Garnet O. Powell, MBA, CFA – President & CEO | Portfolio Manager
Garnet Powell manages investment portfolios and leads the activities of Allvista as President & CEO. He has over 29 years of capital markets and investment management experience. Previously Garnet analyzed and invested in equities at Aston Hill Institutional Partners (formerly Morrison Williams Investment Management). Prior thereto, Garnet was Portfolio Manager at a private limited partnership that pursued a global value mandate, and before that was Associate Portfolio Manager and Vice President at Kingsmont Investment Management. Previous investment experience includes Research Analyst at Foyston, Gordon & Payne where Garnet analyzed Canadian and Global Equities, and Investment Analyst at Cidel Asset Management (formerly Toron AMI International Asset Management) where he worked with Fixed Income and Equities.
In 2001 Garnet was recruited by FleetBoston Financial (acquired by Bank of America) to join their Risk Management division in Boston, Massachusetts. Subsequently, he joined the Business Development & Strategy – Credit Product Management group, spending nearly 4 years at the bank. Previously, Garnet spent 5 years at Bank of Nova Scotia where he began his capital markets career in 1996.
Garnet has in the past been an instructor of Credit & Market Risk at the University of Toronto’s School of Continuing Studies. He is also Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Wealth Advisors Network (CWAN), an online network and publication serving over 1,400 investment advisors, financial planners, and other wealth management professionals.
Garnet holds a Specialized Honours Economics degree from York University, an MBA from the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder.
Vim Gurupira – Associate
Vim is an Associate with Allvista and is primarily focused on private wealth. He has developed in-depth insight in multi-asset portfolio construction and tax efficient solutions to meet the investment needs of clients.
Previously he worked in private wealth management with a leading global British advisory firm and has broad international experience in wealth management. He managed multi-sector portfolios with a client-centric approach that secured the financial future of many clients.
He received a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the London School of Economics and is a CFA level II candidate.