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James M. Baker, CFA, Managing Director

Mr. Baker has been associated with and advising high net worth individuals and institutions in the investment management industry since 1985. Before joining Kanawha, he served twenty years as a Vice President for Wachovia Corporation and its predecessor firms in both Philadelphia and Richmond. His responsibilities included key positions in equity research, stock selection, and portfolio management. He is a 1985 graduate of The Pennsylvania State University with a B.S. in Finance, and earned his MBA from Villanova University in 1991.


 
 
W. Bates Chappell,
Managing Director

Mr. Chappell has over 30 years of experience in investments and portfolio management. With an extensive background in trusts and estates, Mr. Chappell is well versed in the areas of wealth management and preservation. Before joining Kanawha he spent 16 years with Capitoline Investment Services, Inc./Crestar Bank where he managed large individual, endowment, and corporate accounts. His investment career began in 1968 as an investment broker. Mr. Chappell is a graduate of Hampden-Sydney College, (B.S., 1964) and he performed graduate studies at the University of Richmond.


 
 
Charles K. Fox,
Managing Director

Mr. Fox has spent his entire career in investments and finance. He was a founder of James River Capital Management before establishing Kanawha Capital Management in 1989. He spent the first eight years of his career with major financial institutions including Chemical Bank and First and Merchants National Bank. Mr. Fox is a graduate of the University of Virginia (B.A., Economics, 1966) and Harvard Business School (M.B.A., 1974).


 
 
Thomas K. Garner, CFP®
Vice President

Mr. Garner has extensive experience in investments and personal financial planning. He began his career as a Financial Consultant with Salomon Smith Barney in 1998. Before joining Kanawha, he also served as an Investment Specialist with the Northwestern Mutual Financial Network and an Investment Consultant with SunTrust Investment Services. Mr. Garner has an undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia and completed the Financial Planning Certificate Program at Virginia Commonwealth University.


 
 
Christopher J. Singleton, CFA
Managing Director

Mr. Singleton has more than 15 years experience in finance and investments. Before joining Kanawha, he was Vice President and Equity Analyst with Crestar Asset Management. Prior to that, he was a Portfolio Manager and Research Analyst with Boys, Arnold & Company, a North Carolina investment advisory firm. Mr. Singleton also spent several years as an Economist with the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in Washington, D.C. He has a B.A. degree from the University of Virginia (1986) and an MBA from the Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1995).


 
 
Richard S. Williford, CFA, Managing Director

Mr. Williford began his investment career in 1981 after receiving a B.S. with Distinction from the University of Virginia's McIntire School of Commerce. Before joining Kanawha in 1991, he managed large corporate, individual, and endowment portfolios as Vice President at Capitoline Investment Services, Inc./Crestar Bank. Previously, he was Vice President, Equity Investment Strategy at Wheat, First Securities where he was responsible for the formulation and articulation of strategy to a retail sales force of 450 account executives.


 


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