Charles T. Cameron
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- Joined Van Eck in 1995.
- Oversees all trade execution for Van Eck and specializes in constructing macro analysis 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 and Van Eck VIP Global Bond 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 serves as lead investment team member for Van Eck’s flagship gold fund, Van Eck International Investors Gold Fund, as well as investment team member of our flagship hard assets fund, Van Eck Global Hard Assets Fund and Van Eck VIP Global Hard Assets Fund; also consultant to Market Vectors ETF Trust – Gold Miners ETF (GDX) and Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ).
- From 1993 to 1996, a Senior Geologist at Pinson Mining Company where he managed the geology department, which was responsible for district exploration, reserve/resource delineation and modeling, and geologic input and/or strategy on mining issues.
- From 1988 to 1993, a Mine Exploration Geologist with Pinson Mining Company, planned and supervised up to 30,000 feet of exploration drilling per year and mapped mine areas and other properties regionally.
- Prior to 1988, an exploration geologist with Lacana Gold Inc., Reno, Nevada.
- Has been quoted in Wall Street Journal, Barrons, 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, 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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- 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 A ssets 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; 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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Geoffrey R. King, CFA
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- Joined Van Eck in 2007.
- Serves as research associate specializing in exploration & production, refining, drilling and alternative energy markets for Van Eck Global Hard Assets Fund and Van Eck VIP Global Hard Assets Fund.
- Prior to joining Van Eck, a member of energy investment banking group at Merrill Lynch.
- Previously a member of institutional sales desk at Petrie Parkman & Co.
- Started investment career as analyst with Townsend Frew/Edgeview Partners, a merger and acquisition boutique in North Carolina.
- BA, History and Economics, Davidson College, 2003.
- Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA); Member of the New York Society of Security Analysts
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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, Van Eck VIP Global Hard Assets Fund and Van Eck VIP Global Bond 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.
- Member of Association of Investment Management and Research (AIMR) and 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 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 NYSE listing 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.
- Mr. Mitby is a CFA charter holder; member of Society of Quantitative Analysts; affiliate 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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Luke Desmond
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- Joined Van Eck in 2006.
- He is responsible for assisting in trading and execution orders, performing research, maintaining performance valuations and other portfolio management tasks.
- Mr. Desmond previously worked in equity research sales group at Jefferies & Company, Inc.
- BS,Finance, Babson College, 2006.
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