Frank G. Puryear, CFA
Principal, Senior Fixed Income Portfolio Manager and Director of Research

Mr. Puryear is a member of the Fixed Income Management Team and is responsible for the daily co-management of the Short, Intermediate, and Core Total Return institutional portfolios. He is also responsible for yield curve and sector valuation analysis. He has been with WCB since 1996.

Prior to joining the firm, he was the senior fixed income portfolio manager for the Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System (TCRS) where he and Mr. Webb managed $8.5 billion in U.S. and International bonds. Before he joined TCRS, he was employed by First American National Bank (now Regions Bank) in Nashville as a portfolio strategist for the capital markets group. That assignment followed his experience as manager of the bank's $1.7 billion fixed income portfolio. He has been in the industry since 1977. He received his B.S. and his M.B.A. degrees from the University of Tennessee.