Clifford Capital Partners Institutional (CLIFX)

Ryan P. Batchelor is Principal, co-founder and Portfolio Manager at Clifford Capital Partners. Prior to founding Clifford in April of 2010, Ryan served as a Senior Equity Analyst at Wells Capital Management from 2007 to 2010 for the Disciplined Value team, which managed a Morningstar-rated five-star mid-cap mutual fund. Ryan was a generalist, scouring all sectors of the market but also had specific responsibility for the financial services sector. Ryan was commended for timely trading recommendations at advantageous buying and selling points and for quick and thorough company- specific and industry-wide analyses in an environment of rapid change and disruption.   Before joining Wells Capital Management, Ryan was an Equity Strategist and Analyst with Morningstar, Inc. for three years where he served as specialty finance analyst and team leader. He initiated the five-page InternationalInvestor section in the firm's flagship StockInvestor monthly stock investment newsletter and implemented department-wide improvements to Morningstar's foreign coverage universe. Ryan was quoted regularly in local and national media, including The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, The Economist, Financial Times, USA Today, and US News & World Report. He also made live television appearances on CNBC and Bloomberg TV, as well as radio spots on NPR, Bloomberg Radio and local stations.   Ryan graduated summa cum laude from Brigham Young University - Hawaii in 1999 with a BS in Accounting and received his MBA in Finance from the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University in 2004. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation and is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA).