General Investing >> Money Manager Interviews >> March 31, 2003

E.lugo Ii / E.ramos – Brown Capital Management Inc

EDWIN LUGO II has been a Portfolio Manager at Brown Capital Management, Inc., since February 2002, and co-manages the Brown Capital International Equity Fund. He has over 10 years of investment experience. He began his career in 1990 as the co-Founder of C.L. Trading Inc, a commodity trading advisor, co-managing a futures-based hedge fund. In 1996 he joined Templeton Investment Counsel. As a Vice President and International Portfolio Manager/Research Analyst, he was responsible for researching various countries and global industries, while managing institutional and high net worth portfolios. He earned a BS degree in Finance/International Business from Northeastern University and an MBA in Finance from the Columbia Graduate School of Business. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst. He is a member of the Baltimore Council of Foreign Affairs and an alumnus of the Robert A. Toigo Foundation. Profile
EDWARD RAMOS has been a Portfolio Manager at Brown Capital Management, Inc., since December 1998, and co-manages the Brown Capital International Equity Fund. He has over 10 years of investment experience. He began his career as an Investment Associate, assisting the Chief Investment Officer of Prudential Equity Management Associates. In 1993 he joined Templeton Investment Counsel and, as a Vice President, Global Portfolio Manager/Research Analyst, he was responsible for researching various countries and global industries while managing institutional portfolios. He earned a BS degree in Finance from Lehigh University, an MBA in Finance, Accounting and International Business from the Columbia Graduate School of Business and is a Chartered Financial Analyst. He is an alumnus and Executive Board member of the Robert A. Toigo Foundation, a former National Director of the National Society of Hispanic MBAs and a member of the Alumni Founders' Circle of A Better Chance, Inc. Profile
TWST: Tell us about your company and the International Equity

Fund, and also your respective responsibilities.

Mr. Ramos: Brown Capital Management has existed now for what will

be 20 years in