General Investing >> Money Manager Interviews >> April 5, 2004

J.APPLEBY / K.KO – C.H.DEAN INVESTMENT ASSOCIATES INC

KELLY R. KO is Portfolio Manager of the Small Cap Value, Large Cap Value and Multi-Cap Value portfolios and co-Manager of the Dean Small Cap Value Fund for Dean Investments. He joined the firm in 2004 and has over 18 years of prior investment experience, including portfolio management responsibilities at Nicholas-Applegate, managing over $650 million in large and small cap institutional value portfolios, and over $600 million of all cap value pension assets as a member of the Hughes Investment Management Value Team. Mr. Ko earned a BS degree from the University of Southern California and an MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University. Profile
JOHN A. APPLEBY is Portfolio Manager of the Small Cap Value and Multi- Cap Value portfolios and co-Manager of the Dean Small Cap Value Fund for Dean Investment Associates. He joined the firm in 2002 and has over 18 years of prior investment experience, including senior portfolio management responsibilities at City National Investment Advisors, overseeing the investment process, equity analysis and portfolio management for $300 million in assets; and at Palley Needelman Asset Management, managing over $5 billion in large cap value assets. Mr. Appleby earned BS and MBA degrees from the University of Southern California. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst. Profile
TWST: Please give us an overview of C.H. Dean Investment Associates,

Inc., and your responsibilities there.

Mr. Appleby: We are an opportunistic value investor utilizing the vast

spectrum of