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First Foundation Advisors Appoints Louis P. Abel

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March 9, 2010

Louis P. Abel joined First Foundation Advisors as a managing director.

Abel is part of a team that will open a new full banking and advisory office for First Foundation in Pasadena.

Prior to joining FFA, Abel was a senior vice president and senior portfolio manager with U.S. Trust in Los Angeles, Calif. His responsibilities included managing portfolios on behalf of family offices, high net worth clients, foundations and endowments, and corporate pension and profit sharing plans.

His prior experience includes serving as a vice president and senior portfolio manager for Wells Fargo Private Asset Management in Beverly Hills, where he managed private client accounts for high net worth individuals, family offices, and foundations.

He was a senior portfolio manager with Husic Capital Management in San Francisco, managing both institutional accounts and private client accounts. In addition, for more than 10 years, he was a portfolio manager and analyst with Engemann Asset Management in Pasadena, California, where he spearheaded the development of the firm's international investment strategy and managed global mutual funds and private client accounts and was responsible for all of the firm's international investments.

He also served as a portfolio manager for the firm's small- and mid-cap investment strategies and was also a member of Engemann's large-cap investment team with research responsibility for the consumer staples sector.

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