General Investing >> Money Manager Interviews >> May 24, 2004

R.DRAKE / B.MYSZKOWSKI – ABN AMRO ASSET MANAGEMENT

RICHARD S. DRAKE is a Senior Managing Director, Director of Equity Research and Portfolio Manager with ABN AMRO Asset Management. Mr. Drake began his career as an Equity Analyst in 1983. In addition to more than 11 years with the firm, Mr. Drake was a Senior Vice President with Duff & Phelps Investment Management and a Vice President and Senior Research Analyst with Society Asset Management/KeyCorp. Mr. Drake earned his BBA from the University of Cincinnati and an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst. Profile
BERNARD F. MYSZKOWSKI is Executive Vice President and Director of Equity Investments for ABN AMRO Asset Management. He began his career with the firm as an Equity Analyst in 1969 and has managed equity and balanced portfolios for the company's institutional and private family clients, as well as the company's equity and balanced mutual funds. Mr. Myszkowski received the 'InData Top Performer: Taft-Hartley Balanced Universe' award three times. He earned a BS degree from DePaul University and an MBA from Northwestern University. Mr. Myszkowski is a member of the Association for Investment Management and Research and the Investment Analyst Society of Chicago. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst. Profile
TWST: Can you begin with a brief overview of ABN AMRO Asset Management,

Inc., your responsibilities, and the Growth Fund that you both manage?

Mr. Myszkowski: We are owned by ABN AMRO, the