Mr. Ko joined Lombardia Capital Partners in July 2006 and is a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager for the Mid Cap Value and Large Cap Value teams. Prior to joining LCP, Mr. Ko was a Portfolio Manager for the Mid Cap and All Cap Strategies and Co-Portfolio Manager for Small Cap Value Equities at Dean Investments. Prior to Dean Investments, he was Co-Portfolio Manager for Large Cap Value Equities at Cutler & Company and Co-Portfolio Manager for Large and Small Cap Value Equities at Nicholas Applegate. Prior to Nicholas Applegate, Mr. Ko spent eight years as an Investment Analyst of value equities at Hughes Investment Management and six years as Vice President and Investment Analyst at Security Pacific Investment Research.

Mr. Ko is a graduate of the University of Southern California with a B.S. in Business Administration (1984). He received his MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University (1986). Mr. Ko is a CFA charterholder.