Small-Mid Cap Investment Committee

Chris Duncan, CFA
Senior Analyst

• Experience
• Current Responsibilities
• Analyst responsibilities on the Basic Materials Research Team
• Member of the Small-Mid Cap Investment Committee
• Experience began in 2001
• Joined Brandes Investment Partners in 2006
• Prior Career Highlights
• M&A Analyst with NCR Corporation
• Education and Skills
• MBA (with honors) from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business
• BS in finance from the University of Dayton

Michael Hutchens, CFA
Director, Investments Group

• Experience
  • Current Responsibilities
  • Analyst responsibilities on the Financial Institutions Research Team
  • Member of the Small-Mid Cap and All-Cap Investment Committees
  • Experience began in 1994
  • Joined Brandes Investment Partners in 2001
  • Limited partner of the firm’s parent company
  • Prior Career Highlights
  • Bank examiner with the Federal Reserve System
• Education and Skills
• MBA with a concentration in finance from Columbia Business School
• BS in business with a concentration in finance from Indiana University

Greg Rippel, CFA
Director, Investments Group

• Experience
  • Current Responsibilities
  • Analyst responsibilities on the Consumer Products Research Team
  • Member of the Small-Mid Cap Investment Committee
  • Experience began in 1995
  • Joined Brandes Investment Partners in 2001
  • Limited partner of the firm’s parent company
  • Prior Career Highlights
  • Member of Emerging Markets Investment Committee with Brandes Investment Partners
  • Underwriter with Greyrock Capital (subsidiary of Bank of America)
  • Senior Associate with Coopers & Lybrand
• Education and Skills
• MBA from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin
• BA in business economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara
• Certified Public Accountant (inactive)