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Don Wordell

Don Wordell, CFA

Managing Director
Portfolio Manager - Mid-Cap Value Equity and Small Cap Value Equity Strategies

"Stock selection hinges on dividends, valuation, and fundamentals coming together — all three are required for a stock to be considered for purchase, and if any one of those changes, the stock is sold."

Don Wordell is a managing director and portfolio manager with Ceredex Value Advisors, an affiliate of Virtus Investment Partners. His primary responsibilities are managing the Ceredex Mid-Cap Value Equity, Concentrated SMID Cap Value Equity, and Ceredex Small Cap Value Equity strategies.

Mr. Wordell has been with Ceredex since 1996, starting with its predecessor firm, STI Capital Management, as a research analyst covering value equity strategies. He was appointed portfolio manager of the Mid-Cap Value Equity strategy in 2001 and portfolio manager of the Small Cap Value Equity strategy in 2023.

Mr. Wordell is a graduate of the University of Central Florida, where he earned both a B.S. in finance and an M.B.A. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA®) charterholder since 2004. He began working in investment management in 1996.