Guardian Capital LP Our People

Gary rejoined Guardian Capital LP in 1994 as a Senior Portfolio Manager and has since focused on our Canadian Equity Growth strategies. He initially joined Guardian in 1984 as a Canadian equity analyst and then managed an all cap mandate at Manulife Financial for five years, that incorporated both value and growth. After his return, Gary managed the Guardian Small/Mid cap mandates for six years before taking over the Guardian Growth Equity mandate at the end of 2001. Gary graduated from the University of Toronto in 1979 with a B.A.Sc. (Civil Engineering), obtained his M.B.A. from York University in 1982 and is a CFA Charterholder.

Bob joined Guardian Capital LP as Managing Director, Canadian equities in 1988 and manages our Canadian Equity Core strategy. Prior to joining Guardian, Bob had similar leadership roles in the Canadian and U.S. equity departments of Imperial Life Assurance Co. as well as the U.S. Equity department of Dominion Life Assurance Company. Bob graduated from the University of Western Ontario in 1967 with a B.A. (Economics), and obtained his M.B.A. from the University of Toronto in 1978 and is a CFA Charterholder.

Ted joined Guardian Capital LP in 2000 as part of our Canadian equity team and focuses on our Large Cap and Core Canadian equity strategies. Ted has been managing Canadian equity portfolios since 1989 and prior to joining Guardian, Ted was part of the Canadian equity teams at both Bolton Tremblay Inc and Elliott and Page Ltd. He began his career at Confederation Life Insurance in 1983 as a financial analyst. Ted is a graduate of the University of Toronto in 1983 with a Bachelor of Commerce and is a CFA charterholder.

John joined Guardian Capital LP in 1985 as Managing Director in our Canadian equity team and currently specializes on our equity income mandates. Prior to joining Guardian, John held many senior roles that included managing portfolios at the Hospitals of Ontario Pension Plan and Manager of Pension Trusts at Royal Trust Company. He began his career in 1969 with Bell Gouinlock as an investment dealer with responsibilities for bond trading and municipal underwriting. John graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Economics) from the University of British Columbia in 1968.

Mike joined Guardian Capital LP in 2000 as Senior Portfolio Manager within our Canadian equity team and currently specializes in our Small/Mid Cap strategy. Mike has been managing Canadian equity portfolios since 1987 and prior to joining Guardian, worked as a portfolio manager at Hospitals of Ontario Pension Plan, National Life, Prudential Insurance Company of America and Royal Trust. Mike began his career in 1982 as a Loans Officer with Avco Financial Services. Mike graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Commerce) from the University of Toronto in 1982 and is a CFA charterholder.

Kevin joined Guardian Capital LP in 2000 as an equity research analyst. He was promoted to Portfolio Manager in 2002 and to Senior Portfolio Manager in 2007 as part of the Canadian Equity team specializing in Equity Income mandates. Prior to joining Guardian, Kevin held various positions in client service and sales at Trimark Investment Management and Guardian Group of Funds. Kevin Graduated from McMaster University in 1992 with a Bachelor of Commerce Degree and is a CFA Charterholder.

Michele joined Guardian Capital LP in 2003 as a Portfolio Manager within our Canadian equity team with specific responsibility for equity income. Michele was promoted to Senior Portfolio Manager in 2007 and to Managing Director in 2012. Prior to joining Guardian, Michele worked as an Equity Research Analyst for various Canadian investment dealers including Scotia Capital Inc. and National Bank Financial. Prior to that, she worked at Price Waterhouse LP in both the Audit and Business Services and Financial Advisory Services Groups. Michele graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of British Columbia. She is a Chartered Accountant, Chartered Business Valuator and a Chartered Financial Analyst.

Caren joined Guardian Capital LP in 2006 as a Research Analyst and was promoted to Associate Portfolio Manager in 2009. Prior to joining Guardian, Caren was an Equity Research Associate with Scotia Capital since 2003. Caren graduated from The University of Western Ontario in 2003 with an Honours in Business Administration.

Sera joined Guardian Capital LP’s Canadian Equity team in 2012 as Vice President, Senior Equity Analyst. Sera is a proven senior investment analyst with experience in researching Canadian and global companies. Most recently, she was Director, Equity Research Analyst - Technology at GMP Securities in Toronto. She previously worked in similar roles at Raymond James and CIBC World Markets. Sera graduated from Queen’s University with a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) in 1998 and is a CFA Charterholder.

Peter joined Guardian Capital LP in 1995 and is the Head of Fixed Income, leading the team that manages a diverse range of fixed income strategies. Peter is also the primary portfolio manager on our flagship Core Fixed Income strategy. Prior to joining Guardian Capital, Peter spent a decade in a similar leadership role in the fixed income group of MT Associates Investment Counsel. He began his career in the investment department of Sun Life and later the City of Calgary where he progressively moved from bond trading to portfolio management duties. Peter graduated with a B.Comm. (Accounting) from Concordia University in 1975 and is a CFA charterholder.

Steve joined Guardian Capital LP in 1993 as Assistant Portfolio Manager within the fixed income team, and is now a Managing Director with the firm. Steve´s responsibilities include High Yield and Investment Grade fixed income management as well as structured portfolio management. Prior to joining Guardian Steve spent several years in corporate finance at Montreal Trust and National Bank of Canada. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Chemistry) in 1985 and obtained his MBA in 1989, both from the University of Western Ontario. Steve also earned his CFA charter in 1995.

Domenic joined Guardian Capital in 1998 as Fixed Income Analyst, Fixed Income Investments, with responsibilities for credit analysis, quantitative analysis, yield curve analytics and money market management. Domenic was later promoted to Portfolio Manager, Fixed Income Investments and has been responsible for management of Core Fixed Income Wraps, Index Enhanced Bonds, Real Return Bonds, Global Bonds, Liability Driven Investments and aids in the management of fixed income mutual funds as well as institutional funds. Dom began his career in 1996 as a Database Analyst with the Guardian Group of Funds. He graduated with a B.A. (Economics) from the University of Toronto in 1995 and is a CFA Charterholder.

Wes joined Guardian Capital LP in 2009. He manages the Guardian Short-term Investment Fund and all other money market trading. Wes also manages all foreign exchange trading (spot and forward transactions) on behalf of Guardian Capital. In addition, Wes does credit analysis and is an active participant in our core bond portfolio strategy and implementation. Prior to joining Guardian Capital, Wes was an Analyst in the OPSEU Pension Trust treasury department which included credit analysis, money market trading and foreign currency operations. He also worked in the treasury department of George Weston and Laidlaw. Wes graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration (Honours) from Brock University in 2002 and is a CFA Charterholder.

Derrick joined Guardian Capital LP in 2010. His focus is on credit analysis of high-yield bonds, with a secondary emphasis on the corporate credits in our Core Fixed Income strategy. Prior to joining Guardian, Derrick worked for Standard & Poor’s, Laketon Investment Management, Legg Mason, and most recently was with Dundee Securities. Derrick obtained a Bachelor of Applied Science, Engineering Science Program from the University of Toronto in 1993, and a Master of Finance (M.Fin) degree from the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management in 2009. Derrick is a CFA Charterholder.

Judith joined Guardian Capital LP in 1998 as Executive Assistant and back-up Money Market Trader in our fixed income team. She was later promoted to Research Assistant in 2000. Judith´s career began in 1990 as an Administrative Assistant with Dean Witter Canada and later moved on to Midland Walwyn as Research/Economic Assistant. Judith graduated with a Business Admin. Diploma from Centennial College in1987 and received her Ontario Management Development Diploma from George Brown College in 1998. Judith has also received her Canadian Security certificate and the Conduct and Practices Handbook certificate.

Rob joined Guardian Capital in 2009 and focuses his attention on corporate development and external relationships. Prior to Guardian Capital, he worked for JanusINTECH Institutional Asset Management as Regional Director/Vice President and previously with Capital Guardian Trust Company and JP Morgan Fleming Asset Management. Rob began his asset management career in 1997 as a research analyst at Towers Perrin. He graduated from the University of Western Ontario in 1992 with an Honours B.A. and obtained his M.B.A. from McGill University in 1994.

Spyro joined Guardian Capital LP in 2011 and focuses his attention on corporate development and external relationships. Spyro began his career in 1999 as an analyst at T.E. Financial Consulting and in 2001, Spyro joined Mercer's investment consulting business as an analyst. He was later promoted to Principal and Head of Canadian Analytics, Research and Tools. Spyro graduated from the University of Toronto in 1999 with an Honours B.A., and obtained his CFA designation in 2008 and his CAIA designation in 2010.

Greg joined Guardian Capital in 2009 to service our institutional clients across Canada. Prior to joining Guardian, he spent nearly 10 years with Barclays Global Investors Canada responsible for institutional client servicing and developing new business. Greg started his career in 1992 with Frank Russell Company as a Quantitative Analyst and was later promoted to Client Service Executive. He graduated from the University of Guelph in 1992 with a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) and is a CFA charterholder.

Brian joined Guardian Capital LP in 1999 as Vice President, Investment Services and was soon promoted to Senior Vice-President and responsible for our institutional client service. Prior to joining Guardian Capital, Brian was a Partner with Bolton Tremblay with marketing and servicing responsibilities; and previously was a consultant with SEI where his responsibilities included monitoring institutional portfolios and conducted manager search projects. Brian entered the investment management field in 1983 when he joined Moss Lawson & Co. where he managed high net worth client portfolios. Following Moss Lawson, he moved to Burns Fry where he continued his work with high net worth clients. Brian graduated from Trent University in 1981 with a B.Sc. in Economics with Mathematics.

Joyce joined Guardian Capital LP in 2010 to establish and actively service relationships with consulting firms within the North American consulting community. She started her career in consulting at Towers Perrin in the asset consulting practice assisting clients with their pension, endowment and foundation investment needs. Prior to joining Guardian, Joyce was Vice President, Consultant Relations with State Street Global Advisors. Joyce graduated from The University of Toronto in 1990 with a Bachelor of Commerce, has her MBA from York University, Schulich School of Business (1994), and her CFA designation (1999). Joyce is also an active board member for the Canadian Association of Investment Management Sales Executives (AIMSE) and a member of the CFA Institute.

Hugh joined Guardian Capital in 2004 as Vice President, Investment Services responsible for retail managed assets and was promoted to Senior Vice President in 2007. Prior to joining Guardian, Hugh has worked as Director, Business Development at Royal Trust; Director of Institutional Sales at Scotiabank, and Director of Institutional Sales and Marketing at KBSH Investments. Hugh began his career at Midland Doherty in 1983. Hugh graduated from St. Francis Xavier University in 1982 with a Bachelor of Business Administration.

Patrick joined Guardian Capital in 2008 with a primary focus on retail managed assets. Previous to joining Guardian Capital, Patrick has worked in a variety of managerial and business development roles at Nippon Express, CIBC (TAL) Global Asset Management and Bank of Austria Cayman Islands Ltd. Patrick began his career in 1998 with the United Nations (International Labour Office) as an Actuary/Statistician. Patrick graduated from the University of Montreal in 1992 with a B.Sc. Actuarial Science.

Rocco joined Guardian Capital LP in 2011 and focuses his attention on corporate development and external relationships. Prior to joining Guardian Capital, he was with RBC Dexia Investor Services as Senior Consultant and was a key member of their Risk & Investment Analytics team. Rocco began his career in 1989 as a performance analyst at Confed Investment Counseling. In 1994, Rocco joined SEI investments as an analyst and shortly thereafter joined the consulting team.

Chris joined Guardian Capital in 2003 as Regional Sales Manager and was later promoted to Manager, and then Director with our Investment Services team. Chris started his career in 1998 with the Guardian Group of Funds where he worked in the Client Servicing Department as a bilingual client service representative. From there he joined the Sales Department as a senior internal sales representative with responsibilities for marketing/servicing of mutual funds to the broker community. Chris graduated from University of Western Ontario in 1997 with a B.A. in Philosophy.

Patrick joined Guardian Capital in 2011 with a focus on developing, sustaining and servicing relationships within the managed asset distribution channel. Prior to joining Guardian Capital Patrick held a number of senior management and business development roles within Canada´s exempt market space. Patrick started his career as an Investment Advisor with CIBC Wood Gundy in 1988. Patrick graduated from Simon Fraser University with a B.A. in Economics.

Alessandro joined Guardian Capital LP in 2007 as an Associate and in 2011, he was promoted to Investment Services Director, managing client relationships for Guardian’s retail investment division. Before joining Guardian, Alessandro worked in various roles at CIBC, DuPont Canada and Mosaic Sales Solutions, in addition to co-owning and operating a small business in London, Ontario. He graduated from the University of Western Ontario in 2005 with a Bachelor of Administrative and Commercial Studies (Major – Finance & Business Administration) and earned his CFA designation in 2012

Edward joined Guardian Capital LP in 2009 as part of the institutional client service team. Prior to joining Guardian, he served as a reserve Air Force officer in a variety of roles. Edward graduated from the University of Toronto in 2007 with an Honours Bachelor of Arts (History). He then earned a Master of Arts (War Studies) from the Royal Military College of Canada in 2009 and became a Chartered Investment Manager (CIM�) in 2010.

Stephen was appointed Managing Director of Guardian Capital Real Estate GP Inc. in 2012 and has more than 25 years of experience in the real estate finance, investment and development industry.

Prior to this appointment, Stephen was President of BMO Nesbitt Burns Real Estate Inc. and Managing Director, Group Head of the BMO Capital Markets Real Estate Group, where he was responsible for the origination and execution of public and private financing covering REIT’s, REOC’s, pension funds, public and private debt and equity financing, loan products and M&A advisory. Prior to joining BMO, Stephen served as President of Brookfield Financial Real Estate Group and was also Vice-Chairman of Royal LePage Commercial. Stephen was previously a Managing Director at RBC Capital Markets and was the President of Talisker Corporation, a private real estate investment and development firm with industrial, commercial and residential operations in North America and the U.K.

Stephen earned his Bachelor of Arts and his MBA from the University of Western Ontario. He is a member of the Investment Dealers Association and the Real Estate Council of Ontario.

Sri joined Guardian Capital in 2001 to help lead the development and implementation of our proprietary systematic strategies. Prior to joining Guardian, Sri was with Global Value Investors in Princeton, New Jersey responsible for a variety of portfolio management and financial engineering roles. Sri graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Bombay in 1989, earned his Chartered Cost and Works Accountant (India) designation in 1990 and his MBA (Applied Finance) from Rutgers Graduate School of Management in 1994.

Sam joined Guardian Capital LP in 2007 as a Portfolio Manager in our systematic strategies team. Prior to joining Guardian Capital, Sam was Fund Manager and Product Director, Asian Equities with Invesco Perpetual in the UK. Before moving to the UK, Sam was Project Manager, Office of the CEO in the Taiwan office of Invesco. Sam began his career in 1999 with Invesco Trimark as an Associate, Strategy and Communications. Sam graduated with an Honours Bachelor of Arts from the University of British Columbia in 1999 and is a CFA Charterholder.

Nick joined Guardian Capital LP in 1996 as a Research Equity Analyst with our Canadian equity team. In 2008, he was promoted to Assistant Portfolio Manager in our systematic strategies team. Nick graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Carleton University in 1995.

Fiona Wilson joined Guardian Capital LP in 2011 as a Portfolio Manager in our systematic strategies team. Fiona began her career as an options trader at CIBC and progressed to become Head of Currency Options Marketing, South East Asia for Societe Generale with postings in Tokyo, Singapore and London. Her experiences included structuring classical and exotic option trading and hedging strategies for central banks, corporate and institutional clients throughout Asia. She subsequently took on the role of Portfolio Manager, Global Derivative Instruments with Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS). Fiona graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Western Ontario in 1985 and obtained her Honours Bachelor of Commerce and MBA from the University of Windsor in 1987 and 1989 respectively. Fiona is also a CFA Charterholder.

Harpreet joined Guardian Capital LP in 2012 as Director of Research and Portfolio Management with responsibility for research and portfolio management in our systematic strategies team. Harpreet Singh is a proven senior investment professional in portfolio management and construction, risk analysis and quantitative modeling. Previously, he was the Head of US Equities at Manulife Asset Management in Toronto, where he successfully guided fundamental as well as quantitative analysts and portfolio managers in a disciplined portfolio construction process established by him. Before that, Harpreet was a Quantitative Associate at Standish, Ayer & Wood, Inc., a leading asset management firm in Boston. Harpreet earned a B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering from The Indian Institute of Technology in New Delhi in 1989 and his MBA in Finance in 1992 from Bentley Graduate School of Business in Massachusetts. Harpreet is a CFA Charterholder.

Peter joined Guardian Capital LP in 2012 as a senior Quantitative Analyst with responsibility for research and modeling in our systematic strategies team. Peter has worked with some of the largest institutions in Canada that include Scotia Capital, Symcor and Honeywell Aerospace. As a Software Engineer, Peter´s work experience has centered around using innovative computer and financial technology to provide financial information to portfolio managers and financial institutions. Peter has a Masters Degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Toronto (2008) and is a CFA Charterholder.

Adam joined Guardian Capital LP in 2008 as a portfolio engineer with responsibility for research and modeling in our systematic strategies team. Prior to joining Guardian Capital, he was a Market Risk Analyst with TD Securities. Adam graduated with a Bachelor of Applied Science (Industrial Engineering) from the University of Toronto in 2004 and he obtained his Masters of Mathematical Finance from the University of Toronto in 2005 and is a CFA Charterholder. In 2012, he also earned the FRM designation.