Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. announced that Andra Purkalitis has joined the company as Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel, and Corporate secretary. Purkalitis has more than 30 years of broad legal and regulatory experience in the asset management industry. As Virtus?

chief legal officer, she will be responsible for developing and guiding the strategic direction of the legal, regulatory and compliance functions and also will provide counsel to the company?s Board of Directors on corporate governance matters. Prior to joining the Company, Purkalitis was most recently global chief compliance officer and regulatory counsel at Affinius Capital, a private equity real estate management company and prior to joining Affinius in 2021, was global chief compliance officer and regulatory counsel at Russell Investments. She previously was regional chief executive officer and chief legal officer at Aviva Investors Americas, and, earlier, chief administrative officer and general counsel at Old Mutual Capital, a division of Old Mutual Asset Management (now BrightSphere Investment Group).

She also served as a branch chief and enforcement attorney for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in Denver and as a prosecution expert witness in complex criminal securities fraud cases for the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney?s Office in Utah and Nevada. Purkalitis holds a J.D. from the University of Denver College of Law, where she also served as an adjunct professor teaching courses in securities regulation and international business transactions. She earned a B.A. degree in political science from the University of Nebraska.