William Hench is Portfolio Manager and Senior Analyst for Royce & Associates, LLC, investment adviser to The Royce Funds.
He serves as co-portfolio manager of Royce Institutional Fund - Opportunity Portfolio and assistant portfolio manager for Royce Opportunity Fund, both with Boniface Zaino.
Mr. Hench joined the firm in 2002 after spending 10 years in the institutional equity business in Boston and New York; most recently with JP Morgan. After graduating from Adelphi University, Bill began his professional career as a C.P.A. with Coopers and Lybrand.
For more than 35 years, Royce & Associates has adhered to a disciplined value approach in managing smaller-company investment portfolios.