Biography

Scott Roberts was formerly the President & CEO of Ziegler Capital Management. Prior to joining Ziegler in 2009, he was President and Chief Investment Officer of Deerfield Capital Management. Mr. Roberts served as Chairman of the Investment Committee of Deerfield Triarc Capital Corp, an externally managed Mortgage Securities REIT, from the company's initial private offering in 2004 through 2006. Prior to joining Deerfield Capital, Mr. Roberts was the Chief Investment Officer at several Zurich Insurance Company subsidiaries including Scudder Kemper Investments, Zurich Investment Management and CentreRe. Prior to Zurich, Mr. Roberts was the Director of Fixed Income for Loomis Sayles in Milwaukee and a Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager for Putnam Investments in Boston. Mr. Roberts received an M.B.A. in Finance and Investments from the Applied Security Analysis Program at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and a B.S. in Accounting and Finance from Marquette University.