General Investing >> Money Manager Interviews >> January 9, 2012

Impact Investing for Global Economic Growth – Gloria S. Nelund – TriLinc Global

Gloria S. Nelund, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of TriLinc Global, co-founded the company after spending her career as an executive in the international asset management industry. She brings to TriLinc more than 30 years of experience in executive management of financial institutions. Most recently, she served as CEO of the U.S. private wealth management division at Deutsche Bank, the world's fifth-largest financial institution. Before Deutsche Bank, Ms. Nelund spent 16 years as an Executive at Bank of America Corporation/Security Pacific Bank, most notably as President and CEO of BofA Capital Management, Inc., an investment management subsidiary. She also spent five years as Manager of worldwide sales and marketing of BofA Global Asset Management and three years as CEO of InterCash Capital Advisors, Inc., an investment management subsidiary of Security Pacific Bank. Ms. Nelund is an independent Trustee for RS Investments, a mutual fund complex. She currently sits on the board of several not-for-profit organizations and supports entrepreneurship research and education through the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, including as a Guest Lecturer. Profile
TWST: Please give us a history of TriLinc, and tell us why you started this firm.

Ms. Nelund: I retired from Deutsche Bank in 2005 after leading my team through a very successful turnaround of our