Jane D. O'Keeffe serves as President, Trustee of the Company. Ms. O’Keeffe has been President of the Fund since 1996, and serves as a portfolio manager of the Fund and other funds in the Gabelli/GAMCO Fund Complex. She was Executive Vice President of the Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund Ltd. and President of the Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund Ltd. from 1996 until February 2014. Ms. O’Keeffe has been President of Dinsmore Capital Management from 1996 until 2015. In 1980, Ms. O’Keeffe began as an assistant to the portfolio manager of IDS Progressive Fund. From 1983 through March 1986, she had research and portfolio management responsibilities at Soros Fund Management Company. In 1986, Ms. O’Keeffe was a portfolio manager and research analyst at Simms Capital Management until she joined Fiduciary Trust International in 1988, where she became a Vice President and Portfolio Manager for individuals, endowments and foundations. Ms. O’Keeffe received a Bachelor’s degree from the University of New Hampshire and attended the Lubin Graduate School of Pace University.
Jane Keeffe is 64, she's been the President and Trustee of Bancroft Fund Ltd since 1995. There are 11 older and 8 younger executives at Bancroft Fund Ltd. The oldest executive at Bancroft Fund Ltd is Anthonie van Ekris, 85, who is the Independent Trustee.
Jane's mailing address filed with the SEC is C/O GAMCO INVESTORS, INC., ONE CORPORATE CENTER, RYE, NY, 10580.
Over the last 21 years, insiders at Bancroft Fund Ltd have traded over $2,644,140 worth of Bancroft Fund Ltd stock and bought 15,726 units worth $286,111 . The most active insiders traders include Mario J Gabelli, James P Conn, and Robert Mcmullan. On average, Bancroft Fund Ltd executives and independent directors trade stock every 114 days with the average trade being worth of $33,640. The most recent stock trade was executed by Mario J Gabelli on 29 August 2024, trading 4,000 units of BCV stock currently worth $65,520.
gamco investors, inc. (nyse:gbl) is a well-established provider of investment advisory services to open and closed-end funds, institutional, and private wealth management investors. since mario j. gabelli founded the firm in 1977, gamco has been recognized for its research driven approach to equity investing and our proprietary private market value (pmv) with a catalyst™ stock selection strategy. as of december 31, 2016, the company has $39.7 billion aum, 95% of which is invested in equities, principally through our two registered investment advisers: gamco asset management inc. (“institutional and private wealth management”) and gabelli funds, llc (“funds”). g.distributors, llc (“g.distributors”) acts as an underwriter and distributor for our open-end funds.
Bancroft Fund Ltd executives and other stock owners filed with the SEC include: