Mr. Cottrell joined FJ Capital Management in 2008 serves as Co-Portfolio Manager for the Financial Hybrid Opportunity Fund. His responsibilities include investment research and portfolio management with a focus on mid-west banks. Mr. Cottrell is a former director of Northern States Financial Corporation (NSFC) in Waukegan, Illinois and a former director of Floridian Community Bank, Inc. (Private) in Davie, Florida. He has over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry. Previously, he spent five years at Friedman, Billings Ramsey Group, mostly as an equity research analyst specializing in community banks and thrifts. Prior to this, Mr. Cottrell served two years as a financi