Dessie Locher

Portfolio Manager-Fixed Income at

1919 Investment Counsel LLC

Finance

Consumer Services

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Ms. Desislava V.
Locher, CFA, is a Managing Director & Portfolio Manager at 1919 Investment Counsel LLC.
In her role as a Portfolio Manager, she works with individuals, families, foundations, and endowments, delivering comprehensive investment counsel.
Her primary focus is on developing and managing investment portfolios that are tailored to each client’s unique long-term wealth and investment objectives.
She oversees the Global Growth ADR strategy and is a member of the Asset Allocation Strategy Group and Third-Party Advisory Group.
She is also on the advisory board for the Disruptive Innovation Advisory Group.
Ms. Locher entered the Financial Services Industry in 2001.
She joined Legg Mason Investment Counsel (a predecessor firm) in 2011.
Prior to joining the firm, she was an Associate Analyst at Ashmore EMM, LLC, where she provided fundamental analysis for companies in Russia, South Africa, and Central and Eastern Europe.
She earned a B.S.
in Finance from Slippery Rock University, and she is a CFA Charterholder.
She is also a member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society of Baltimore.

Dessie Locher active positions

Companies	Position	Start
1919 Investment Counsel LLC 1919 Investment Counsel LLC Investment ManagersFinance 1919ic is an active manager who seeks to maximize total return and minimize risk through their core investments capabilities of large- to mid-cap domestic equity and fixed income portfolios. The firm’s equity strategy focuses on high or improving quality stocks and employs a bottom-up approach. Their equity portfolio typically contains 30-60 individual stock holdings. Portfolio managers construct customized portfolios with the help of research analysts, based on client considerations. 1919ic utilizes a total rate of return, disciplined, relative value approach for their fixed income strategies. The duration and term-structure decisions are top-down while sector weighting decisions are bottom-up.	Portfolio Manager-Fixed Income	01/01/2018

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Ashmore Equities Investment Management (US) LLC Ashmore Equities Investment Management (US) LLC Investment ManagersFinance AEIM focuses on a number of investment themes which include External Debt, Local Currency, Corporate Debt, Equities and Alternatives. The firm’s equity themes believe that Emerging and Frontier Markets are highly inefficient and provide strong potential for significant alpha generation through actively managed, high conviction and investment focused approaches. The Investment Committee collectively manages all portfolios and meets formally on a weekly basis to review markets, determine our investment strategy, and manage portfolios. They have a specialist, long-term value-driven approach starting with macro, top-down active management.	Corporate Officer/Principal	31/12/2010

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Ashmore Equities Investment Management (US) LLC Ashmore Equities Investment Management (US) LLC Investment ManagersFinance AEIM focuses on a number of investment themes which include External Debt, Local Currency, Corporate Debt, Equities and Alternatives. The firm’s equity themes believe that Emerging and Frontier Markets are highly inefficient and provide strong potential for significant alpha generation through actively managed, high conviction and investment focused approaches. The Investment Committee collectively manages all portfolios and meets formally on a weekly basis to review markets, determine our investment strategy, and manage portfolios. They have a specialist, long-term value-driven approach starting with macro, top-down active management.	Finance
1919 Investment Counsel LLC 1919 Investment Counsel LLC Investment ManagersFinance 1919ic is an active manager who seeks to maximize total return and minimize risk through their core investments capabilities of large- to mid-cap domestic equity and fixed income portfolios. The firm’s equity strategy focuses on high or improving quality stocks and employs a bottom-up approach. Their equity portfolio typically contains 30-60 individual stock holdings. Portfolio managers construct customized portfolios with the help of research analysts, based on client considerations. 1919ic utilizes a total rate of return, disciplined, relative value approach for their fixed income strategies. The duration and term-structure decisions are top-down while sector weighting decisions are bottom-up.	Finance
Slippery Rock University Slippery Rock University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services