Delia M. Roges Joins Invesco

ATLANTA, June 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- In a move to further bolster its institutional sales and relationship management effort, Invesco today announced that Delia M. Roges has joined its Institutional Sales and Client Service team as Senior Director.  She is responsible for marketing Invesco's investment strategies and providing client service to Public Employee Retirement Funds in the Western U. S.  She joins with the unique experience of being both a plan sponsor and a sales professional with a multi-product institutional firm.  Roges is based in Los Angeles and joins Keri Hepburn, Dyice Ellis-Beckham and Marquette Chester on the Public Funds Sales and Service team.  The team is led by Marquette Chester, Managing Director, and reports to Eric Johnson, Head of Institutional Sales and Service, N.A.

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"We are pleased to have Delia Roges, a recognized leader with years of proven experience, join our Sales & Service team," said Marquette Chester. "Delia has been both a plan sponsor and a senior relationship manager for a number of institutional investment management firms across the asset class spectrum, and she has a well-earned reputation as a trusted advisor to the constituents that we serve and hope to serve."

Ms. Roges joins from Oro Capital Advisors, a firm she co-founded in late 2009.  Oro is an emerging investment firm focused on the acquisition of non-performing notes and real estate assets in the lower middle-market sector.  Previously, Ms. Roges served nearly 14 years as a Senior Vice President for Trust Company of the West (TCW) where she was responsible for new business development and creating product solutions for institutional clients.  She joined TCW in 1994 from Southern California Edison Company where she held various investment responsibilities in the Corporate Treasurer's Department, including responsibilities with the pension fund.

Ms. Roges presently serves on the Board of Regents to Loyola Marymount University (LMU) and on the Board of Visitors at the School of Education at LMU. Ms. Roges is also an Executive Committee and Board Member of the New America Alliance (NAA), a national organization of Latino business leaders focused on the advancement of the Latino community. She currently chairs the NAA's Membership Committee commissioned to identify Latino business leaders, entrepreneurs and corporate sponsors. She has also served as a Board Member of Good Shepherd Center for Homeless Women and Children since 2001.   Ms. Roges earned a BBA from Loyola Marymount University and holds an MBA from the University of Southern California.

Invesco is a leading independent global investment manager, dedicated to helping investors worldwide achieve their financial objectives. By delivering the combined power of our distinctive investment management capabilities, Invesco provides a wide range of investment strategies and vehicles to our retail, institutional and high net worth clients around the world. Operating in more than 20 countries, the company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol IVZ.

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