The Eventide Balanced Strategy is a diversified strategy seeking current income while maintaining the potential for capital appreciation. The Strategy seeks to achieve its objectives by balancing exposure between fixed-income and equity-income categories. The Strategy invests in securities of companies and other entities that we believe demonstrate values and business practices that are ethical, sustainable, and provide an attractive investment opportunity.
Co-Chief Investment Officer, Senior Portfolio Manager
Dolores Bamford, CFA, serves as Co-Chief Investment Officer and Senior Portfolio Manager for Eventide. She serves as Lead Portfolio Manager for Eventide’s Dividend Growth, Dividend Value, and Balanced Strategies and is Co-Portfolio Manager for Eventide’s Large Cap Strategy.
Ms. Bamford has over 30 years of investment experience. Prior to joining Eventide in 2019, she was with Goldman Sachs Asset Management for 13 years (2002-2015), most recently as Managing Director and Portfolio Manager on U.S. Value Equity. She also led Goldman Sachs’ U.S. Responsible Equity strategy and co-led the Global Sustain Equity strategy. Previously, she was with Putnam Investments for 10 years (1992-2002), where she served as Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager and Analyst on multiple value investments. Before that, she was with Fidelity Investments (1988-1990), where she served in investment research.
Ms. Bamford holds an SM in Management from the MIT Sloan School of Management, a dual-MA in Theology and Church History from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and a BA in Economics from Wellesley College. She is a CFA® charterholder and member of the CFA Society Boston.
Portfolio Manager
David Dirk, CFA serves as Portfolio Manager for assets allocated to the Fund’s Fixed Income Sub-Adviser, Boyd Watterson Asset Management, LLC. Mr. Dirk is Director of Portfolio Management and Trading at Boyd Watterson and has been responsible for directing the firm’s Portfolio Management and Trading activity since 2011. This includes the implementation, execution and evaluation of all strategies across Boyd Watterson’s suite of fixed income products. Mr. Dirk joined Duff & Phelps, predecessor to Boyd Watterson Asset Management, in 1996. Mr. Dirk holds a CFA charter from CFA Institute, an MBA from Case Western Reserve University, and a BA from Baldwin-Wallace University. He is also a member of the CFA society.