Susan M. Byrne

Chariman & CIO, Westwood Holdings Group

Susan M. Byrne is Founder, Chairman and Chief Investment Officer of Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. (NYSE: WHG), a publicly held institutional asset management firm with approximately $5 billion in assets under management. Westwood serves a variety of institutional clients and also serves as a sub-advisor to five portfolios of GAMCO Westwood Funds.

Ms. Byrne is a former board member of UTIMCO, a private, non-profit company that manages approximately $19 billion in public funds, and a former Board member of the City of Dallas Employees Retirement Fund.

She has over thirty-five years of Wall Street portfolio management and plan sponsor experience.

Portfolio Manager

GAMCO Westwood Equity Fund
GAMCO Westwood Balanced Fund