General Investing >> Money Manager Interviews >> April 11, 2005

G.HERR / I.KRUTOV / E.WALCZAK – VONTOBEL ASSET MANAGEMENT INC

IGOR KRUTOV joined Vontobel Asset Management, Inc., in 2002 as a research analyst in the US Value Equity Group and is a Vice President of the firm. Prior to joining Vontobel, he worked for seven years at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. as an associate portfolio manager and research associate in the equity research strategy group. He has his Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from New York University and an MBA in Finance from the Leonard Stern School of Business at New York University. Profile
GREGORY HERR, CFA, joined Vontobel Asset Management, Inc., in 2003 and is a research analyst in the US Value Equity Group. He spent seven years as a Vice President in Institutional Equity Sales at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. He also worked at Bankers Trust Company as an Assistant Treasurer in the Latin American Merchant Bank. He has previous experience as an equity research analyst (Geewax, Terker and Co.). He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History from Colgate University. Profile
EDWIN WALCZAK is a Senior Portfolio Manager in the US Value Equity Group at Vontobel Asset Management, Inc., and holds the titles of Managing Director and Senior Vice President. He joined Vontobel Asset Management, Inc. in 1988. His prior experience includes working as a Financial Analyst with Ford Motor Company and General Motors Corporation, an institutional salesman with Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. and an institutional portfolio manager with Lazard Freres Asset Management. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Colby College, his Master's degree in International Politics and Economics from Columbia University and an MBA in Finance from Columbia University. Profile
TWST: Would you give us a brief overview of Vontobel Asset Management

and what you do there?

Mr. Walczak: Vontobel Asset Management has been in New York since 1984,

and I've been with the firm