INVESCO FUNDS GROUP EXPANDS EXTERNAL WHOLESALE TEAM
Denver, CO ‚ December 19, 2000 - INVESCO Funds Group announced that the
company is continuing its goal of expanding its wholesale team nationwide,
adding ten new wholesalers in the past month. "We recognize that investors
are seeking advice more and more from financial professionals. Our goal is to
facilitate that need. Our wholesale team began the year with 12 people. We
now have 29," said Ray Cunningham, Senior Vice President and National Sales
Manager of INVESCO Funds Group.
Instrumental to this expansion has been the addition of the central region to
the sales territory. Stuart Holland, Regional Sales Manager, was promoted
internally to lead the central region expansion. Others joining the sales
team are: Matt Lowell, Vice President, Senior Regional Wholesaler responsible
for Northern Ohio; Dustin Raring, Vice President, Senior Regional Wholesaler
responsible for south metropolitan Los Angeles area and Orange County; Louis
Reynolds, Vice President, Senior Regional Wholesaler responsible for San
Diego and Southern Nevada; John Treder, Vice President, Senior Regional
Wholesaler, responsible for Long Island, New York; Brad Duffy, Vice
President, Regional Wholesaler responsible for Southern Texas; David
McCollum, Regional Wholesaler responsible for Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma;
Michael Hawn, Regional Wholesaler responsible for Indiana and Southern
Illinois; Larry Miller, Regional Wholesaler responsible for Tennessee,
Kentucky and Southern Ohio; Mark Ballenger, Regional Wholesaler responsible
for Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia; and Erik Sauer, Regional
Wholesaler responsible for Delaware and Maryland.
Denver-based INVESCO Funds Group, with over $56 billion in assets under
management (as of 9/30/00), is one of the premier mutual fund management
companies in the United States, providing a wide and innovative range of
investment products and services to individuals and institutions. It is a
subsidiary of AMVESCAP PLC, a worldwide investment management company with
over $414 billion in assets under management (as of 9/30/00). AMVESCAP is one
of the world¼s largest individual investment managers, operating under the
AIM and INVESCO brand names. AMVESCAP is a holding company offering a broad
array of investment products and services to institutions and individuals
across all distribution channels. The Company is listed on the London, New
York, Paris, Toronto and Frankfurt Stock Exchanges with the symbol "AVZ."
Editors Note: INVESCO is required to include the following information with
their news release. For more information on the INVESCO Funds, please call
1-800-255-6927 for a prospectus containing more complete information
including management fees, general and fund specific investment risks, and
expenses. Please read it carefully before you invest or send money. INVESCO
Distributors Inc., Distributor.
