Fred Bedoya
Principal Accounting Officer and Treasurer at Voya Emerging Markets High Dividend Equity Fund
Executive
About Fred Bedoya
Fred Bedoya serves as Vice President, Principal Accounting Officer, and Treasurer for the Voya fund complex, including Voya Emerging Markets High Dividend Equity Fund (IHD), with service beginning in September 2012. He is listed with year of birth 1973 and maintains parallel roles as Vice President at Voya Investments, LLC (since October 2015) and Voya Funds Services, LLC (since July 2012). Officers of the Funds are not paid by the Funds; compensation is provided by Voya Investments, LLC or its affiliates, and the proxy does not disclose individual officer compensation details. As of the May 1, 2025 record date, the Funds state that no Trustee or officer individually or as a group owned 1% or more of any class of the Funds’ outstanding shares.
Past Roles
| Organization | Role | Years | Strategic Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| Voya Fund Complex (incl. IHD) | Vice President, Principal Accounting Officer and Treasurer | 09/2012 – Present | Officer role overseeing accounting and treasury functions across Funds (role-based). |
| Voya Emerging Markets High Dividend Equity Fund (IHD) | Officer of the Fund (elected by Board) | 09/2012 – Present | Officers are elected by the Board and hold office until successors are chosen and qualified. |
External Roles
| Organization | Role | Years | Strategic Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| Voya Investments, LLC | Vice President | 10/2015 – Present | Corporate leadership role supporting fund administration and financial oversight. |
| Voya Funds Services, LLC | Vice President | 07/2012 – Present | Corporate leadership role within fund services and operations. |
Fixed Compensation
- Officers of the Funds (including Mr. Bedoya) are compensated by Voya Investments, LLC or its affiliates; they are not paid by any Fund. The proxy does not provide base salary, bonus, or other cash compensation details for officers.
Performance Compensation
- The proxy does not disclose officer equity awards (RSUs/PSUs), options, performance metrics, or payout structures for Fund officers, as officers are compensated by Voya Investments, LLC or its affiliates and not by the Funds.
Equity Ownership & Alignment
- Ownership threshold: As of May 1, 2025, the Funds state that no Trustee or officer individually or as a group owned 1% or more of any class of the Funds’ outstanding shares.
- Officer ownership specifics (shares, pledged, hedging): Not disclosed in the proxy; the Ownership Policy described applies to Independent Trustees, not officers.
Employment Terms
- Officer status and election: Officers are elected by the Board and hold office until successors are chosen and qualified, or until they resign, are removed, or are otherwise disqualified.
- Compensation source: Officers are compensated by Voya Investments, LLC or its affiliates; not paid by any Fund.
- Officer address: The mailing address for officers is 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Road, Suite 100, Scottsdale, Arizona 85258-2034 (except as otherwise noted).
- Contracts, severance, change-of-control, clawbacks: Not disclosed at the Fund level in the proxy.
- Section 16 compliance: The Funds state Reporting Persons complied with all applicable Section 16 filing requirements during the fiscal year ended February 28, 2025.
Investment Implications
- Pay-for-performance transparency: Because officer compensation is at Voya Investments, LLC (and not at the Fund level), there is limited visibility into Mr. Bedoya’s cash/equity mix, performance metrics, or incentive alignment from Fund filings.
- Insider selling pressure: No Fund-level equity grants or options to officers are disclosed; combined with the Fund’s statement that no officer owned ≥1% of shares as of the record date, direct insider selling pressure tied to Fund securities appears limited from public Fund disclosures.
- Retention/continuity: Mr. Bedoya’s tenure since 2012 indicates long-standing continuity in the principal accounting officer and treasurer functions across the Funds.
- Governance oversight: Officers are elected and overseen by the Board; committee activities (Audit, Compliance, Nominating & Governance) are performed by Independent Trustees and provide oversight of financial reporting, compliance, and governance across the Funds (officers are not Trustees).