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Russell S. Sims, CFA, CFP®
Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer
sims@riverpointcm.com

As Chief Investment Officer and Director of Research, Russell heads the RiverPoint team performing fundamental and technical research for both equity and fixed income investments. He has been with RiverPoint 12 years as a Founding Partner and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA). Russell serves as the Portfolio Manager of the Growth Opportunity strategy and Co-Portfolio Manager for the Growth & Income and Capital Appreciation strategies. He has a particular expertise in the quantitative analysis of equities and technical market analysis.

Russell has over 20 years of experience in the investment management industry. He is a member of the Cincinnati Society of Financial Analysts and the CFA Society of Cincinnati. Russell also has financial planning expertise and is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) and a member of the Association of Financial Planners. He has recently received the additional distinction of being Certified in Investment Performance Management (CIPM) by the CFA Institute.

Russell began his investment career in trading operations at Merrill Lynch on the New York Stock Exchange. Prior to founding RiverPoint, he was a Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager with Provident Investment Advisors, where he actively managed major institutional client portfolios, co-managed the Growth Portfolio strategy and was a Senior Research Analyst in the Equity Research Group. While at Provident, he also directed the hedging strategy team for the bank’s propriety mortgage portfolio.

Russell earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics from Lafayette College and an MBA from Xavier University. He is a Trustee and former Treasurer of Historic Southwest Ohio.


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