As of Feb 2026

Anatoly Fedorov
Anatoly is a Portfolio Manager and the Head of Equities of Signet Group. Anatoly manages Signet’s Global Leaders portfolio and has experience working with Long-Short Equity and Merger Arbitrage strategies. Prior to joining the Investment Manager in February 2018, he worked as a Vice President at J.P. Morgan in EMEA Diversified Industrials Practice. There he conducted financial and valuation analysis, execution, project management and due diligence on large scale IPO and M&A transactions. Prior to his employment at J.P. Morgan, Anatoly was an equity research analyst at Genesis Investment Management. During his time there, he executed financial analysis, valuation and communication with corporate management for emerging markets.

Andrew Stotz, PhD, CFA
Dr. Andrew Stotz, CFA, has over 30 years of experience as a financial analyst and was twice voted Thailand’s #1 financial analyst. He’s developed investment strategies managing over $70 million in assets and taught finance for three decades at top institutions and online, impacting thousands. He co-founded CoffeeWORKS, navigating it through financial crises, and leads A. Stotz Academy and A. Stotz Investment Research. Dr. Stotz’s lifelong learning journey includes reading 3,000+ books, earning a CFA, and pursuing a Ph.D. at 50. He has interviewed about 800 people on his “My Worst Investment Ever” podcast, has authored five books, and created innovative financial tools and courses, including Valuation Master Class. A respected leader, he’s been a head of research, president of CFA Society Thailand, and advocates for ethical finance education. He embraces Thai culture as a naturalized citizen.

Avi Fruchter
Avi is the founder and CIO of Vintra Capital, a London-based investment firm, which seeks to compound investment returns over time through concentrated stock-picking within a universe of good businesses, and with an owner-oriented and independent mindset. Vintra is focused on Identifying such investments at a time when they are shunned by others, offering attractive entry points at dislocated valuations, thereby reducing risk and enhancing prospective returns. Prior to Vintra, Avi was co-founder and portfolio manager of Anavon Capital and prior to that an equity research analyst at Attara Capital and its predecessor, Atticus Capital. He holds an MSc from Cass (now called Bayes) Business School in London and a BA from the Jerusalem College of Technology. Originally from Belgium, Avi currently lives in London with his wife and five children.

David Kessler
David Kessler is a Portfolio Manager with Robotti & Company Advisors, LLC.  Prior to joining Robotti & Company, David was a Research Analyst Consultant with Aquamarine Capital, a value-oriented hedge fund. He also held portfolio management roles with Rochdale Investment Management and Morgan Stanley. David received an MBA from Columbia Business School and was a member of Columbia’s Applied Value Investing Program.  As an MBA student, David co-launched Columbia’s first student-run investment newsletter, “Graham and Doddsville.” He also gained valuable experience as a summer intern with Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb (Sequoia Fund). David graduated from the University of Maryland with a B.S. in Finance and Marketing.

George Harper
George works as Analyst, under Daniel Abrahams, at Alfreton Capital. George joined Alfreton Capital in 2021 after completing two internships with the firm. He is enrolled as a candidate in the CFA Program and holds a First Class degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Oxford, where he studied at St Anne’s College.

Harvey Sawikin
Harvey Sawikin co-founded Firebird in 1994. He is a lead manager of Firebird’s Eastern Europe and Russia funds. He also serves on the Management Boards of the Amber private equity funds. Before founding Firebird, he was a clerk on the U.S. Court of Appeals and an M&A specialist at the law firm of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. Harvey is a graduate of Columbia University (Magna Cum Laude) and Harvard Law School (Cum Laude), where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review. Harvey is a member of the Visiting Committees of both the Photographs and the Modern and Contemporary Art Departments of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and a member of the Board of Directors of Film at Lincoln Center.

John Zolidis
John Zolidis is the Founder and President of Quo Vadis Capital, Inc.  Mr. Zolidis formed Quo Vadis in 2017 to provide high-quality research on the restaurant and retail industries for institutional investors as well as consulting services to companies in the industries.  Previous to founding Quo Vadis, Mr. was a sell-side analyst at Buckingham Research covering retail and restaurants.  Mr. Zolidis also served as a buy-side consumer analyst at Buckingham Capital Management, a long-short hedge fund.  He was with Buckingham since 2001.  He was added to the Wall Street Journal’s “Best on the Street” list in 2005 for the Specialty Stores category.  Prior to Buckingham, he got his start on Wall Street at Sidoti & Co. and Morgan Stanley.  His undergraduate studies were at Mansfield College, Oxford and Kenyon College where he graduated with a degree in Philosophy.  Mr. Zolidis currently resides in Paris, France with his wife and two daughters.

Jonathan Tanne, CFA
Jonathan founded Tangible Investment Management in 2012 originally managing a long only listed equity portfolio for a family office. Tangible’s investment strategy is a long-term approach with an emphasis on compounding and capital preservation. Jonathan was born in South Africa, established in Australia, and lives in London with his wife and three children. He is a CFA Charterholder.

Michael Fritzell, CFA
Based in Singapore, over the past decade, Michael is the author of Asian Century Stocks, a Substack publication covering Asian equities. Before launching Asian Century Stocks, Michael was a portfolio manager at a European family office called Dunross & Co and an analyst at a Shanghai-based fund manager called Asia Growth Investors, now part of a larger group called East Capital.

Ole Søeberg
Runs a family office via Nordic Investment Partners.  He also works as an introducer for Brock Milton Capital, makes an investor podcast with Børsen and Euroinvestor in Denmark, as well as doing Nordic Value Conference and attending FatAlpha Value (Cyprus), ValueX and other similar events. He began his career in 1984 when he founded Dansk Aktie Analyse (independent research boutique in Copenhagen).  In 1985 he worked for Privatbanken in international equities.  In the 1990’s he was head of international equities in Denmark for Carnegie and Alfred Berg.  He worked as head of Investor relations for Denmark’s TDC (1999-2005) and Tryg Insurance (2006-2010).  From 2011-17 he was fund manager and Chief Investment Officer in Skagen funds, Norway.  Ole has an MBA from Copenhagen Business School and has done executive courses at IMD and INSEAD.

Naard Broeckaert
Naard is a partner at Wealtheon Asset Management. Wealtheon is a wealth manager with offices in Belgium, the Netherlands and Switzerland. He is responsible for the value investment strategy at the firm since October 2020. Between 2007- 2020 Naard managed a multi-family office business (Torrebos). Torrebos merged with Wealtheon in 2020. Lives in Belgium. Married with 3 children.

Patrick Beetz, CFA
Patrick Beetz is an analyst covering the agriculture and health care sectors for Kopernik. He has been in the investment industry since 2015 and joined Kopernik in 2020 as a research associate. Prior to joining Kopernik, he held positions at JPMorgan Chase and KPMG. He has a Bachelor of Arts in banking from Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University (Germany) and a Master of Science in finance from Lancaster University Management School (UK). Patrick has received the Chartered Financial Analyst^® designation.

Vitaliy N. Katsenelson, CFA
Vitaliy joined IMA in 1997. He received both his BS and MS degrees in finance from the University of Colorado at Denver. His two books, Active Value Investing and The Little Book of Sideways Markets, were published by John Wiley & Sons and have been translated into eight languages. His articles have appeared in Barron’s, Financial Times, Forbes, Business Insider, CNBC, The Globe & Mail, and MarketWatch, among others. Vitaliy has also been a guest on CNBC, Fox Business, BNN, and Yahoo! Finance. Vitaliy has close to 20 years of investment experience and has taught a graduate investment class at the University of Colorado at Denver. He also speaks to investor organizations in the US and abroad. Vitaliy is a CFA charterholder and has served on the board of the CFA Society of Colorado. Forbes magazine called him “the new Benjamin Graham”.

Wesley William John Richards, CFA
Wesley manages an in-house Asian equity fund for a UK single family office based in London. Previously, he founded Frontier Asset in 2009 providing investment consultancy and research services. Before moving into wealth management, he worked as a Pastor for a non- denominational church, investing in people. A former international rower, he has served as an elected Local Councillor for the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead, 2015-19, and is a parent-founder of an independent school in Windsor. Wesley holds a degree in Economics from the University of London and a Masters from the London School of Economics in Environment and Development. He was called to the Bar by the Middle Temple and is a CFA Charterholder. He is married with four sons.