Erik Turenchalk was appointed Portfolio Manager for US Small and Mid Cap Value Equities in January 2020. From 2012 to 2019, he was a senior research analyst on the Small and Mid Cap Value team, responsible for covering industrial companies. Turenchalk was also the global industrials sector leader from 2017 to 2019. He joined the firm in 1999, and was promoted to research analyst in 2005. From 1999 to 2007, Turenchalk worked on the Advanced Value hedge-fund team, primarily researching short-position ideas with an emphasis on the consumer-cyclicals sector. In 2007, he relocated to London to support the firm’s international hedge-fund offerings. In 2010, Turenchalk returned to New York to oversee the research of short positions for the domestic hedge-fund portfolios. In 2012, he joined the Small and Mid Cap Value team. Prior to joining the firm, Turenchalk was a business analyst at Pratt & Whitney, a United Technologies company. He holds a BS in business administration with a concentration in finance from the University of Connecticut, and is a CFA charterholder. Location: New York