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Name | Title | Since | Until |
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Juliette Douglas | Senior Research Analyst | 2020 | Now |
Biography | Ms. Douglas is Deputy Director of Research at Grandeur Peak Global Advisors. Ms. Douglas has been a portfolio manager for the Grandeur Peak Global Reach Fund since 2018, a portfolio manager of the Grandeur Peak International Opportunities Fund since 2020, and the Grandeur Peak Global Explorer Fund since inception in December 2021. She is also a Sr. Research Analyst. Before becoming a research analyst, Ms. Douglas worked as a global equities trader and as a manager on the operations team. Before joining Grandeur Peak Global Advisors in 2013, Ms. Douglas was a Financial Analyst at Adidas in Portland, Oregon. Previously, Ms. Douglas spent four years in various roles on the operations team at Wasatch Advisors, including her final role as Senior International Trade Analyst. Ms. Douglas graduated cum laude from Westminster College earning a BS in Business with a concentration in Finance. | ||
Blake H. Walker | CIO (Chief Investment Officer) | 2011 | Now |
Biography | Blake H. Walker is the Chief Investment Officer and Executive Vice President for Grandeur Peak Global Advisors. Before co-founding Grandeur Peak Global Advisors in 2011, Mr. Walker was a portfolio manager co-managing two funds at Wasatch Advisors. Mr. Walker joined the research team at Wasatch Advisors in 2001. Mr. Walker has a B.S. in Accounting from Brigham Young University. He is originally from Toronto, Canada. Mr. Walker speaks French and lived in France for two years. | ||
Mark Madsen | Portfolio Manager | 2018 | 2025 |
Biography | Mr. Madsen rejoined Wasatch Global Investors in 2025 as a Portfolio Manager on the global and international developed research teams. Before returning to Wasatch, Mr. Madsen spent nine years at Grandeur Peak Global Advisors, where he managed the Global Contrarian Fund and focused on the energy, materials and industrial sectors. Earlier, he founded Red Desert Capital, where he managed a concentrated value portfolio utilizing a bottom-up, fundamental approach. He began his investment career at Wasatch in 2004 as a senior research analyst on the Wasatch Small Cap Value strategy. | ||
Robert T. Gardiner | CEO | 2011 | 2021 |
Biography | Robert T. Gardiner, CFA® is the CEO and Director of Research for Grandeur Peak Global Advisors. Before founding Grandeur Peak Global Advisors in 2011, Mr. Gardiner had been a senior partner, principal shareholder and portfolio manager at Wasatch Advisors, Inc. Mr. Gardiner has been in the Investment Management industry since 1981 and involved in managing equity portfolios since 1986. Mr. Gardiner was a Director of Wasatch Advisors and a member of its Executive Management Team from 1994 to 2007. Mr. Gardiner graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Utah with a B.A. in Physics, a B.S. in Mathematics, and minors in Chemistry and French. He speaks French and lived in France for two years. Mr. Gardiner holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the Salt Lake City Society of Financial Analysts. | ||
Amy Hu Sunderland | Portfolio Manager | 2016 | 2018 |
Biography | Ms. Sunderland, CFA and portfolio manager, has been a senior research analyst at Grandeur Peak Global Advisors, with a specialty focus on the consumer sector, since the firm’s inception in 2011. Prior to Grandeur Peak, Ms. Sunderland was a junior and later senior research analyst at Wasatch Advisors from 2003-2011. Before Wasatch, Ms. Sunderland worked on the Goldman Sachs Private Wealth Management Team. Ms. Sunderland graduated Magna Cum Laude in the top 1% of her class from the University of Utah where she earned a B.S. in Finance and Business Information Systems. Ms. Sunderland was selected as the Outstanding Finance Scholar of the Year by the dean, and a Coca-Cola Scholar. Ms. Sunderland is fluent in Mandarin Chinese. | ||
Spencer P. Stewart | Portfolio Manager | 2015 | 2016 |
Biography | Spencer Stewart was a Portfolio Manager at Grandeur Peak Funds. There he managed GPEIX, the top fund in its category during his 3- year tenure. Before Grandeur, Spencer worked at both Sidoti & Company and Wasatch Advisors. Spencer is currently the Lead Portfolio Manager on the Ark Global Emerging Companies, LP as well as a Portfolio Manager on the Seven Canyons Strategic Income and the World Innovators Funds. | ||
Randy E. Pearce | CIO (Chief Investment Officer) | 2014 | 2016 |
Biography | Mr. Pearce, CIO and Portfolio Manager, has been a senior research analyst at Grandeur Peak Global Advisors, with a specialty focus on the financial sector, since the firm’s inception in 2011. Prior to Grandeur Peak, Mr. Pearce was a junior and later senior research analyst at Wasatch Advisors from 2005-2009. In 2010, Mr. Pearce interned at Thornburg Investment Management as a global equities analyst while earning his MBA. Mr. Pearce has a B.A. in Business Administration from the University of Utah and an MBA from the University of California at Berkeley. He holds the CFA designation, having passed each of the three levels on his first attempt. Mr. Pearce speaks Portuguese and lived in Brazil for two years. |
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