Lothrop Award of Excellence
The Association of Investment Marketing and Sales Executives (AIMSE) presents this prestigious award each year to an exemplary individual as recognized by his or her peers at the AIMSE Investment Management Marketing & Sales Conference. This award is named in honor of Richard A. Lothrop, an AIMSE Past President, and a pioneer and innovator in the investment management marketing and sales industry. Richard A. Lothrop is recognized as the founder of AIMSE.
This award is presented each spring at the AIMSE Annual Conference. All AIMSE members are encouraged to submit a nomination for a worthy candidate during the nomination period each year.
AIMSE Richard A. Lothrop Outstanding Achievement Award
Eugene Waldron
2008
Gene is a Senior Vice President for Capital Guardian Trust Company with marketing and client relations responsibilities for public employee benefit plans. He joined the organization with over 30 years of investment related work experience. Prior to joining the organization in 1998, he spent four and a half years as a Vice President with Loomis, Sayles & Company. Before that, he spent one and a half years as a Director with CS First Boston Asset Management. Prior to that, he was a Senior Vice President with Fidelity Management Trust Company for two and a half years, a Vice President with T. Rowe Price Associates for eleven years, a Vice President with Baker, Watts & Company for seven years, and a senior securities analyst with Merrill Lynch & Co. for three years. Gene received a BS in economics from Mt. St. Mary’s College in Emmitsburg, Maryland, and an MBA in finance and investments from the Bernard M. Baruch College, City University of New York. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst and is based in Capital Guardian Trust Company’s Washington, D.C. office. Gene is a Past President of the AIMSE Board of Directors.