JDVVX - Managers
David J. Pyle
Manager
Mr. Pyle is a portfolio manager for Boston Partners Large Cap Value portfolios. Prior to assuming this role, he was a research analyst covering the utility, insurance, leisure & lodging, packaging, publishing, and computer equipment & services sectors. Mr. Pyle joined the firm from State Street Research where he was a research analyst and associate portfolio manager in their equity value group. Prior to that, he spent five years with Price Waterhouse. Mr. Pyle holds a B.S. degree in business administration from California State University, Chico, and an M.B.A. degree from the Kenan-Flagler School of Business at the University of North Carolina. Mr. Pyle holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation. He has twenty-three years of investment experience.
Mark E. Donovan
Manager
Mr. Donovan Is Co-Chief Executive Officer of Boston Partners and lead portfolio
manager for BP Large Cap Value Portfolios. He is responsible for strategic and tactical operating decisions affecting the firm. He was one of the founding partners of Boston Partners Asset Managment in 1995. He joined the firm from The Boston Company where he was Senior Vice President and equity portfolio manager. He also spent five years as a consulting associate with Kaplan, Smith & Associates, and two years as a securities analyst for Value Line Inc. Mr Donovan holds a BS degree in management from Renssealer Polytechnic Institute. He Holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. He has thirty-seven years of investment experience.
David T. Cohen
Manager
Mr. Cohen is a portfolio manager for the Boston Partners
Large Cap Value strategy. Previous experience includes
managing a portion of the Boston Partners Long/Short
Research strategy and as an equity analyst specializing
in the energy sector as well as the engineering &
construction, and metals & mining industries. He has
deep experience analyzing and understanding capital
intensive commodity oriented businesses. He joined
the firm from Loomis Sayles where he had over 8 years
of experience as a portfolio manager for their Research
Fund, as well as running a global energy hedge fund. As
an equity analyst he covered the energy, materials, and
industrials sectors. Prior to joining Loomis Sayles, Mr.
Cohen was in consultant relations at MFS Investment
Management. He received a B.A. degree from the
University of Michigan and his M.S. in Finance from
Brandeis University. He holds the Chartered Financial
Analyst® designation. He has fourteen years of
experience.
Stephanie McGirr
Manager
Ms. McGirr is a portfolio manager for the Boston Partners
Large Cap Value strategy. Previous experience includes
managing a portion of the Boston Partners Long/Short
Research strategy and as a fundamental equity analyst
specializing in the health care services, insurance,
restaurant, retail, and apparel industries. Over the course
of her tenure at Boston Partners, Stephanie also covered
the consumer staples and business services industries.
She started with Boston Partners in 2002 as a research
and quantitative assistant in the firm’s research group.
She joined the firm from Arthur Andersen where she was
an operations associate. Ms. McGirr holds a bachelor's
degree in English from Colgate University. She has
sixteen years of experience.
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