Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> February 16, 2004
RODERICK H. DILLON is President and Chief Investment Officer of Diamond
Hill Group, Inc. He is responsible for leading Diamond Hill's management
team and co-manages the Diamond Hill Small Cap Fund and the Diamond Hill
Focus Fund. He also co-manages Diamond Hill Investment Partners, LP, a
private investment partnership. Prior to joining Diamond Hill, Mr.
Dillon was Managing Partner, Strategic Equity Management at Loomis,
Sayles & Company. From 1993 to 1997, he was President and Chief
Investment Officer of Dillon Capital Management, which was acquired by
Loomis, Sayles in 1997. In 1996, he started the Capitol Square Funds
mutual fund family, including large cap, small cap and bond funds. From
1986 to 1993 he was Vice President and Portfolio Manager in the Detroit
regional office of Loomis, Sayles & Company and was co-architect of the
large cap value product in 1986. He led the firm's effort back into the
mutual fund business in 1990, starting the small cap value product in
1991. He was Portfolio Manager of the Loomis, Sayles Small Cap Value
Fund, which ranked number one in its category for its first year 1991
to May 1992). He was a member of the firm's Equity Policy and Business
Development committees from 1991 to 1993. From 1982 to1985 Mr. Dillon
was a Principal at Parker, Dillon, Carlson and Johnson, a startup
investment advisory firm. He started two mutual funds ' the Performance
Fund (equity) and the Preservation Fund (fixed income) ' in 1983 and
1984 respectively. Mr. Dillon was a Portfolio Manager at Winters
National Bank from 1980 to 1982 and an Investment Analyst for the Public
Employees Retirement System from 1977 to 1980. He has BS and MA degrees
in Business Administration (major in Finance) from the Ohio State
University, an MBA from the University of Dayton and holds the Chartered
Financial Analyst designation. Profile
Investment Group.
Mr. Dillon: We came together, initially, in June 2000. Tom Schindler and
myself joined an organization that
