Charles T. Cameron
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- Joined Van Eck in 1995.
- Oversees all trade execution for Van Eck and specializes in constructing macro analyses with respect to commodity markets; also investment team member of our flagship hard assets fund, Van Eck Global Hard Assets Fund and Van Eck VIP Global Hard Assets Fund.
- From 1989 to 1995, a trader in Eurobond and emerging market debt for Standard Chartered.
- Prior to 1989, traded commodity and fixed income securities for various sell-side firms.
- MBA, Finance, New York University, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, 1993; BS, Finance, Boston College, 1982.
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Shawn Reynolds
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Joined Van Eck in 2005.
- Serves as senior analyst focusing on energy; also investment team member of Van Eck Global Hard Assets Fund and Van Eck VIP Global Hard Assets Fund.
- Prior to joining Van Eck, an energy analyst covering U.S. oil and gas exploration and production companies at Petrie Parkman & Co.
- From 1991 to 2001, covered North American, European and global energy companies out of New York, Australia and London with Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers and Credit Suisse First Boston.
- From 1987 to 1989, an exploration geologist at Tenneco Oil Company.
- Chosen as Wall Street Journal’s “Best on the Street” for exploration & production stock selection, 2000; recognized as one of the “Best Up and Comers,” exploration & production sector by Institutional Investor’s All-America Research Poll, 1999.
- Authored several technical geology articles published in periodicals such as the American Association of Petroleum’s Geologists.
- MBA (Beta Gamma Sigma National Honor Society), Finance, Columbia Business School, 1991; MA (Phi Kappa Phi), Petroleum Geology, University of Texas, Austin, 1987; BS, Engineering, Cornell University, 1985.
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Joseph M. Foster
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Joined Van Eck in 1996 as precious metals mining analyst.
- Currently portfolio manager of Van Eck's gold funds and member of the hard assets investment team.
- From 1992 to 1996, a Senior Geologist at Pinson Mining Company where he managed the on-site geology department, and conceived and implemented a comprehensive exploration program on a 35 square-mile land position. His primary responsibility was to find new gold reserves that could extend the life of the mine.
- From 1988 to 1992, a Mine Exploration Geologist with Pinson Mining Company where he planned and supervised up to 30,000 feet of exploration drilling per year.
- Prior to 1988, an Exploration Geologist with Lacana Gold Inc., Reno, Nevada.
- Has been quoted in Wall Street Journal, Barron's, The Wall Street Reporter; appeared on Reuters TV, CNBC, Fox News, and Bloomberg TV.
- Published articles in mining journals, including Mining Engineering, Society of Economic Geology, and Geological Society of Nevada.
- MS, Geology, Mackey School of Mines, 1988; MBA, University of Nevada-Reno, 1988; BS (Magna Cum Laude), Geology, Tennessee Technological University, 1982.
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Imaru Casanova
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- Joined Van Eck in 2011 as senior gold analyst.
- Currently serves as investment team member of Van Eck International Investors Gold Fund, Van Eck Global Hard Assets Fund, Van Eck VIP Global Gold Fund and Van Eck VIP Global Hard Assets Fund.
- Prior to joining Van Eck, worked as managing director and senior equity research analyst at McNicoll Lewis & Vlak, responsible for establishing their metals and mining research department, with a focus on undercovered and undiscovered precious metals companies.
- Previously covered the gold mining sector as equity research analyst at Barnard Jacobs Mellet USA and BMO Capital Markets.
- Prior to working as a research analyst, was a production technologist, offshore wellsite supervisor, and petroleum engineer for Shell Exploration and Production in Venezuela.
- Has been quoted in Barron's, USA Today, Investor’s Business Daily and theStreet.com; has appeared on CNBC.
- MS, Mechanical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, 1998; BS (Magna Cum Laude), Mechanical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, 1997.
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Samuel R. Halpert
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Joined Van Eck in 2000.
- Serves as investment team member of Van Eck Global Hard Assets Fund and Van Eck VIP Global Hard Assets Fund; specializes in steel, coal, agriculture, paper, tankers, alternative energy and real estate investment industries.
- Prior to joining Van Eck, an analyst/trader for $50 million global macro hedge fund at Goldman Sachs & Co.
- Previously vice president of institutional futures sales at Salomon Smith Barney; covered Steinhardt, Omega, Kingdon Capital, Soros Fund Management and Tudor.
- Started investment career in institutional futures sales at Refco.
- AB, English Literature, Harvard University, 1993.
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Gregory F. Krenzer, CFA
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Joined Van Eck in 1994.
- Serves as investment team member of Van Eck Global Hard Assets Fund and Van Eck VIP Global Hard Assets Fund ; also serves as risk manager for Hard Assets Strategy Fund; specializes in trade construction with experience in commodities, natural resource equities and global fixed income.
- From 1993 to 1994, an investment researcher for high net worth group at Merrill Lynch.
- CFA charterholder; member of the New York Society of Security Analysts.
- BS (Beta Gamma Sigma National Honor Society), Finance/Economics, Syracuse University, 1994.
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Charl P. de M. Malan
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Joined Van Eck in 2003 as precious metals and mining analyst.
- Currently serves as investment team member of Van Eck International Investors Gold Fund, Van Eck Global Hard Assets Fund, Van Eck VIP Global Gold Fund and Van Eck VIP Global Hard Assets Fund.
- From 2000 to 2003, an equity research sales analyst specializing in South African mining, natural resources and financial sectors at JPMorgan Chase; also actively involved in merger of BHP Billiton, SAB Miller and unbundling of Iscor Steel/Kumba Resources, as well as capital raisings and the NYSE listings of Harmony Gold, Gold Fields and Telkom SA.
- From 1997 to 2000, an equity research analyst and junior portfolio manager at Standard Corporate and Merchant Bank (Asset Management), South Africa; developed and applied various fundamental and quantitative models within the natural resources, mining and consumer sectors; in charge of establishing an equity research department and ultimately managing Standard Corporate and Merchant Bank (Asset Management), Namibia.
- MBA, University of Stellenbosch (South Africa), 1999; Honours in Business Administration, University of Stellenbosch (South Africa), 1997; BA, Arts, University of Pretoria (South Africa), 1992.
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Edward W. Mitby, CFA
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Joined Van Eck in 2008.
- Serves as senior energy
analyst focusing on industrials, machinery, alternative energy, engineering
& construction, and infrastructure sectors globally, as well as global macro
research in credit and rates for the Van Eck Global Hard
Assets Fund and Van
Eck VIP Global Hard Assets Fund.
- Prior to joining Van Eck, senior
research analyst with Sailfish Capital Partners, proprietary trading portfolio
manager with Washington Mutual and equity research analyst with William O'Neil
& Co.
- CFA charterholder; member of the New York Society of Security
Analysts; Chartered Market Technician; member of the Society of Quantitative
Analysts; and full member of Market Technicians Association.
- MS,
Economic Systems and Operations Research Engineering, Stanford School of
Engineering, 2001; MS, Financial Engineering, Columbia University School of
Engineering, Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, 1999;
BA (Cum Laude), Government, Harvard College, 1991.
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Mark A. Miller
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- Joined Van Eck in 2007.
- Serves as analyst and investment team member of the Van Eck Global Hard Assets Fund and Van Eck VIP Global Hard Assets Fund. Specializes in oil services, seismic and E&P, with a focus on the energy sector external to the U.S.
- Prior to joining Van Eck, high-yield analyst for Bear Stearns & Co.; director and financial analyst for US West; petrophysicist for Dresser Atlas (Baker Hughes' predecessor); and field engineer for Schlumberger.
- MBA, Finance, University of Denver, 1987; MA, International Studies, University of Denver, 1987; BS, Geology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1974.
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Roland Morris Jr.
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Joined Van Eck in 2012.
- Serves as managing director focused on macro strategies, commodities trading and client development for Van Eck's long-only strategies and alternative investments.
- Earlier career experience includes thirty years in the financial services industry as a macro/commodities trading specialist; manager of futures clearing and execution services; and client relationship management.
- BA, Economics, University of Vermont, 1980.
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Luke Desmond
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- Joined Van Eck in 2006.
- Responsible for assisting in trading and execution orders, performing research, maintaining performance valuations and other portfolio management tasks.
- Previously worked in the equity research sales group at Jefferies & Company, Inc.
- BS, Finance, Babson College, 2006.
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Christopher Mailloux, CFA
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Joined Van Eck in 2007.
- Responsible for researching portfolio
performance and attribution, and other portfolio management tasks for the
investment team.
- Previously worked as a global data analyst at
Bloomberg.
- CFA charterholder; member of the New York Society of Security
Analysts.
- BS, Finance, Lehigh University, 2007.
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