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Alan T. Beimfohr is President and Chief Investment Officer of Knightsbridge Asset Management, LLC.  Prior to founding Knightsbridge, he co-founded and served as President and Chief Executive Officer for Canterbury Capital Services, Inc. since its inception in 1988.  Prior to that he was Vice President of Kidder, Peabody & Co., Inc. where he worked for seventeen years. He received his B.S. in operations research and industrial engineering from Cornell University in 1966. Alan is a former President of the Cornell Alumni Association of Southern California and currently serves on the Board of the Philharmonic Society of Orange County.

 

 

Michelle M. Caltagirone is a portfolio administrator at Knightsbridge. Prior to joining Knightsbridge, Michelle worked at Pacific Investment Management Company (PIMCO) in Newport Beach, California, where she was responsible for various aspects of financial report production and verification, and at State Street Corporation in Irvine, California and Boston Massachusetts, where she worked in various operational capacities. Michelle received her BBA in finance and operations management from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where she was a member of the Dean’s List.

 

 

Lisette Campbell oversees administration and operations at Knightsbridge.  Prior to joining Knightsbridge she served as a Senior Sales Assistant and was a key participant in the opening of a local Morgan Stanley office.  Lisette also worked in administration at Salomon Smith Barney and Merrill Lynch over the prior ten years.  Prior to working in the area of finance, Lisette oversaw operations of the Scottsdale Foundation for the Handicapped and taught on a volunteer basis in Mexico.  Lisette majored in Business at the University of New Mexico.

 

 

 

Jane E. Couperus, CFA is a managing director at Knightsbridge involved with client servicing and marketing.  She joined Knightsbridge following eight years at investment firm L. Roy Papp & Associates, Phoenix, Arizona, where she was a partner with responsibilities in equity research and portfolio management.  Jane received her MBA from Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona and her BBA from Pacific Union College, Angwin, California where she graduated magna cum laude.  Jane enjoys mountain biking, hiking, tennis, and kayaking, and is a CFA charterholder.

 

 

 

 

Michelle J. Ho is a portfolio administrator.  She joined Knightsbridge as a full time employee in August 2008.   She graduated from the University of California, Irvine with a BA in sociology, where she was a member of the Dean’s list and graduated with Latin Honors.  While at UCI, she was a member of Alpha Phi sorority, Associated Students of UCI, and served as a Greek life intern for the dean of students. Since graduation, Michelle has remained actively involved with Alpha Phi as well as the alumni association of UCI.  In her spare time, she enjoys swimming, surfing, and spending time with her dog.

 

 

 

 

 

 

John W. Kittrell, PhD spearheads anomaly research at Knightsbridge.  John joined Knightsbridge full time in July 2007 after an internship at the firm in the winter 2006.  John graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 2002 with a BA in mathematics.  John received his MA in mathematics from the University of California at Los Angeles in 2004, and received his PhD in mathematics in June 2007, also from UCLA.  John was a recipient of the National Science Foundation VIGRE Fellowship while at UCLA and a guest lecturer at the joint CalTech-UCLA Logic Seminar in 2006 and 2007.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ivan B. Lee is a portfolio administrator at Knightsbridge.  Prior to joining Knightsbridge, Ivan worked in performance analytics at Canterbury Capital Services, Inc. where he was involved with reporting and client servicing.   Ivan received his BA in Economics from the University of California, Irvine, where he was a member of the Dean’s List. In his scarce moments outside of work, he wrenches on bicycles and has been seen on various podiums across the land (once in San Dimas).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chad H. Neault is an analyst at Knightsbridge where he is involved in equity and fixed income analysis.  Chad is also involved in Knightsbridge's anomaly research efforts and assists in portfolio management of Knightsbridge's international strategy.  He graduated from Northwestern University in 1998 with a BS in industrial engineering and management sciences.  Subsequently he worked at Intel Corporation for six years, most recently in a strategic planning group.  Chad received his MBA in finance from University of Southern California Marshall School of Business, and is currently a level 3 CFA candidate.  Chad is an accomplished musician and enjoys running, biking, and swimming.

 

 

 

 

 

Raymond F. Pentz is Managing Director of Institutional Services at Knightsbridge.  Ray has over thirty years of investment management experience, serving as Managing Director of Palley Needelman Asset Management, Inc., and Senior Vice President of Pacific Investment Management Company (PIMCO).  Ray earned a BA in history from the University of Southern California and a MA in business economics from the Claremont Graduate School.  He has lived in the Newport Beach area for over twenty years and is currently a member of the Hoag Hospital Foundation Investment Board and the Harbor Area Youth Foundation Investment Committee.

 

 

Gene E. Phillips is in charge of trading for Knightsbridge. Gene became a member of the Pacific Stock Exchange on his twenty-first birthday in 1966 and spent over twenty-five years on the trading floor.  For twelve years prior to joining Knightsbridge, he was a floor member of the Pacific Stock Exchange in charge of trading operations for Seidler Companies.  Prior to that he was a floor member and trader for Bateman, Eichler, Hill, Richards; Wedbush, Noble and Cook; and Letterman Transaction Services.  He became a Registered Specialist in 1971.  He also served on the Pacific Stock Exchange Arbitration Panel, the Floor Trading Committee (rule interpretations and infractions), as Manager of Equity Surveillance, and Chairman of the Allocation Committee (allocation of new issues to specialists).

 

 

 

 

John G. Prichard, CFA is a principal and portfolio manager at Knightsbridge who has over ten years of investment experience. He worked at Canterbury Capital Services, Inc. and Santa Barbara Bank and Trust before co-founding Knightsbridge. He currently serves on the board of the Boys and Girls Club of Laguna Beach and on a Laguna Canyon Foundation committee. He has a BA in economics from the University of California, San Diego and has an MA in finance and banking from Boston University. John is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a past president and board member of the Orange County Society of Investment Managers.

 

 

 

 

 

Teresa Wagner serves as Knightsbridge's Chief Compliance Officer and spearheads administration, compliance, finance and accounting, and assists the principals in the firm in developing organizational strategies.  Prior to joining Knightsbridge, Teresa served as a Vice President with oversight of fund administration and compliance for Pacific Investment Management Company and PIMCO Advisors.  Prior to PIMCO Advisors, she directed advisory administration and subsidiary development for Pacific Financial Asset Management Company.  Teresa graduated magna cum laude with a BA in business administration from University of Phoenix, and has completed level 1 of the Chartered Financial Analyst program.

 

 

 

 

     

Knightsbridge Asset Management, LLC

660 Newport Center Drive, Suite 460        Newport Beach, CA 92660

Phone: (949) 644-4444       Fax: (949) 717-5030       E-mail: knightsbridge@knightsb.com