Laton Spahr, CFA, currently serves as President of SS&C ALPS Advisors. With his experience in the investment industry, Laton brings fresh insight and creative leadership strategies to his role. Laton has 27 years of investment management experience. Before taking the helm of SS&C ALPS Advisors, Laton led the Value and Income Team at OppenheimerFunds where he was Portfolio Manager for four different equity and multi-asset strategies. Prior to OppenheimerFunds, he was a leader at Columbia Management Investment Advisors, where he managed value and income strategies across institutional and retail investment channels. Over his career, Laton also conducted equity risk management, analyzed and traded derivatives, structured products and was a technology sector analyst. Laton is a CFA Charterholder and earned his MS in Finance from the Applied Securities Analysis Program at the University of Wisconsin – Madison and a BS in Finance from the University of Wyoming.

Eric Hewitt serves as Chief Investment Officer of SS&C ALPS Advisors and brings over 25 years of investment management experience to the role. He is responsible for overseeing the firm’s investment strategy, model portfolio solutions and research efforts across asset classes. In addition to his CIO responsibilities, Eric serves as co-portfolio manager on an ETF, two mutual funds and a separately managed account (SMA) strategy offered by SS&C ALPS Advisors. Prior to joining SS&C ALPS Advisors, Eric was a portfolio manager and research analyst at OppenheimerFunds, where he contributed to the management of four equity strategies as part of the Value and Income Team. Earlier in his career, he held investment leadership roles at AllianceBernstein and Harbor Watch/Diamondback, serving as co-portfolio manager and co-sector head for global consumer strategies, and managing long/short hedged equity portfolios. Eric holds an MBA in Finance from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota and a BA from the University of Wisconsin – Madison.