Virtus Investment VRTS

GEORGE R. AYLWARD (61), Director since 2008. Mr. Aylward has served as President of the Company since November 6, 2006 and has been our President and CEO since January 1, 2009, when the Company became an independent public company. He joined the predecessor to the Company, Phoenix Investment Partners, Inc. (PXP), which was the majority owned asset management subsidiary of The Phoenix Companies, Inc. (PNX), in 1996. At PNX, Mr. Aylward served as President, Asset Management, and Senior Executive Vice President from February 2007 to December 31, 2008; Executive Vice President, Asset Management, from November 6, 2006 to February 2007; Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Asset Management, from 2004 through 2006, and Chief of Staff to the Chairman, President and CEO from 2002 through 2004. He also served in several senior financial positions at PXP prior to 2002. Since 2006, Mr. Aylward has served as President and Trustee of the Virtus Mutual Funds, having been Executive Vice President from 2004 to 2006; President (since 2010) and Trustee (since 2012) of the Virtus Variable Insurance Trust; Trustee and President of the Virtus Alternative Solutions Trust since 2013; Director of the Virtus Global Funds, plc since 2013; and Chairman and Trustee of Virtus ETF Trust II since 2015. In addition, he serves as President, CEO and Director (or Trustee) of 12 closed-end funds managed by the Company's affiliated registered investment advisers.

Mr. Smirl is Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, a position he has held since joining the Company in May 2021, and also serves as Executive Vice President for numerous trusts and mutual funds sponsored by the Company. From July 2018 to April 2021, he was Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Russell Investments, where he oversaw the company's information technology, fund services, legal, compliance, risk management, internal audit, investment performance analytics, and government and community relations functions. Prior to Russell Investments, he was the Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer at the State of Wisconsin Investment Board, an independent agency responsible for managing assets of the state's retirement system and other trust funds, from January to July 2018. Before that, he was Partner and COO at William Blair Investment Management, which he joined as Chief Legal Counsel in 2004 and where, as COO, he led operations, product development, fund services, finance, business analysis, risk management, and technology teams until 2018. From 2001 to 2004 he was Chief Legal Officer at Strong Capital Management. He began his career in 1992 at a Los Angeles-based law firm, where he specialized in securities law. Mr. Smirl holds a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of California at Irvine and a J.D. from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles.

Mr. Angerthal is Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer and has held those positions since January 1, 2009 when the Company became an independent public company. He also serves as our principal accounting officer. Mr. Angerthal joined Phoenix Investment Partners, Inc. (PXP), the predecessor to the Company, as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer in 2008. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Angerthal had been the Chief Financial Officer of CBRE Realty Finance, a publicly traded commercial real estate specialty finance company, from 2005 to 2008. Previously, he held several positions with GE Corporation, a diversified technology, media and financial services company, including Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis of GE Real Estate from 2002 to 2005; Staff Analyst, Investor Relations of GE Capital Corp. from 1999 to 2002; and Director, Finance of NBC from 1996 to 1999. Prior to GE, he was a Manager of Business Assurance in the audit practice of Coopers & Lybrand in New York. Mr. Angerthal is a Certified Public Accountant and earned an MBA from Columbia Business School and holds an undergraduate degree in accounting from Pace University in New York.

Mr. Mandinach is Executive Vice President and Head of Distribution. Mr. Mandinach has more than 30 years of experience in the investment management industry, primarily in retail product sales, marketing, and sales leadership. Prior to joining the Company in 2014, he was at UBS Global Asset Management (U.S.), a global investment services firm, for 12 years, most recently as Head of Wholesale Distribution and Chief Marketing Officer, as well as a board member of the PACE Select Funds. From 1999 to 2001, Mr. Mandinach was the Chief Sales and Marketing Officer at PXP. Prior to PXP, he was a partner and co-founder, with Martin Zweig and Eugene Glaser, of the Zweig Mutual Funds, which were acquired by PXP in 1999. He began his investment industry career in 1981 at Drexel Burnham Lambert, an investment banking firm, holding sales and product management roles over eight years. Mr. Mandinach earned a B.S. in political science from Emory University and a J.D. from the University of Miami.

Ms. Purkalitis is Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, a position she has held since she joined the Company in November 2023. She is responsible for developing and guiding the strategic direction of the legal, regulatory and compliance functions and also provides counsel to Virtus' Board of Directors on all legal and regulatory matters. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Purkalitis was most recently Global Chief Compliance Officer and Regulatory Counsel at Affinius Capital, a private equity real estate management company, beginning in May 2021 and prior to joining Affinius, was Global Chief Compliance Officer and Regulatory Counsel at Russell Investments, a global investment management firm, from March 2019 to May 2021. She previously served as Regional Chief Executive Officer and Chief Legal Officer at Aviva Investors Americas from 2011 to 2015, and, earlier, as Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel at Old Mutual Capital, a division of Old Mutual Asset Management (now Acadian Asset Management Inc.) from 2005 to 2011. She also served as a Branch Chief and Enforcement Attorney for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in Denver between 1990 and 1997. Ms. Purkalitis earned 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.

TIMOTHY A. HOLT (73), Director since 2009. Mr. Holt held various senior management positions with Aetna, Inc., a managed healthcare company, until his retirement in 2008. He was Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer from 1999 to 2008, Vice President and Chief Investment Officer from 1997 to 1999, Chief Enterprise Risk Officer from 2004 to 2007, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Aetna Retirement Services from 1996 to 1997, Vice President of Portfolio Management Group from 1992 to 1995, Vice President of Aetna Portfolio Management from 1991 to 1992, Vice President, Finance and Treasurer from 1989 to 1991, Vice President of Public Bonds from 1987 to 1989, Property/Casualty Portfolio Manager from 1983 to 1987, Investment Officer from 1981 to 1982 and Investment Officer/Analyst from 1977 to 1981. He was a member of Aetna's Executive Committee from 2003 until his retirement in 2008. Mr. Holt served as a consultant to Aetna during 2008 and 2009. From 2012 through April 2025, Mr. Holt has served as a director of MGIC Investment Corporation, a provider of private mortgage insurance in the U.S. and has served as its Chairman of the Securities Investment Committee. From January 2014 to February 2017 served as a director of StanCorp Financial Group, which was a publicly traded insurance products company until it was acquired in March 2016.

MELODY L. JONES (66), Director since 2014. Ms. Jones provides executive assessment and coaching services through 32-80 Advisors, LLC, which she founded in 2017. As of February 2025, Ms. Jones has served as the interim Chief Human Resources Officer of Heidrick and Struggles, an international executive search and management consulting company. From 2012 to 2017, Ms. Jones served as the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) for CEB, a best practice insight and technology company. In her role as CAO, Ms. Jones had global responsibility for New Product Development, Information Technology, Legal and Compliance, Human Resources, Communications, Philanthropy and the Member Events department. She joined the firm in December 2005 and served as the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) until February 2012. She managed CEB's Professional Services practice from 2010 to 2012 and the firm's product development function from 2013 to 2015. Prior to CEB, Ms. Jones served from 2002 to 2005 as the global head of Human Resources for T. Rowe Price, a global investment management firm. Prior to joining T. Rowe Price, Ms. Jones spent eight years at Aon Corporation, a global insurance brokerage and consulting company, serving from 1998 to 2002 as the CHRO. She joined Aon in 1994, as head of the Midwestern Regional Office of Aon Consulting. In 1996, she assumed responsibility for the HR Strategy and Technology consulting practice and managed this global practice until assuming her role as CHRO for the corporation. Ms. Jones also served as a senior consultant with Organizational Dynamics, Inc., an international management training and consulting company, and held several leadership positions across a six-year tenure with Citicorp Mortgage. Ms. Jones currently serves on the Boards of CEATI, a user-driven best practices network organization for the utilities industry; Fount Global, whose focus is technology and employee experience insights for global executives; and YPTC, which provides outsourced fractional accounting support to the non-profit sector. She also serves on the Advisory Boards of Pamlico Investment Partners, a mid-market private equity firm, and Exec Online, a global leadership development business.

PAUL G. GREIG (70), Director since 2019. Mr. Greig served as Chairman of the board of Opus Bank (Opus), a federally insured chartered commercial bank, from 2017 to 2019. While at Opus, he held the role of interim Chief Executive Officer and President during 2018 and 2019. At Opus, he served as chair of the Risk Committee and as a member of the Governance and Nominating Committee and Audit Committee. Prior to joining Opus, Mr. Greig served as Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of FirstMerit Corporation, a regional diversified financial services company, from 2006 to 2016. He has been a member of the Advisory Board of Omni Senior Living, senior residential communities located throughout Ohio, since 2016. He previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Citizens Banking Corporation-Illinois from 2005 to 2006 and was a director and member of the Audit Committee of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland from 2011 to 2014.

SUSAN S. FLEMING (53), Class II, Director since 2009. Dr. Fleming is an angel investor, entrepreneur in residence, keynote speaker, and executive educator for corporate clients focusing on issues of gender diversity and inclusion. She served as a senior lecturer of management and entrepreneurship at Cornell University from 2009 to 2018. Dr. Fleming worked at Capital Z Financial Services, a private equity firm, as a Principal from 1998 to 2001 and as Partner from 2001 to 2003. She was Vice President at Insurance Partners Advisors, LP, a private equity firm, from 1994 to 2003 and held various positions at Morgan Stanley and Company from 1992 to 1994. In August 2018, Dr. Fleming joined the board of RLI Corp., an American property and casualty insurance company where she serves as a Director and is a member of the Nominating/Governance and Finance and Investment Committees. Her prior directorships include Endurance Specialty Holdings, Ltd., a global insurance provider, where she served from May 2011 to March 2017; Universal American Financial Corp., a family of specialty healthcare companies, from July 1999 to December 2003; PXRE Group, Ltd., a property reinsurer, from April 2002 to April 2005, Ceres Group, Inc., an insurance and annuity products provider, from February 2000 to August 2006; and Quanta Capital Holdings, Ltd., a specialty insurance and reinsurance holding company, from July 2006 to October 2008. With her years of experience in investment banking, private equity, education and entrepreneurship,

PETER L. BAIN (67), Director since 2019. Mr. Bain served as President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of OM Asset Management, a global multi-boutique asset management firm now known as Acadian Asset Management, Inc., from 2011 to 2017. From 2001 until 2009, he held various positions at Legg Mason, a global asset management firm, including Senior Executive Vice President from 2004 to 2009, head of affiliate management and corporate strategy from 2008 to 2009 and as chief administrative officer from 2003 to 2005. Prior to that time, he was with Berkshire Global Advisors from 1991 to 2000 where he served as Managing Director from 1995 to 2000, and earlier at Merrill Lynch & Co. in various roles from 1987 to 1990.

W. HOWARD MORRIS (67), Director since 2021. Mr. Morris has been President and Chief Investment Officer of The Prairie & Tireman Group, an investment partnership, since 1998. Prior to founding Prairie & Tireman, Mr. Morris was president and chief investment officer at WILMOCO Capital Management in Detroit, where he managed portfolios for institutions. He served from 2002 to 2005 as chief executive officer and emergency financial manager for the Inkster Public School District, where he had authority over the district's financial and operational matters. He was appointed to that position by the governor of Michigan after serving as the chief financial officer of the Detroit Public School District. He was an assistant professor of accounting and investments at Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Michigan from 1991 to 1998. He is currently serving a second four-year term on the Michigan State Tax Commission. He is a Certified Public Accountant and Chartered Financial Analyst. From 2007 through April 2025, Mr. Morris has served on the board of Owens Corning, an American company that develops and produces insulation, roofing, and fiberglass composites and related materials and products.

JOHN C. WEISENSEEL (66), Director since 2024. Mr. Weisenseel served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of AllianceBernstein LP from 2012 to 2021, where he supervised global finance activities for the publicly traded asset management company. Prior to joining AllianceBernstein, he held financial leadership roles at McGraw Hill from 2004 to 2012, initially as senior vice president and corporate treasurer and later as senior vice president and chief financial officer of the firm's Standard & Poor's subsidiary. Earlier he was vice president and corporate treasurer for Barnes & Noble from 2000 to 2004 and from 1990 to 2000 held a variety of derivatives trading and financial positions at Citigroup. While at Citigroup he also served on a Toronto Stock Exchange Blue Ribbon Advisory Panel concerning the transition to the new S&P Canadian Market Index. Prior to Citigroup, he worked at other banks and began his career at KPMG Peat Marwick. Since 2021 he has been an Executive-in-Residence at Lipscomb University's College of Business in Nashville and has served on the boards of several nonprofit organizations.

On August 19, 2026, the Board of Directors (the Board) of Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. (the Company) appointed John T. Boyce to serve, effective as of August 19, 2026, as a director of the Company. Mr. Boyce most recently served as head of North America distribution for Insight Investment, where he was responsible for setting strategic direction, business planning, execution, and business growth. He also established and refined its North American commercial business across institutional and intermediary sales. Prior to joining Insight Investment in 2018, Boyce was managing director and head of North American distribution at Standard Life Investments. Earlier, he held senior distribution and leadership roles at PineBridge Investments / AIG Global Investment Corporation, General Electric Asset Management and AEGON / Diversified Investment Advisors. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of Merrimack College and served as Chair from 2021 to 2023. He serves as a board member of the British American Business Council of New England and previously served on the board of the Alzheimer's Association. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and received an honorary doctorate in business administration from Merrimack College.

Ms. Lieberman is Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, a position she has held since joining the Company in May 2024. She is responsible for developing and guiding human resources strategy in the areas of recruiting, talent and performance management, training and development, diversity, and compensation and benefits. She also supports the Compensation Committee of the Board. Ms. Lieberman has led human resource organizations in the financial services sector throughout her career. Prior to joining the Company, she was head of human resources for the U.S. Capital Markets unit of Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) and a member of RBC's U.S. Regional Operating Committee from 2016 to 2023. Earlier she was global head of human resources for the Royal Bank of Scotland's capital markets business in London from 2010 to 2016 and from 2004 to 2007 was global head of human resources for the investment banking division of Lehman Brothers. She began her career in human resources with Deutsche Bank. Ms. Lieberman holds a B.A. in Psychology from Barnard College, Columbia University.