Arthur B. Laffer

ARTHUR B. LAFFER JR., President and Chief Executive Officer of Laffer
Investments, Inc., has more than 16 years of financial services
experience in marketing, product management, sales, information
technology and security analysis. His responsibilities at Laffer
Investments include overseeing all marketing, client relations,
operations and financial activities for the firm. Mr. Laffer joined
Laffer Associates in 1997, after having worked for Nicholas-Applegate
Capital Management in the capacity of senior manager for insurance
products and managed accounts. While there, Mr. Laffer was responsible
for product management, marketing and key account service for more than
$10 billion in separate account business. Prior to Nicholas-Applegate,
Mr. Laffer worked at Putnam Investments for nearly six years in several
key management capacities. His last position was Vice President,
National Sales Manager for the firm’s variable insurance products, which
then accounted for more than $25 billion in Putnam assets. Mr. Laffer
started his professional career in 1987 at Bradford and Marzec, Los
Angeles, an institutional fixed income asset manager, where he was
involved in trading, research, marketing and information technology.