RidgeWorth Investments, a holding company that owns interests in eight investment boutiques with approximately $47.2 billion of assets under management, has hired Robert Zakem as chief compliance officer and general counsel for the firm and Joseph O'Donnell as chief compliance officer for the RidgeWorth Funds.

With over 20 years of asset management experience, Zakem was most recently with Bank of America Corporation, where he served as managing director of global risk compliance.  Prior to Bank of America, Zakem worked for UBS Financial Services and AIG/SunAmerica Asset Management Corp.

With over 24 years of investment compliance experience, O'Donnell was most recently with ING Funds, where he served as executive vice president and chief compliance officer for ING's U.S. based mutual fund platform.  Prior to ING, O'Donnell worked for The Atlas Companies as chief legal counsel and CCO.