 |  | Murray Shackleton, FSA, VP & Senior Portfolio Manager |  |
|  |  | Murray Shackleton, B.Sc., FSA, FCIA, is Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager, North American Fixed Income, for MFC Global Investment Management. He is responsible for leading MFC Global's Matched Funds team, and is counted as one of the largest managers of matched funds in Canada.
Murray joined MFC Global Investment Management in 1995. Prior to that, he managed Canadian fixed income portfolios for Confederation Life. Murray's educational background includes an Honours Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Statistics from Queen's University, and he is both a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries.
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 |  | Richard Cortese, VP & Senior Portfolio Manager |  |
|  |  | Richard Cortese, B.Sc., M.B.A., CFA, is Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager, North American Fixed Income, for MFC Global Investment Management. He is part of MFC Global's U.S. Total Return investment team, and is counted as one of the largest managers of matched funds in Canada.
Richard joined MFC Global Investment Management in 1998, with over 18 years experience in the investment industry, including positions managing U.S. Fixed Income Funds and U.S. Private Placements. His educational background includes an Honours Bachelor of Science from the University of Western Ontario, a Masters in Business Administration from Queen's University, and the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
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 |  | Kon Kizunov, Asst. Portfolio Manager |  |
|  |  | Kon Kizunov, B.A., M.B.A., CFA, is Assistant Portfolio Manager, North American Fixed Income, for MFC Global Investment Management. He is part of MFC Global's High Yield investment management team, one of the largest high yield teams in Canada.
Kon joined MFC Global Investment Management in 1996. His educational background includes a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Western Ontario, a Masters of Business Administration from Simon Fraser University, and he holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
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 |  | Richard Kos, Portfolio Manager |  |
|  |  | Richard Kos, M.B.A., B.A.Sc., CFA, is Portfolio Manager for MFC Global Investment Management. Richard is a member of the High Yield team. He is responsible for selection, trading and monitoring high yield and convertible securities for both MFC Global assets and third party money.
Richard joined MFC Global in spring 2004 with seven years of investment management experience. Prior to joining the firm, he held various positions with the Royal Bank of Canada including Analyst, High Yield Bonds; Analyst, Food Alcohol & Tobacco; and Analyst, Portfolio Analytics. Richard's educational background includes a Master of Business Administration from the Richard Ivey School of Business, a Bachelor of Applied Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Toronto and he holds a the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
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 |  | Mark Shannon, Assistant Vice President, Portfolio Manager |  |
|  |  | Mark Shannon, M.P.A., B.A. (Hons), CA, CFA, is Assistant Vice President and Portfolio Manager for MFC Global Investment Management. Mark is a member of the North American Fixed Income team. He is responsible for managing Individual Annuity and U.S. Group Pension portfolios.
Mark joined MFC Global in 1999 with over eight years of experience in investments. He began his career at MFC Global as Director of Securitization and in 2003 became Assistant Vice President, Securitization. Prior to joining MFC Global, Mark was an Assistant Portfolio Manager at Canada Trust Investment Management. He has also held positions as Treasury Analyst at Canada Trust, Mortgage Analyst at London Life, Senior Staff Accountant at Ernst and Young, and Staff Accountant at Deloitte Haskins and Sells. Mark's educational background includes a Masters Public Administration from Carleton University and an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Political Science from the University of Western Ontario and he holds the Chartered Accountant and Chartered Financial Analyst designations.
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 |  | Faisal Rahman, Portfolio Manager |  |
|  |  | Faisal Rahman, B. Comm. (Hons.), CFA, is Portfolio Manager for MFC Global Investment Management. Based at the Toronto head office, he is responsible for the money market function for all third party mandates in both Canada and the United States, including mutual funds, pooled funds, pension funds, and segregated funds.
Faisal joined MFC Global in 2001 and has been working in the investment industry since 1995. Prior to joining MFC Global, he worked as a Fixed Income Portfolio Manager at Equitable Life of Canada from 1998 to 2001 and as a Portfolio Administrator at T.A.L. Private Management Ltd. from 1995 to 1998. He has an Honours Bachelor of Commerce from McMaster University and he holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
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