Jayme Gordon is the Head Trader at JC Clark Ltd. Jayme joined the firm in September 2014. Prior to JC Clark, Jayme was Head Trader at Pinetree Capital Ltd and an equities trader at Scotia Asset Management (now 1832 Asset Management). Jayme has over 5 years of experience on an institutional trading desk and over 7 years of experience in capital markets. Jayme received his BA at the University of British Columbia in 2001 and has completed the CSC, DFOL and Trader Training Course.
Veeral Khatri is the Chief Investment Officer and the Portfolio Manager of the JC Clark Opportunity Fund, and the JC Clark US Equity Fund. Veeral joined the Firm in 2006 as a Research Analyst and Trader, became a Portfolio Manager in 2011, and subsequently became Chief Investment Officer in 2023. Veeral received a Bachelor of Business Administration (Honours) from Wilfrid Laurier University in 2006 and is a CFA charterholder (2010). Veeral currently serves on the Board of Directors for Parkinson Canada as the Chairman of the Board, and was previously the Treasurer, and Chair of the Finance, Audit & Investment Committee.
Martin Braun is Senior Investment Strategist and Founder/Portfolio Manager of the JC Clark Opportunity Fund. Martin began his career in 1981 at Richardson Greenshields, where he covered the Canadian financial services and real estate sectors. In 1988 Martin joined Gluskin Sheff + Associates, and during his 10 years there as Portfolio Manager & Partner was responsible for the analysis and management of Canadian and US equity portfolios. In 1999 Martin co-founded Strategic Advisors Corp and, over the next seven years as President and Portfolio Manager, launched the Adaly Opportunity Fund (now rebranded the JC Clark Opportunity Fund). In 2006, Martin established Adaly Investment Management Corp (“AIMC”) to assume management of the Adaly Opportunity Fund. In 2012 he sold AIMC’s management contract to JC Clark, and joined its investment team.
Martin founded and is the President of Rand Kildare, a charitable foundation that over the past ten years has supported dozens of charities with a broad mandate to assist children and their families facing a variety of hardships. He is also a Director of HorizonOne Royalty Corp., and a member of the Bayview Golf & Country Club. In his spare time, Martin is an avid reader, world traveler, competitive bridge player, and the proud grandfather of Molly, Ryan, and Joey.
Colin Stewart is a founding shareholder of JC Clark Ltd. and the Chief Executive Officer, and Portfolio Manager at the Firm. Colin serves as the Portfolio Manager for the JC Clark Preservation Trust and the JC Clark Focused Fund. Colin received a Bachelor of Business Administration (Honours) from Wilfrid Laurier University in 1998 and is a CFA charterholder (2001). Colin began his career in the Corporate Finance division of CIBC World Markets and then joined Connor Clark & Co. where he worked alongside JC Clark founder John Clark as a Research Analyst.
Since 2012, Colin has been a Director of the Yellow Bus Foundation, a charity whose mandate is to enable children living with chronic illnesses or disadvantaged youth to enrich their lives by expanding their access to programming and support.
Colin is a member of the Toronto Chapter of YPO (Young Presidents’ Organization), the world’s premier peer network of chief executives and business leaders. He is also a member of the President’s Council of St. Michael’s Hospital Foundation in Toronto.