Charles Tull

Charles Tull General Information

Biography

Mr. Charles Tull serves as Chairman of the Investment Advisory Committee & Trustee at the Dallas Police & Fire Pension System. He served as Chief Investment Officer at the Employees Retirement System of Texas. He was a founding partner of Gulfstream Global Investors, Ltd., an SEC-registered investment adviser specializing in international equity management that was sold to West LB of Germany in January 2001. Mr. Tull is the former Director of employee Benefit Fund Investments for The LTV Corporation and also served as President of Western Reserve Capital Management, Inc., the pension asset management subsidiary of The LTV Corporation. In this capacity, he was responsible for the investment of a $1.2 billion retirement trust. This responsibility included the management of a $90 million international equity portfolio and the management of the outside investment manager relationships. Before joining LTV in February 1983, Mr. Tull served for seven years as Director of pension Investments of The Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company. He managed an in-house pension fund, introduced international investing and other diversification policies, and performed a variety of corporate duties. His investment career began in 1971. He received a B.S. in Finance from Ohio State University and an M.B.A. from Xavier University, and is a CFA® charter holder. He also is a member of a variety of financial organizations.