Board of Directors:
Charles E. Haldeman, Jr.
Charles E. Haldeman, Jr., CFA
President and Chief Executive Officer
of Putnam Investments
At Putnam Mr. Haldeman is President and Chief Executive Officer of Putnam Investments. He is a member of Putnam Investments' Executive Board of Directors. He has also been a Trustee of the Putnam Funds since 2004. Prior to becoming President and Chief Executive Officer in November 2003, Mr. Haldeman served as Co-Head of Putnam Investments' Investment
Division.
At Putnam, Mr. Haldeman is focused on pursuing investment excellence, building an investor-centered culture, and helping clients achieve their investment objectives. He has directed the firm's investment philosophy toward the goal of achieving consistent, dependable, and superior performance across all asset classes.
He has worked with Putnam's Mutual Fund Board of Trustees to implement a series of investor initiatives targeted at reducing shareholder costs and providing investors with enhanced disclosure. During his tenure, Putnam became the first investment management firm to adopt reforms based on the Mutual Fund Protection Principles, a series of reforms endorsed by CalPERS and CalSTRS, which are among the largest pension funds in the United States.
Mr. Haldeman has 30 years of investment experience. Prior to joining Putnam Investments in 2002, Mr. Haldeman held executive positions in the investment management industry.
From 2000 to 2002, Mr. Haldeman served as Chief Executive Officer of Delaware Investments and from 1998 to 2000 as President and Chief Operating Officer of United Asset Management Corporation. Mr. Haldeman was also a partner and director of Cooke & Bieler, Inc., an investment management firm, from 1974 to 1998.
Mr. Haldeman currently serves on the Board of Governors of the Investment Company Institute. He also serves as a Trustee of Dartmouth College and as a member of the Investment Committee of Partners HealthCare. He earned an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School where he was a Baker Scholar, a J.D. from Harvard Law School, and an A.B. from Dartmouth College. Mr. Haldeman is also a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder.
