Investment Team

Chris Perras

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CFA®, Chief Investment Officer

Notable Career Highlights

  • Managed AIM (Invesco) Large Cap Opportunities.
  • Managed AIM (Invesco) Constellation fund and helped implement a performance turnaround that helped grow assets from $14 billion to a peak of $28 billion over a three-year period.
  • Managed Quaker Strategic Growth Fund to over $2 billion.

Education

  • Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, summa cum laude, Georgia Tech
  • MBA, Harvard Business School

Charles Scavone

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CFA®, Director of Investments

Notable Career Highlights

  • Developed and managed the $3.5B in assets long/short AIM (Invesco) Special Opportunities family of funds.
  • Managed the AIM (Invesco) Constellation Fund from $7.5B in assets to $28B in assets.
  • Co-managed the Van Kampen American Capital Emerging Growth Fund.

Education

  • Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration, Southeastern Louisiana University
  • MBA, University of Houston

Dwane Bacak

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CFA®, Director of Research

Notable Career Highlights

  • Investment team member on $28B aum AIM (Invesco) Constellation and $3.5B aum long/short AIM (Invesco) Special Opportunities family of funds, focusing on quantitative and risk projects.
  • Global Head of Transaction Cost Analysis for the Capital Markets Trading Desk at Invesco.
  • Designed and built proprietary trading analytics and business intelligence systems for use by all members of the global trading team at Invesco.

Education

  • Bachelor of Business Administration, The University of Texas at Austin

James McFarland

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Director of Trading and Investment Operations

Notable Career Highlights

  • Director of specialized derivatives business unit for Morgan Stanley managing equity risk for institutional clients with $600 billion+ AUM
  • Senior Trader at Nissan Securities for equities, futures, currencies, and commodities; lead the team to becoming the largest dealer by volume on the Tokyo Commodity Exchange
  • Oversaw Nissan’s Block Trading business, successfully managing daily billion-dollar trades for hundreds of clients and counterparties.

Education

  • Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, Houston Baptist University
  • Master of International Business, Sophia University