Jonathan P. Westerman, CFA, CPA

Assistant Vice President, Portfolio Manager, Senior Credit Analyst

Jon Westerman is located in Cincinnati, Ohio, and his areas of focus are:

• Active Corporate Fixed Income Strategy
• High Yield Fixed Income Strategy
• Opportunistic High Yield Fixed Income Strategy

Career

Jon Westerman is an Assistant Vice President, Portfolio Manager, & Senior Credit Analyst. He is a Portfolio Manager for the firm’s Investment Grade Credit Total Return and Asset-Liability Management investment strategies and also maintains fundamental credit research responsibilities for all of the firm’s Energy Infrastructure (Midstream Energy / Pipelines, Utility & Power sectors), Investment Grade, and High Yield credit investments.

Westerman joined the firm in 2012 and has served in various capacities on the fixed income team including credit research, portfolio management, quantitative modeling and analysis, and trading. Prior to joining Fort Washington, Westerman served in various roles within Fort Washington’s parent company, Western & Southern Financial Group, since 2006.

Westerman began his career as an Associate in the Audit & Risk Assurance practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) where he was responsible for planning and executing audit and risk advisory services for both public and private clients across multiple industries, including Energy and Utilities.

Education & Designations

Westerman has a BS, Accounting and Decision Science & Information Systems (magna cum laude), from the University of Kentucky and an MBA, Finance, from Xavier University. He holds the CFA and a CPA professional designations.