General Investing >> Money Manager Interviews >> May 31, 2004
ROBERT G. MILLEN joined Jensen Investment Management, Inc., in 2000 and
currently serves as Principal and Director of Jensen Investment
Management and Secretary of The Jensen Portfolio. He is also a
Portfolio Manager within the firm's Investment Committee. Mr. Millen's
management experience includes banking, financial services and
investment management. Previously, he managed a retirement product
business as Vice President of Principal Financial Group (1997-2000), a
large retirement services company. Mr. Millen served as Group Vice
President for Wellmark Inc. (1990-1997) with responsibility for
financial services and their $1 billion investment portfolio. He was
President of First Interstate Bank NA in Des Moines, Iowa, (1981-1990)
and previously held senior management positions at Iowa-Des Moines
National Bank. In addition to leading key business operations during his
career, Mr. Millen has managed start up operations and directed merger
and acquisition activity. He earned a degree in Finance from the
University of Iowa and is a graduate of the Stonier Graduate School of
Banking, Rutgers University and is a graduate of executive management
programs at the University of Michigan and Babson College where he
earned an LLIF. Mr. Millen has served on the Boards of several civic
and community organizations, including Rotary Club, Young President's
Organization, Iowa College Aid Commission and the Executive Committees
of the Des Moines Chamber of Commerce and the Civic Center of Greater
Des Moines. Profile
Portfolio.
Mr. Millen: Jensen Investment Management began in 1988 as an advisor to
high net worth clients. We believed then, as
