Background

Gregg R. Thomas, CFA, Senior Managing Director and Director of Risk Management, is involved in overseeing the allocation of assets among the sleeves for the Hartford Capital Appreciation Fund, and the Hartford Capital Appreciation HLS Fund. As director of Risk Management, Gregg conducts original research on portfolio and risk-management topics, leads various Wellington Management internal investment oversight processes, and analyzes key trends and investment risks across the equity, fixed-income, and asset- allocation product suites. In addition, he is a portfolio manager on certain multi-manager solutions offered by Wellington Management, including Global Equities, Hedged Equities, and US Alpha strategies. Gregg is a member of a number of Wellington Management’s committees and oversight groups, including the Risk Management Committee, Fixed-Income Risk Advisory Council, Equity Risk Advisory Council, Multi-Asset Strategy Review Group, Counterparty Review Group (Vice Chair), New Product Working Group, and the Risk Leadership Group.

Previously, Gregg was an equity portfolio specialist and analyst at Wellington Management (2002 – 2006). Prior to rejoining the firm in 2002, Gregg worked as a quantitative business analyst at Zurich Scudder Investments (2001), a business analyst and data analyst in Wellington Management’s Information Services Group (1997 – 2000), and in various financial markets-related positions at IDD Information Services (1993 – 1997).

Gregg received his BS in finance, with high distinction, from the University of Rhode Island (1992). He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.