General Investing >> Money Manager Interviews >> October 25, 1999
JUDITH ADAMS is a Vice President and Portfolio Manager with Trimark
Investment Management, Inc., where she is a member of the international
equity team which manages Trimark Fund and Trimark Select Growth Fund.
She joined Trimark in March 1999 from Sceptre Investment Counsel
Limited, where she was responsible for European equity research and
portfolio management. She was also a Managing Director of the company
and a member of its Board of Directors. Prior to this, Ms. Adams was
associated with Confederat ion Investment Counselling Limited, spending
two years analyzing international equities and working in the Company's
U.K. office. She began working in the investment industry with Merrill
Lynch Canada, Inc. in its investment banking group. A Chartered
Financial Analyst, Ms. Adams holds her Bachelor's degree from the
University of Waterloo, a Master's of Science degree from the London
School of Economics, and an M.B.A. from the University of Western
Ontario. Profile
BILL KANKO is a Senior Vice President with Trimark Investment
Management, Inc., where he manages Trimark Fund and Trimark Select
Growth Fund, the two funds he co-managed for Trimark from 1985 to 1994.
He is also responsible for the further development of the company's
international fund line-up and the international equity team. Mr. Kanko
returned to Trimark in May 1999, after working as a Senior Vice
President and Portfolio Manager with Mackenzie Financial Corporation for
two years. Mackenzie was a client of Bluewater Investment Management,
Inc., a company which Mr. Kanko founded in 1994 and of which he was
President until March 1997. Mr. Kanko began his investment career with
Confederation Life, where he worked first as an analyst and then as an
Assistant Portfolio Manager. A Chartered Financial Analyst, he holds a
Bachelor's degree from the University of Western Ontario. Profile
Mr. Kanko: Trimark Fund and Select Growth have identical mandates, and
differ mainly in fee structure, so we can treat them as one
