Background

Ann C. Gallo, Senior Managing Director and Global Industry Analyst, is involved in portfolio management and securities analysis for the Hartford Healthcare Fund. As a global industry analyst in Global Industry Research, Ann specializes in the health care services industry. She conducts fundamental analysis on the companies within her industry and makes buy/sell recommendations to portfolio managers based on her findings and market conditions. Ann is a member of Wellington Management’s health care team that manages health and biotechnology sector mutual funds and hedge funds, and she currently serves as coordinator for several of the team-managed portfolios.

Prior to joining Wellington Management in 1998, Ann was a health care analyst with BT Alex. Brown (1995 – 1998). She was an investment banker and, subsequently, a health care analyst at Piper Jaffray in Minneapolis (1992 – 1995). Previously, she was a financial analyst with Citibank N.A. (1991 – 1992) and an accountant with Coopers & Lybrand (1987 – 1989).

Ann received her MS in finance and applied economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan, 1991) and her BS in accounting from Boston College (1987).