Shawn Reynolds
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- Portfolio Manager for the Natural Resources Equity strategies
- Responsible for company analysis; specializes in energy companies
- Investment Management Team member since 2005
- Prior to joining VanEck, an energy analyst at Petrie Parkman & Co.; covered U.S. oil and gas exploration and production companies
- Previously an analyst at Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers (Australia), and Credit Suisse First Boston (London); covered North American, European, and global energy companies
- Formerly an exploration geologist at Tenneco Oil Company
- Former board member of several private Latin American oil and gas exploration and production companies
- Member of the Board of Trustees of the Hackensack Meridian Hospitals Corporations and sits on the Hackensack Meridian Health Investment Committee; Riverview Medical Center Foundation Board of Trustees member; Former President of the Board of Trustees of the Rumson Country Day School
- Media appearances include CNBC; quoted in The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and Bloomberg Businessweek, among others
- Contributing author for the American Association of Petroleum Geologists
- MBA (Beta Gamma Sigma National Honor Society), Finance, Columbia Business School
- MA (Phi Kappa Phi), Petroleum Geology, University of Texas, Austin
- BS, Engineering, Cornell University
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Charles T. Cameron
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- Deputy Portfolio Manager for the Natural Resources Equity strategies
- Oversees the Hard Assets Equity team; responsible for macro analysis and portfolio construction including exposure management and sector positioning
- Directs trade execution, specializing in commodity spread construction and directional trades; also oversees trading for Gold Equity and Emerging Markets Equity strategies
- Investment Management Team member since 1995
- Prior to joining VanEck, a trader at Standard Chartered; specialized in Eurobond and emerging markets fixed income securities
- Formerly held trading positions at various sell-side firms; specialized in commodity and fixed income securities
- MBA, Finance, New York University Leonard N. Stern School of Business
- BS, Finance, Boston College
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Joseph M. Foster
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- Senior Analyst for the Natural Resources Equity strategies
- Oversees the Gold Equity team; responsible for asset allocation, company research, and stock selection
- Investment Management Team member since 1996
- Prior to joining VanEck, 14 years of dedicated experience in geology and mining; conceived and led key mine site and exploration programs
- Previously a senior geologist at Pinson Mining Company; managed geology department; responsible for exploration, mine life extension through gold reserve discoveries, and coordinating projects with other mining departments
- Formerly a mine exploration geologist with Pinson Mining and an exploration geologist at Lacana Gold Inc. (Reno, Nevada); planned and supervised the firms’ exploration drilling
- Media appearances include CNBC, Reuters, and Bloomberg Television; quoted in The Wall Street Journal and Barron's, among others
- Contributing author for Mining Engineering, Society of Economic Geology, and Geological Society of Nevada
- MBA, University of Nevada-Reno
- MS, Geology, Mackey School of Mines
- BS (magna cum laude), Geology, Tennessee Technological University
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Imaru Casanova
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- Senior Analyst for the Natural Resources Equity strategies
- Specializes in gold and precious metals
- Investment Management Team member since 2011
- Prior to joining VanEck, Managing Director and Senior Equity Research Analyst at McNicoll Lewis & Vlak; established the firm's metals and mining research department; specialized in undercovered and undiscovered precious metals companies
- Previously an equity research analyst at Barnard Jacobs Mellet USA and BMO Capital Markets covering the gold mining sector
- Formerly held positions as production technologist, offshore wellsite supervisor, and petroleum engineer for Shell Exploration and Production (Venezuela)
- Media appearances include CNBC; quoted in The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, USA Today, Investor’s Business Daily and Reuters, among others
- MS, Mechanical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University
- BS (magna cum laude), Mechanical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University
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Gregory F. Krenzer, CFA
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- Head of Active Trading
- Oversees active equity trade construction and execution, with extensive experience in commodities, natural resource equities, and emerging markets
- Investment Management Team member since 1994
- CFA charterholder; member of the CFA Society New York
- BS (Beta Gamma Sigma National Honor Society), Finance (minor in Economics), Syracuse University
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Charl P. de M. Malan
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- Senior Analyst for the Natural Resources Equity strategies
- Specializes in base and industrial metals
- Investment Management Team member since 2003
- Prior to joining VanEck, an equity research sales analyst specializing in South African mining, natural resources, and financial sectors at JPMorgan Chase; actively involved in the 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
- Previously 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; established an equity research department and managed Standard Corporate and Merchant Bank, Asset Management (Namibia)
- Media appearances include ROBTv; quoted in The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, Forbes, CNBC, and The Financial Times, among others; also featured in mining journals such as miningmx, Mining Journal, and Resource Investor
- MBA, University of Stellenbosch (South Africa)
- Honours in Business Administration, University of Stellenbosch (South Africa)
- BA, Arts, University of Pretoria (South Africa)
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Roland Morris Jr.
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- Commodity Strategist for the Natural Resources Equity strategies
- Responsible for macro strategies, commodities trading, and client development
- Investment Management Team member since 2012
- Prior 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
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Alan Shih
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- Analyst for the Natural Resources Equity strategies
- Specializes in metals and mining
- Investment Management Team member since 2013
- Prior to joining VanEck, held an MBA internship as a venture financial analyst working with startups in the mobile, tech, and entertainment industries at Pulse Advisory
- Earlier career experience includes equity trader at Opus Trading Fund; FX dealer at FXCM, and fixed income broker at Hennion & Walsh
- MBA, Finance and Accounting, Fordham University
- BA, Statistics, Rutgers University
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Veronica Zhang
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- Analyst for the Natural Resources Equity strategies
- Specializes in industrials and alternative energy
- Investment Management Team member since 2013
- Prior to joining VanEck, worked in equity research at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, covering the machinery, E&C, and transportation sectors
- Earlier career experience includes database consulting for G2 (branch of WPP), in the corporate finance division
- BA, Economics and Statistics, Columbia University
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Christopher Mailloux, CFA
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- Trader for the Active Equity strategies
- Responsible for trading and execution orders, researching portfolio performance and attribution, and other portfolio management tasks
- Investment Management Team member since 2010
- Prior to his current role, held a portfolio administration position at VanEck; settled trades and maintained cash and portfolio positions
- Previously a global data analyst at Bloomberg
- CFA charterholder; member of the CFA Society New York
- BS, Finance, Lehigh University
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