A Midwestern sales veteran just joined a mutual fund shop to help out its presence in the intermediary sold space.

David Ribbens Heartland Advisors Executive Vice President, Head of Distribution

Anne Putnam, vice president of intermediaries at Fenimore Asset Management [profile], confirms that Jeff Kohl recently joined the Cobleskill, New York-based fund firm as national advisory sales executive. Milwaukee-based Kohl most recently served as vice president of intermediary accounts at Heartland Advisors [profile], which is also based in Milwaukee.

MFWire could not immediately reach Dave Ribbens, executive vice president and head of distribution for Heartland, for comment on how Kohl's duties are being handled.

Anne Putnam Fenimore Asset Management Vice President of Intermediaries

Fenimore, advisor to the FAM Funds, is a 42-year-old shop that has traditionally focused on the direct channel and now has about $2 billion in AUM. Yet, last year Putnam lead Fenimore's charge into the advisor channels, especially with independent RIAs.

Putnam praises Kohl as "an industry veteran" whose "experience and efforts will strongly support Fenimore's third-party growth initiatives. MFWire has learned that Kohl is covering the Midwest in a newly-created position at Fenimore.

Jeff Kohl Fenimore Asset Management National Advisory Sales Executive

An alumnus of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Kohl worked at what is now Morgan Stanley before spending 19 years at Heartland. 

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