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Past Research Team

2022 - Peiru Yang 

​2021 - Marcus Grunnesjö, Analyst, Birch Hill Equity Partners

2021 - Miles Lin

2021 - Youssef Sarofim, Investment Management Intern, Longview Asset Management

2020/21 - Richard Liu, Investor Engagement Analyst at NASDAQ

2020 - Henry Zhang

2020 - Peter Sypnnowich, J.D. Candidate, Western University

2019/20 - Jinhyung Kwon, Investment Analyst, EdgePoint Wealth Management

2019/20 - Arthur Nagorny, Equity Research Associate, RBC Capital Markets

2020 - Alessandro Capuzzimati, Manager, Investments

2019 - Gordon Xiong, Analyst, Scheer, Rowlett & Associates

2019 - Amulay Chadha, Analyst, Hugessen Consulting Inc.

2018 - Kein Bejko, Associate, 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, EdgePoint Wealth Management

Marcus Grunnesjö, 2023, Analyst, Birch Hill Equity Partners

Youssef Sarofim, 2022, Investment Analyst, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan

Peter Sypnowich, 2021, J.D. Candidate, Western University

Spencer Caul, 2019-2020, Partner: Dominion North Capital

Albert Hoang, 2018
 
Henry Zhu, 2017 - 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 - Portfolio Manager, BMO Nesbitt Burns

Co-founder / President - Eric Bogodist, CFA, 2007-2010 - Vice President, EAMG Capital

Co-founder / President - Stanislav Lopata, 2006 - 2009 - Partner, Mawer Investment Management
Past Executives

2024:
VP Operations - Estella Xu

VP Education - Erdem Tasbas & Zenon Bute 
VP Marketing - Saanvi Nair 

2023:
VP Research - Shayan Siddiqui
VP Education - Harrison Chen, Regional Sales Consultant, Desjardins
VP Operations - Stepan Hancharyk
VP Finance - Suhani Mehta 
VP External - Arthur Rabelo 
VP Marketing - Rebecca Lee, Engineering Designer, H.H Angus and Associates Ltd.

2022:
VP Research - Marcus Grunnesjö, Analyst, Birch Hill Equity 
VP Education - Jonathan Zhang, Investment Banking Analyst, Agentis Capital
VP Operations - Aidan Percy
VP Finance - Arthur Rabelo
VP External - Stepan Hancharyk
VP Marketing - Catherine Lu, Rotman School of Management

2021:
Senior VP - Denise To, Financial Analyst, Amazon
VP Operations - Inny Zhang, Analyst, Derivative Solutions, RBC
VP Finance - Daniel Song, Analyst, Venn Growth Partners
VP External - Jessica Lu, Business Analyst, Deloitte
VP Marketing - Aidan Percy
 
2020:
VP Operations - Inny Zhang, Global Markets Summer Analyst, RBC Capital Markets
VP Finance - Denise To, Commercial Intern, L'Oréal
VP External - Alex Wu, Senior Program Officer, Government of Canada
VP Education - Christian Huang, Associate, Technology Graduate Rotational Program, CIBC
 
2019:
VP Finance - Jack Chen, J.D. Candidate, Harvard Law School
VP External - Alex Wu, Commerce Officer, Government of Canada
VP Education - Christian Huang Chang, Senior Business Insights Analyst, Analytics & Insights

2018:
VP Operations - Jackie Lock, Senior Financial Analyst at Ontario Ministry of Health
VP Finance - Jack Chen, Law Clerk at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
VP Education - Cheney Zheng, CEO, A+ Education Group

2017:
VP Operations - Jackie Lock, Staff Accountant, KPMG Canada
VP Education - Cheney Zheng, CEO, A+ Education Group

Pre-2017:
José Traboulsi, CFA, Institutional Sales Associate, Further Capital Partners Ltd.
VP Finance - Kevin MacKinnon, Senior Associate, Infrastructure Equity
VP External Operations - Jeremy Leung, MBA, CFA, Business Analyst, Senior Analyst, University Pension Plan Ontario
Head of External Relations - Natsai Musarurwa, Founder of Rated 18 Shoes | Sustainable Fashion Fighting CHild Marriage
Eric Mackay, Research Principal, Statistics, Cytel

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

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