General Investing >> Money Manager Interviews >> September 21, 1998
MICHAEL G. MAYFIELD is the Managing Director with Santa Barbara Asset
Management, an investment counseling firm. He joined the company from
New York in January 1995. Immediately prior to joining the SBAM, Mr.
Mayfield was with NatWest Markets, where he led the structuring and
initial funding for The Scudder Latin American Trust for Independent
Power, now known as Latin Power. Latin Power is an investment trust
managed by Scudder, Stevens & Clark to develop and finance the
generation of electric power in Latin America and the Caribbean. It was
deeply involved in financing the first purely independent power
production facility in Latin America. Mr. Mayfield also was with Drexel
Burnham Lambert where he founded and managed Drexel's Special Equity
Transaction Department. He earned a BS in Business
Administration/Finance & Business Economics from the University of
Southern California in 1984. Profile
TWST: Won't you tell us about the investment approach and the investmentphilosophy at Santa Barbara Asset Management?
Mr. Mayfield: Certainly. Our approach is bottom-up, fundamental