outperforming returns for recommended stocks.

• Evaluated companies in the Department Store and Specialty Retailing industries and produced

detailed investment reports.

• Established and maintained extensive contacts with company management, industry sources,

institutional sales force and clients.

Kidder Peabody, 1990-1993 New York, NY

Equity Analyst

Developed investment recommendations for companies in the Financials sector for equity portfolios totaling $5

billion and supported various portfolio strategies.

• Recommended specific stock investments and prepared investment reports and detailed financial

and valuation models.

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA

Charlottesville, VA

Darden Graduate School of Business Administration

MBA – Finance and Accounting

School of Engineering and Applied Science

BS – Mechanical Engineering

CERTIFICATION

Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)

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