Virtus Investment Partners Names Andra Purkalitis Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer
16 November 2023 - 3:30PM
Business Wire
Virtus Investment Partners (NASDAQ: VRTS), which operates a
multi-boutique asset management business, today announced that
Andra Purkalitis has joined the company as executive vice
president, chief legal officer, general counsel, and corporate
secretary.
Purkalitis has more than 30 years of broad legal and regulatory
experience in the asset management industry. As Virtus’ chief legal
officer, she will be responsible for developing and guiding the
strategic direction of the legal, regulatory and compliance
functions and also will provide counsel to the company’s Board of
Directors on corporate governance matters.
“Andra brings a wealth of experience as a respected advisor and
strategic partner to senior leaders and corporate directors, and we
are pleased to have her join our management team,” said George R.
Aylward, president and chief executive officer. “She has a deep
understanding of the complexities of the domestic and global asset
management industry and her decades of experience will be valuable
to us as we leverage the capabilities of our affiliated managers
and the strengths of our business model to execute on our long-term
growth strategy.”
Prior to joining the Company, Purkalitis was most recently
global chief compliance officer and regulatory counsel at Affinius
Capital, a private equity real estate management company and prior
to joining Affinius in 2021, was global chief compliance officer
and regulatory counsel at Russell Investments. She previously was
regional chief executive officer and chief legal officer at Aviva
Investors Americas, and, earlier, chief administrative officer and
general counsel at Old Mutual Capital, a division of Old Mutual
Asset Management (now BrightSphere Investment Group). She also
served as a branch chief and enforcement attorney for the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission in Denver and as a prosecution
expert witness in complex criminal securities fraud cases for the
Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Utah and
Nevada.
Purkalitis holds a J.D. from the University of Denver College of
Law, where she also served as an adjunct professor teaching courses
in securities regulation and international business transactions.
She earned a B.A. degree in political science from the University
of Nebraska.
About Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.
Virtus Investment Partners (NASDAQ: VRTS) is a distinctive
partnership of boutique investment managers singularly committed to
the long-term success of individual and institutional investors. We
provide investment management products and services from our
affiliated managers, each with a distinct investment style and
autonomous investment process, as well as select subadvisers.
Investment solutions are available across multiple disciplines and
product types to meet a wide array of investor needs. Additional
information about our firm, investment partners, and strategies is
available at virtus.com.
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