People: Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund Inc (GCV)

GCV on New York Consolidated

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24 May 2013
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Mario Gabelli

 70 Chairman of the Board, Chief Investment Officer

Bruce Alpert

 61 2011 President, Acting Chief Compliance Officer

Curtis Browning

 27 2011 Assistant Vice President and Ombudsman

Laurissa Martire

 36 2004 Vice President, Ombudsman

Agnes Mullady

 54 2010 Treasurer, Secretary

Anthony Pustorino

 87 2010 Lead Independent Director

E. Val Cerutti

 72 1989 Independent Director

Anthony Colavita

 77 1989 Independent Director

Dugald Fletcher

 82 1989 Independent Director

Werner Roeder

 71 2001 Independent Director

Anthonie van Ekris

 78 1992 Independent Director

Salvatore Zizza

 67 1991 Independent Director
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Biographies

Name Description

Mario Gabelli

 Mr. Mario J. Gabelli, CFA, is Chairman of the Board, Chief Investment Officer of Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund Inc. Mr. Gabelli is a member of the Fund’s ad hoc Pricing Committee (described below under “Directors – Leadership Structure and Oversight Responsibilities”). He also currently serves as Chairman of the boards of other funds in the Fund Complex. Mr. Gabelli is Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Investment Officer-Value Portfolios of GAMCO Investors, Inc. (“GAMCO”), a New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) listed investment advisory firm. He is also the Chief Investment Officer of Value Portfolios of Gabelli Funds, LLC and GAMCO Asset Management, Inc., each of which are asset management subsidiaries of GAMCO. In addition, Mr. Gabelli is Chief Executive Officer and a director and the controlling shareholder of GGCP, Inc., an investment holding company that holds a majority interest in GAMCO. Mr. Gabelli also sits on the boards of other publicly traded companies and private firms and various charitable foundations and educational institutions, including the Board of Trustees of Boston College and Roger Williams University and Board of Overseers of Columbia University Graduate School of Business. Mr. Gabelli received his Bachelors degree from Fordham University and his Masters of Business Administration from Columbia University Graduate School of Business.

Bruce Alpert

 Mr. Bruce N. Alpert, CPA, is President, Acting Chief Compliance Officer of Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund Inc. He is Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Gabelli Funds, LLC since 1988; Officer of all of the registered investment companies in the Gabelli/GAMCO Funds Complex; Director of Teton Advisors, Inc. since 1998; Chairman of Teton Advisors, Inc. 2008-2010; President of Teton Advisors, Inc. 1998 to 2008; Senior Vice President of GAMCO Investors, Inc. since 2008.

Curtis Browning

 Mr. Curtis A. Browning serves as Assistant Vice President and Ombudsman of Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund Inc. He has been Portfolio Administrator for Gabelli Funds, LLC since 2010; GE Capital 2009 to 2010; Tudor Investment Corporation 2007 to 2009.

Laurissa Martire

 Ms. Laurissa M. Martire is Vice President, Ombudsman of Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund Inc., since 2004. She is Vice President and/or Ombudsman of other closed-end funds in the Gabelli/GAMCO Funds Complex; Assistant Vice President of GAMCO Investors, Inc. since 2003.

Agnes Mullady

 Ms. Agnes Mullady is Treasurer, Secretary of Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund Inc. She has been President and Chief Operating Officer of the Open-End Fund Division of Gabelli Funds, LLC since 2010; Senior Vice President of GAMCO Investors, Inc. since 2009; Vice President of Gabelli Funds, LLC since 2007; Officer of all of the registered investment companies in the Gabelli/GAMCO Funds Complex.

Anthony Pustorino

 Mr. Anthony R. Pustorino, CPA, is Lead Independent Director of Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund Inc., since 1989. Mr. Pustorino is a Certified Public Accountant (“CPA”) and Professor Emeritus of Pace University with over fifty years of experience in public accounting. Mr. Pustorino is the lead Independent Director and serves as Chairman of the Fund’s Audit and ad hoc Proxy Voting Committees and a member of both multi-fund ad hoc Compensation Committees. He also serves on comparable committees of other boards in the Fund Complex. Mr. Pustorino was a Director of LGL Group, Inc., a diversified manufacturing company, and Chair of its Audit Committee. He was previously the President and shareholder of a CPA firm and a Professor of accounting at both Fordham University and Pace University. He served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the New York State Board of Public Accountancy and of the CPA Examination Review Board of the National Association of the State Board of Accountancy. Mr. Pustorino was Vice President and a member of the Executive Committee of the New York State Society of CPAs, and was the Chair or member of many of its technical committees. He was a member of the Council of the American Institute of CPAs. Mr. Pustorino is the recipient of numerous professional and teaching awards. He received a Bachelor of Science in Business from Fordham University and a Masters in Business Administration from New York University.

E. Val Cerutti

 Mr. E. Val Cerutti is Independent Director of Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund Inc., since 1989. Mr. Cerutti is Chief Executive Officer of Cerutti Consultants, Inc. Mr. Cerutti is a member of the Fund’s ad hoc Proxy Voting Committee. He is a member of the board of other funds in the Fund Complex. He formerly served as Director of LGL Group, Inc., a diversified manufacturing company. He was President and Chief Operating Officer of Stella D’oro Biscuit Co., and served on the board of advisers of the Hagan School of Business of Iona College. He has served as a consultant to several venture capital groups. Mr. Cerutti has a Bachelor of Science degree from Fordham University and a Masters degree in Business Administration from Iona College.

Anthony Colavita

 Mr. Anthony J. Colavita, Esq., is Independent Director of Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund Inc., since 1989. Mr. Colavita is a practicing attorney with over fifty years of experience, including the field of business law. He is the Chair of the Fund’s Nominating Committee and a member of the Fund’s Audit Committee. Mr. Colavita also serves on comparable or other board committees with respect to other funds in the Fund Complex on whose boards he sits. Mr. Colavita also serves as a Trustee of a charitable remainder unitrust. He served as a Commissioner of the New York State Thruway Authority and as a Commissioner of the New York State Bridge Authority. He served for ten years as the elected Supervisor of the Town of Eastchester, New York, responsible for ten annual municipal budgets of approximately eight million dollars annually. Mr. Colavita also served as Special Counsel to the New York State Assembly for five years and as a Senior Attorney with the New York State Insurance Department. He is the former Chairman of the Westchester County Republican Party and the New York State Republican Party. Mr. Colavita received his Bachelor of Arts from Fairfield University and his Juris Doctor from Fordham University School of Law.

Dugald Fletcher

 Mr. Dugald A. Fletcher is Independent Director of Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund Inc., since 1989. Mr. Fletcher is president of Fletcher & Company. Additionally, he currently serves as director of a venture capital firm. Mr. Fletcher is a member of the Fund’s ad hoc Pricing Committee. He served as President and Director of Baker Weeks & Co., Inc., a NYSE Member Firm, Senior Vice President of Booz-Allen & Hamilton, Inc., a management consulting firm, President of Booz-Allen Acquisition Services, Director of Paine Webber, Inc., Executive Vice President of Paine, Webber, Jackson and Curtis, Inc. and Advisor to Gabelli/Rosenthal L P, a leveraged buyout fund. His industrial experience includes Chairman of Keller Industries, Inc., a building and consumer products company, Chairman of Binnings Building Products, Inc., and various positions with the United States Steel Corporation. Mr. Fletcher received his Bachelor of Arts from Harvard College, AB, and his Masters in Business Administration from Harvard Business School.

Werner Roeder

 Dr. Werner J. Roeder is Independent Director of Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund Inc., since 2001. Dr. Roeder is Vice President of Medical Affairs/Medical Director of Lawrence Hospital Center in Bronxville, New York. He has been a practicing surgeon for over forty-five years. As Vice President of Medical Affairs at Lawrence Hospital, he is actively involved in personnel and financial matters concerning the hospital’s $140 million budget. He is a member of the Fund’s Nominating and ad hoc Proxy Voting Committees and is a member of both multi-fund ad hoc Compensation Committees and also serves on comparable or other board committees with respect to other funds in the Fund Complex on whose boards he sits. Dr. Roeder is board certified as a surgeon by The American Board of Surgery and presently serves in a consulting capacity to Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield. He obtained his Doctorate in Medicine from New York Medical College.

Anthonie van Ekris

 Mr. Anthonie C. van Ekris is Independent Director of Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund Inc., since 1992. Mr. van Ekris has been the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of a global import/ export company for over twenty years. Mr. van Ekris serves on the boards of other funds in the Fund Complex and is a member of the ad hoc Proxy Voting Committee of other funds in the Fund Complex. He serves as Chairman of the GAMCO International SICAV. Mr. van Ekris has over fifty-five years of experience as Chairman and/or Chief Executive Officer of public and private companies involved in international trading or commodity trading, and served in both of these capacities for nearly twenty years for a public jewelry chain. Mr. van Ekris is a former Director of an oil and gas operations company. He served on the boards of a number of public companies and for more than ten years on the Advisory Board of the Salvation Army of Greater New York.

Salvatore Zizza

 Mr. Salvatore J. Zizza is Independent Director of Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund Inc., since 1991. Mr. Zizza is the Chairman of a financial consulting firm. He also serves as Chairman to other companies involved in manufacturing, recycling, and real estate. He is a member of the Fund’s Audit and Nominating Committees, the Fund’s ad hoc Pricing Committee, and both multi-fund ad hoc Compensation Committees. In addition, he serves on comparable or other board committees, including as lead Independent Director, with respect to other funds in the Fund Complex on whose boards he sits. In addition to serving on the boards of other funds within the Fund Complex, he is currently a director of three other public companies and previously served on the boards of several other public companies. He also served as the Chief Executive of a NYSE-listed construction company. Mr. Zizza received his Bachelor of Arts and his Master of Business Administration in Finance from St. John’s University, which awarded him an Honorary Doctorate in Commercial Sciences.

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