Past Research Team
2024/25 - Aryn Juneja, Private Equity Summer Analyst, GiantLeap Capital
2024/25 - Catherine Li, Global Markets Summer Associate, TD Securities
2024/25 - Caroline Bissonette, Financial Reporting and Advisory Intern, Kinross Gold Corporation
2024/25 - Matt Wang, Summer Analyst, iA Global Asset Management
2024/25 - Eran Bursey, Wealth Intern, Canada Life
2024/25 - Michael Ma, Capital Markets Performance Analyst Intern, OMERS
2024/25 - Robin Can Ozturk, Risk Advisory Intern, Deloitte
2022 - Peiru Yang, Private Investor, Self Employed
2021 - Marcus Grunnesjö, Senior Analyst, Birch Hill Equity Partners
2021 - Miles Lin
2021 - Youssef Sarofim, Investment Analyst, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan
2020/21 - Richard Liu, Senior Analyst, Investor Engagement, Nasdaq
2020 - Henry Zhang, Masters Student, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
2020 - Peter Sypnnowich, Articling Student, Gowling WLG
2019/20 - Jinhyung Kwon, Investment Analyst, EdgePoint Wealth Management
2019/20 - Arthur Nagorny, Assistant Vice President, RBC Capital Markets
2020 - Alessandro Capuzzimati, Manager, Investments, Starlight Investments
2019 - Gordon Xiong, Analyst, Scheer, Rowlett & Associates Investment Ltd.
2019 - Amulay Chadha, Associate, Hugessen Consulting Inc.
2018 - Kein Bejko, Investment Advisor, RBC Dominion Securities
2014/15/16 - Terry Ouyang, Senior Investment Analyst, OceanLink Management Ltd.
2012/13/14 - Steven Shen, Managing Partner, OceanLink Management Ltd.
2010/11 - Ching (Qing) Chang, CFA, Portfolio Manager, China - Burgundy Asset Management Ltd.
Alumni Placements
RCIF provides its members with mentorship, experience, and access to a strong alumni network.
RCIF's members have consistently placed in the top institutions on the buy-side and beyond across geographies including Toronto, New York, London, and Hong Kong.
For a complete list of RCIF alumni, please see below. If you have questions or concerns regarding this list please reach out to the executive team via rational.capital@studentorg.utoronto.ca.
Past Presidents
Shayan Siddiqui, 2024-2025, EdgePoint Wealth Management
Marcus Grunnesjö, 2023, Senior Analyst, Data Science & Strategy Group, Birch Hill Equity Partners
Youssef Sarofim, 2022, Investment Analyst, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan
Peter Sypnowich, 2021, Articling Student, Gowling WLG
Spencer Caul, 2019-2020, Partner, Dominion North Capital
Albert Hoang, 2018
Henry Zhu, 2017 - Senior Associate, Global Strategic Investments, Colliers
Alexander Gabinet-Equihua, 2016 - Resident Physician, University of Toronto
Niki Shi, 2015 - Associate Director, Strategic Finance, Dream Unlimited
Justin Lee, 2012-2014 - Managing Director, Lee Farnam Corp.
Eric Nicholson, 2010 - Salesforce Consultant, Self-employed
Co-founder / President - Igor Manukhov, CFP, 2007 - 2009 - Investment Advisor & Portfolio Manager, BMO Nesbitt Burns
Co-founder / President - Eric Bogodist, CFA, 2007-2010 - Senior Manager, Strategy & Visioning, Scotiabank
Co-founder / President - Stanislav Lopata, 2006 - 2009 - Partner, Mawer Investment Management
Past Executives
2024-2025:
Vice President - Josh Chan, Investment Analyst, Ewing Morris & Co.
VP Operations - Estella Xu, Investment Analyst Intern, OceanLink Management Ltd.
VP Education - Erdem Tasbas, Research Intern, Baskin Wealth Management
VP Education - Zenon Bute, Private Equity Intern, Infinity Equity Group
VP Marketing - Saanvi Nair, Equity Research Associate Intern, Scotiabank
2023:
VP Research - Shayan Siddiqui, Investments Intern, EdgePoint Wealth Management
VP Education - Harrison Chen, Regional Sales Director, Desjardins
VP Operations - Stepan Hancharyk, Analyst, MUFG
VP Finance - Suhani Mehta, Financial Analyst, Microsoft
VP External - Arthur Rabelo, Equities Trade Desk Specialist, TMX Group
VP Marketing - Rebecca Lee, Engineering Designer, H.H Angus and Associates Ltd.
2022:
VP Research - Marcus Grunnesjö, Senior Analyst, Birch Hill Equity
VP Education - Jonathan Zhang, Investment Banking Analyst, Agentis Capital
VP Operations - Aidan Percy
VP Finance - Arthur Rabelo, Equities Trade Desk Specialist, TMX Group
VP External - Stepan Hancharyk, Analyst, MUFG
VP Marketing - Catherine Lu, Analyst, Investment Risk, TDAM
2021:
Senior VP - Denise To, Vendor Manager, Amazon
VP Operations - Inny Zhang, Associate, Risk Solutions Group, RBC Capital Markets
VP Finance - Daniel Song, Investment Analyst, Kinperium Industries
VP External - Jessica Lu, Business Analyst, Deloitte
VP Marketing - Aidan Percy
2020:
VP Operations - Inny Zhang, Associate, Risk Solutions Group, RBC Capital Markets
VP Finance - Denise To, Vendor Manager, Amazon
VP External - Alex Wu, Senior Program Officer, Government of Canada
VP Education - Christian Huang, Data Scientist, TD
2019:
VP Finance - Jack Chen, Associate, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
VP External - Alex Wu, Senior Program Officer, Government of Canada
VP Education - Christian Huang, Data Scientist, TD
2018:
VP Operations - Jackie Lock, Senior Internal Auditor, Treasury Board Secretariat
VP Finance - Jack Chen, Associate, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
VP Education - Cheney Zheng, CEO, A+ Education Group
2017:
VP Operations - Jackie Lock, Senior Internal Auditor, Treasury Board Secretariat
VP Education - Cheney Zheng, CEO, A+ Education Group
Pre-2017:
José Traboulsi, CFA, Assistant Vice President, Further Capital Partners Ltd.
VP Finance - Kevin MacKinnon, Senior Associate, IFM Investors
VP External Operations - Jeremy Leung, MBA, CFA, Senior Analyst, University Pension Plan Ontario
Head of External Relations - Natsai Musarurwa, CEO, Natsai R Consulting
Eric Mackay
Alumni
RCIF has a rich history of highly successful Alumni who have made the fund into what it is today. A record of our alumni can be found below. Please note that this is not a comprehensive list, and some alumni may be missing