SGA U.S. Large Cap Growth SMA

Hrishikesh (HK) Gupta is a portfolio manager and analyst at Sustainable Growth Advisers (SGA), an investment management affiliate of Virtus Investment Partners. In addition, he is a principal and member of the firm’s investment committee.

Prior to joining SGA in 2014, Mr. Gupta served as a senior analyst at MDR Capital Management from 2011 to 2013 and as associate managing director at Iridian Asset Management from 2009 to 2010. During this period, he had primary research responsibilities for the technology, telecommunications, industrials, commodity, and refinery sectors. In 2008, he was as an investment banking associate at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, advising clients on private placements and mergers and acquisitions.

Prior to beginning his career in the investment industry, Mr. Gupta was a product and program manager at Amazon.com. As part of Amazon’s strategic executive division, he led the launch of their Japanese and German merchant platforms.

Mr. Gupta earned a B.Tech. in computer science from the Indian Institute of Technology in Bombay, and an M.S. in computer science from the University of California, San Diego. He also holds an M.B.A. with a specialization in corporate finance from the Stern School of Business at New York University. Mr. Gupta joined the investment industry in 2009.

Kishore Rao is a portfolio manager and analyst at Sustainable Growth Advisers (SGA), an investment management affiliate of Virtus Investment Partners. In addition, he is a principal and member of the firm’s investment committee.

Prior to joining SGA in 2004, Mr. Rao was a member of the investment team at the venture capital firm Trident Capital, where he managed a portfolio of software, technology, and business service companies from 2001 to 2004. In 1998, he founded and served as general manager of the StreetEvents.com division of CCBN before it was sold to Thomson Reuters.

From 1996 to 1997, Mr. Rao was an equity analyst covering health care, software, and information services at Tiger Management. Prior to that, he was an equity analyst at Wellington Management with primary research responsibilities for the semiconductor equipment industry.

Mr. Rao earned a B.S. in industrial management from Carnegie Mellon University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. He began working in the investment industry in 1997.

Rob Rohn is a co-founding principal, portfolio manager, and analyst at Sustainable Growth Advisers (SGA), an investment management affiliate of Virtus Investment Partners. In addition, he is a member of the firm’s investment committee, advisory board, and executive committee.

Prior to co-founding SGA in 2003, Mr. Rohn was a principal and portfolio manager at W.P Stewart & Co, Ltd., where he managed high-quality growth stock portfolios. During his 13-year tenure at W.P. Stewart, he followed the global retail, consumer product, healthcare, and technology industries, managed $1 billion of assets, helped launch an international portfolio, served as chief executive officer of the firm’s core U.S. investment business, and was chairman of its management committee.

From 1988 through 1991, Mr. Rohn was a vice president with Yeager, Wood & Marshall, Inc., where he was a member of the investment policy committee with responsibilities in equity analysis and portfolio management. He began his career in 1983 at JP Morgan in credit research and corporate finance.

Mr. Rohn earned a B.A., cum laude, from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A from Harvard Business School. He has served on several non-profit boards. He began working in the investment industry in 1983.