General Investing >> Money Manager Interviews >> April 19, 2004
JOSEPH C. FORD is a Senior Vice President and director of Institutional
Funds Management for SouthTrust Asset Management Company. He brings
more than 24 years experience to the management of SouthTrust Growth
Fund. Mr. Ford has been a member of the SouthTrust investment team
since 1995. Previously, he was Senior Vice President and Senior
Portfolio Manager at SunBank Capital Management in Orlando, Florida from
1983 to 1995. For the period 1979 to 1983, Mr. Ford was Assistant Vice
President and Trust Investment Officer for Virginia National Bankshares,
Inc. in Norfolk, Virginia. He earned a BA degree in Economics from
Belmont Abbey College in Belmont, North Carolina. Profile
GRADY C. TABOR is a Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager for
SouthTrust Asset Management Company. He joined the firm in 2001 and is
Co-Manager of the SouthTrust Growth Fund. Mr. Tabor joined SouthTrust
in 2001 from Raymond James Services, Memphis, Tennessee. He earned a BS
degree in Finance from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and an MS
degree in Finance from the University of Memphis. Mr. Tabor earned his
Chartered Financial Analyst Designation in September of 2000. Profile
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Mr. Ford: SouthTrust Asset Management is the investment management arm
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