General Investing >> Money Manager Interviews >> October 13, 2003

David Keuler – Mason Street Advisors Llc

DAVID R. KEULER holds the position of Director-Common Stock for Mason Street Advisors, LLC, a subsidiary of Northwestern Mutual, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In this position, he is a member of the team which manages domestic large capitalization equities for the firm. His responsibilities include co-management of the Growth Fund for both Mason Street Funds and the Variable Series funds. In addition, Mr. Keuler manages the large cap portion of the Mason Street and Variable Series Asset Allocation Portfolios as well as coordinating the asset allocation function for those funds. He joined Northwestern Mutual in July 1991 as a common stock specialist and was promoted to Investment Officer in October 1993. Prior to joining Northwestern Mutual, he was employed as an Equity Analyst with Blunt Ellis & Loewi, Inc., a Milwaukee brokerage firm. He was born in Milwaukee and is a 1979 graduate of Nicolet High School. He received his BA in Economics and Mathematics from Boston University where he graduated magna cum laude in 1983. In 1988 he earned his MBA in Finance from Indiana University. He was awarded his Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 1993 and is a member of the Milwaukee Investment Analysts Society. Profile
TWST: Let's start out with a description of Mason Street Advisors

and your responsibilities there.

Mr. Keuler: Mason Street Advisors is the investment subsidiary of

Northwestern Mutual, one of