Woody E. Bradford

Woody E. Bradford, CFA, is President and Chief Executive Officer at Conning. Prior to joining Conning in 2010, Mr. Bradford was an Operating Partner with Advent International, a global private equity firm. Previously, he spent 12 years at Putnam Investments where he had multiple roles, including Head of Corporate Development and Chief Operating Officer of Global Distribution. Mr. Bradford is a graduate of Worcester Polytechnic Institute and of the Harvard Business School, where he graduated as a Baker Scholar. Mr. Bradford is a member of the Supervisory Board of Quoniam Asset Management GmbH and also serves on the Board of Directors of the Greater Boston Food Bank.

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Joseph Mayo

Joseph Mayo is a Managing Director and Head of Credit Research, where he is primarily responsible for investment grade and high yield corporate credit research. Prior to joining Conning in 2000, Mr. Mayo was employed as senior credit officer with New England Capital Corporation and a credit analyst with Society for Savings. Mr. Mayo is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University with a BA in Political Science and earned an MBA in Investment Finance from the University of Hartford.

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Sherry Manetta

Sherry Manetta, CPA, is a Managing Director at Conning and is Head of Strategy and Operations for Conning's Risk & Capital Management Solutions business. Prior to joining Conning in 2007, Ms. Manetta was a senior strategy and business transformation consultant to global insurance and financial services companies and has held senior management positions in the insurance industry, including Chief Information Officer of The Phoenix Companies, CFO and head of planning for Aetna’s health business, and CFO, head of planning and operations of Aetna’s large case pension business. She was also CEO and CFO of a start-up specialty managed care company and an audit and consulting Partner with Ernst & Young. She is a graduate of Misericordia University with a degree in Mathematics and earned an MBA from Indiana University.

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Rich Sega 

Richard L. Sega

Richard L. Sega, FSA, MAAA, is a Managing Director and the Chief Investment Officer, where he is responsible for portfolio management and trading. Mr. Sega was President and CEO of Charter Oak Capital Management, Inc. prior to the firm being acquired by Conning in 2000. He is a graduate of Fordham University with a degree in Mathematics and earned an MA in Statistics from Columbia University. Mr. Sega is a member of the CFA Institute.

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