About
Rod Smyth
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Rod is an Irishman with 18 years of Global
Investment experience. He has lived and worked in the securities industry in each of Asia,
Europe and North America. Trained in Japan by Nomura Securities in 1983, he worked as an
Asian specialist for Citicorp on Wall Street from 1985-1988. From 88-93 he returned home
to Ireland where he was a portfolio manager for a local bank, managing portfolios in the
Asian, US, and Latin American markets. In 1993 Rod returned to Asia as the Investment
Strategist for Baring Securities in Tokyo. For the
last 4 years Rod has been with Wheat First and First Union in Richmond, Virginia,
initially as the Managing Director of Mentor Perpetual Advisors and most recently as the
Chief Investment Officer for Evergreen’s Richmond platform.
In July 2000 Rod was asked to take on the role of Global
Investment Strategist for First Union Securities following the retirement of Rao
Chalasani. Rod has an MA in Economics from Dundee University in Scotland. |
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