Jeff Reed is a managing director and senior portfolio manager/analyst at NFJ Investment Group, an affiliate of Virtus Investment Partners. He serves as a co-lead portfolio manager of the NFJ Dividend Value, NFJ Large Cap Value, NFJ All Cap Value, and NFJ Global Sustainability strategies. Prior to joining NFJ in 2007, Mr. Reed was a credit analyst at Frost Bank. Mr. Reed earned a B.B.A. in finance and e-business from Texas Christian University, an M.B.A. from the University of Texas, McCombs School of Business, and an M.S. in data science with a specialization in machine learning from Southern Methodist University. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst^® (CFA^®) charterholder. He also is a Financial Data Professional® (FDP) charterholder, a credential that focuses on big data, artificial intelligence, and machine learning applications in the financial industry. He began his career in the investment industry in 2004.

Outside of NFJ: I love to be active, which nowadays involves working out in my garage gym and playing with my three young children.