We would like to thank our past and present student volunteers for all the effort and work they do and have done for the Ben Graham Centre for Value Investing. Their contributions greatly enrich our Centre.
Senior Newsletter Contributor - Lead Role
Dan Suleiman
Dan is an HBA2 student at the Ivey Business School. He has previously completed internships in capital markets advisory and wealth management in Toronto. He aims to further his passion for value investing by contributing to the Ben Graham Centre for Value Investing. Email Dan
Senior Newsletter Contributors
Sasan Fouladirad
Sasan is an MBA student at the Ivey Business School. He holds a Master's in Economics and has over five years of experience working as an Economist with organizations such as The Conference Board of Canada, Deloitte, and the BC Public Service. With a passion for economics and asset management, Sasan is focused on applying his skills to drive value in the financial industry. Email Sasan
David Hascal
David is an HBA2 student at the Ivey Business School. He has previously completed internships at long only investment management firms in Toronto and Chicago, and hopes to continue pursuing his passion for value investing through volunteering for the Ben Graham Centre. Email David
Jonah West
Jonah is an HBA1 student at the Ivey Business School. He has completed past internships in private equity and hopes to continue cultivating his interest in value investing by volunteering at the Ben Graham Centre for Value Investing. Email Jonah
Junior Newsletter Contributors
Anna Busaba
Anna is an HBA1 student at the Ivey Business School, previously studying economics in her first two years at Western University. She has completed an internship in asset management and hopes to further her understanding of value investing by volunteering for the Ben Graham Centre for Value Investing. Email Anna
Dominik Gedja
Dominik is a first year Management and Organizational Studies student at Western University with ambitions to attend the Ivey Business School. Ever since he was first introduced to value investing, he has been an avid learner and hopes to continuously learn more about value investing through volunteering at the Ben Graham Centre for Value Investing. Email Dominik
Max Steinberg
Max is a second-year finance student at Western University. With aspirations to enroll in the Ivey Business School next year, Max has already gained practical experience through two internships at Crowe BGK, a mid-sized accounting and advisory firm. Despite his background in accounting, Max's passion for finance has grown significantly, particularly in exploring various investment strategies. He aims to deepen his understanding and share his insights at the Ben Graham Centre for Value Investing. Email Max
Abilla Tharmakumar
Abilla is a second-year accounting student at Western University who hopes to enroll at the Ivey Business School. She has gained valuable experience in the real estate sector. She aims to further expand her horizons and leverage her knowledge in investing by volunteering at the Ben Graham Centre for Value Investing. Email Abilla
Justin Chan
Junior Newsletter Editor, 2021-2022
Justin is an HBA1 student at the Ivey Business School. He has previously completed internships in private equity and investment banking and hopes to build on his passion for value investing and investor psychology through volunteering at the Ben Graham Value Investing Centre. Email Justin
Venkat Chandrasekharan
Venkat is a senior at the Ivey Business School from India, although he was raised in East Africa for most of his life. He has completed prior internships in high yield credit and private equity. He is passionate about the world of value investing and the financial markets. Email Venkat
Allen Cheng
Junior Newsletter Editor, 2019-2021, Senior Newsletter Editor, 2021-2022, Senior Newsletter Editor - Lead Role, 2022-2023
Allen is a dual degree student at Ivey Business School. He has completed prior internships in private equity and asset management. Allen has also completed an education seminar on value investing taught by Dr. Athanassakos in first year and was introduced to the Ben Graham Centre. Allen is passionate towards learning more about value investing through the Centre. Email Allen
Aly Dayani
Junior Newsletter Editor, 2019-2021
Aly is a second year computer science student at Western University hoping to enroll at the Ivey Business School. He has completed a past internship in venture capital and hopes to build on his interest in value investing through volunteering at the Ben Graham Centre. Email Aly
Yaasir Dayani
Senior Newsletter Editor, 2018-2019
Yaasir is an Honors Business Administration graduate from Ivey Business School and holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Western University. He will be joining Credit Suisse’s investment banking team in Toronto. Yaasir was awarded the Patient Capital prize from Professor George Athanassakos’ course and looks forward to continuing his learning in value investing.
Lyndon Duong
Senior Newsletter Editor, 2014-2016
Lyndon is an MSc candidate at Western University studying cognition and attention in neural networks of the prefrontal cortex. He was initially drawn to finance by the books of Michael Lewis, eventually reading value investing-related books by Ben Graham.
Jomana Elsays
Jomana is an HBA2 student at Ivey Business School. Upon graduation, she will be working in real estate private equity after completing a summer in CPG. Jomana appreciates value investing's disciplined approach and hopes to emulate these traits in her everyday life. She looks forward to sharing her passion through the Ben Graham Centre. Email Jomana
Laura Fyfe
Senior Newsletter Editor, 2017-2020, Blog Writer, 2018
Laura completed an MSc in International Business at Ivey and an MSc in Strategy and Management at the Norwegian School of Economics in June 2019. She is currently an analyst at Stewart Investors in Edinburgh, where she is furthering her passion for global value investing with a particular focus on emerging markets and sustainability. Laura has volunteered for the Ben Graham Centre for Value Investing since January 2018. Email Laura
Shaun Goffenberg
Senior Newsletter Editor, 2020-2021
Shaun is an MBA student at Ivey Business school. Before Ivey he worked at two investment companies in research and operations roles. He has completed a law degree and a masters in finance. Shaun enjoys learning and is excited to learn more about value investing at Ivey.
Rebecca Guan
Senior Newsletter Editor, 2018-2019
Rebecca is a recent graduate of the HBA program at the Ivey Business School. She previously spent a summer in Investment Banking at Goldman Sachs and will be joining Evercore Partners in 2019 following graduation. She is excited to contribute to the Ben Graham Newsletter, where she hopes to leverage her keen interest in finance and further her knowledge in Value Investing.
Luke Hodge
Senior Newsletter Editor - Lead Role, 2020-2021, Blog Writer, 2020
Luke is a Global Economics and Honours Business Administration candidate at Western University and the Ivey Business School. He spent his first two years studying Economics at King’s University College. He has completed prior internships in Accounting and Private Equity and hopes to learn more about value investing through studying the curriculum taught at Ivey. Email Luke
Lynn Hu
Senior Newsletter Editor, 2014-2015
Lynn graduated from Ivey's HBA program earlier this month. She is interested in banking and finance and was a student in the value investing course taught by Professor George Athanassakos.
Emma Juskovic
Senior Newsletter Editor - Lead Role, 2019-2020
Emma is an Honours Business Administration student at the Ivey Business School. She has previously spent a summer internship as a Summer Investment Analyst at Burgundy Asset Management and will be joining the M&A group at Evercore Partners in New York upon graduation. Emma is passionate about continuing to grow her understanding of competitive business strategies, investor psychology, and value investing. Email Emma
Jack Karpinski
Junior Newsletter Editor, 2021-2022
Jack is an HBA1 student at the Ivey Business School. He has previously completed an internship in investment banking, and hopes to develop his value investing acumen through volunteering at the Ben Graham Centre. Email Jack
Rushil Khare
Senior Newsletter Editor - Lead Role, 2023-2024
Rushil is an HBA2 student at the Ivey Business School. He has completed internships across various asset management mandates and hopes to build on his experiences in value-investing by contributing to the Ben Graham Centre for Value Investing. Email Rushil.
Jun Kim
Junior Newsletter Editor, 2019-2021, Senior Newsletter Editor, 2021-2022
Jun is a second-year economics student at Western University who hopes to enroll with the Ivey Business School. He has completed a past internship in real estate development and has worked for the Ben Graham Centre for Value Investing since 2019. Email Jun
Rahim Ladak
Senior Newsletter Editor, 2016-2017
Rahim is a passionate value investor. Over the summer he was an analyst at DW Healthcare Partners, a private equity shop in Toronto, and he will soon be an analyst at Credit Suisse in New York. He won the Stacey Muirhead Award, given to individuals showing exceptional promise in applying value investing principles, and continues to further his knowledge on the topic.
Greg Lee
Senior Newsletter Editor - Lead Role, 2018-2019
Greg graduated with Economics and HBA at Western and Ivey in 2019. Greg enlisted for a two-year military service in South Korea in 2017, during which he completed and passed US-CPA exams. Upon returning to Canada, Greg passed CFA Level 1 in December 2017 and was formally introduced to value investing through the Ben Graham Centre. Greg is passionate about deepening his understanding of the universe of investing. Email Greg
Ivy Leung
Senior Newsletter Editor, 2019-2020
Ivy is an Honours Business Administration student at the Ivey Business School, with working experience in accounting and commercial banking. Ivy developed her interest in the field of finance through her previous internships, and aims to apply her knowledge in financial analysis and accounting standards to value investing.
Di Lu
Senior Newsletter Editor, 2022-2023
Di is an HBA2 student at Ivey Business School. She has previously completed internships in the advisory and technology industries. She wants to further explore her interest in value investing through the Ben Graham Centre volunteering experience. Email Di
Chloe Macklin
Junior Newsletter Editor, 2021-2022
Chloe is an HBA1 student at the Ivey Business School. She has previously completed an internship in private equity at a pension fund in Toronto, and hopes to further pursue her interests in value investing and finance throughout her time at Ivey. Email Chloe
Sujay Nair
Senior Newsletter Editor, 2022-2023
Sujay is an MBA candidate at Ivey business school. He has previously completed his chartered accountant designation and has 7 yrs work experience across various industries such as auditing, CPG, retail and aviation. At Ivey he is the co-president of consulting club and part of the fundraising team at LEADER project which aims to coach promising entrepreneurs in frontier markets to launch and scale new ventures. He intends to leverage his corporate experience and industry insights to analyze companies using value investing principles. Email Sujay
Glenn Ong
Senior Newsletter Editor, 2014-2015
Glenn is an undergraduate student from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore pursuing a double degree in Accounting and Business. He joined Ivey Business School in 2015 as part of the university's exchange program.
Aryan Paliwal
Junior Newsletter Editor, 2019-2021, Senior Newsletter Editor - Lead Role, 2021-2022
Aryan is an HBA1 student at the Ivey Business School. He has previously completed an internship at a private equity firm in Toronto and hopes to share his interest and passion for value investing with others through the Ben Graham Value Investing Centre. Email Aryan
Humza Pathan
Senior Newsletter Editor, 2022-2023
Humza is an HBA2 student at the Ivey Business School. He has previously completed internships in private credit and real estate investments. Humza hopes to explore and share his passion for value investing through volunteering at the Ben Graham Value Investing Centre. Email Humza
Eleni Petrou
Senior Newsletter Editor, 2017-2018
Eleni is a graduate of Ivey Business School's HBA program and also holds a JD from Western Law. She worked mainly in corporate commercial and estates law before returning to Ivey to lecture Accounting and Business Analysis.
Utsab Roychowdhury
Senior Newsletter Editor, 2020-2021
Utsab is a Mechanical Engineering and Honours Business Administration dual degree student at Western University and the Ivey Business School. He is looking forward to broadening his knowledge in the space and learn more about value investing. Email Utsab
Shahryar Safdar
Senior Newsletter Editor, 2017-2021
Shahryar is an Honours Business Administration candidate at the Ivey Business School. He spent his first two years at Western University studying Computer Science. He has completed prior internships in asset management. He hopes to continue to further his passion for value investing throughout his time at Ivey. Email Shahryar
Gurpreet Sandhu
Senior Newsletter Editor, 2015-2016
Gurpreet graduated from Ivey's HBA program earlier this month with a dual degree in business and economics. He was president of the Western Sikh Students' Association. Gurpreet has a keen interest in value investing and hopes to one day make his passion his profession.
Teimur Siddiqui
Senior Newsletter Editor, 2019-2020
Teimur is an Honours Business Administration Candidate at the Ivey Business School. Before entering Ivey, Teimur had completed two years at Western University studying economics. He has also completed past internships in accounting, advisory, and investment banking, and will be joining Evercore's Mergers and Acquisitions group full-time. Teimur is excited to contribute to the newsletter, and learn more about value investing. Email Teimur
Nick Woollcombe
Junior Newsletter Editor, 2021-2022, 2022-2023, 2023-2024
Nick is a second-year economics student at Western University who hopes to enroll with the Ivey Business School. He has completed an internship at an investment bank in Toronto and hopes to build on his interest in value investing through volunteering at the Ben Graham Centre. Email Nick
Oscar Wu
Senior Newsletter Editor, 2016-2017
Oscar is an exchange student at Ivey and a Master of Finance candidate at Peking University, China. He has interned at asset management firms including Franklin Templeton Investments, First Manhattan Co., and Fidelity International. Upon graduation, he will work as an equity analyst at VIP Research & Management, a value-oriented investment firm in Seoul, South Korea.
Xiaoya Xu
Senior Newsletter Editor, 2015-2016
Xiaoya graduated from Ivey's HBA program earlier this month. She will be entering the management consulting industry, with a focus on financial services. She was also a student in the value investing course taught by Professor George Athanassakos.
Max Yermus
Max is an HBA 2 student at the Ivey Business School. Much of his work focuses on developing a deeper understanding of the equity capital markets, studying a variety of investment strategies and market mechanics. Value Investing presents an alternative outlook on the valuation of public equities and the search for intrinsic value, which he greatly appreciate studying. Email Max
Leroi Yu
Senior Newsletter Editor, 2014-2018
Leroi is a Business Administration and Computer Science dual-degree graduate. He joined Ares Management’s Private Equity Group in Los Angeles in 2018 after graduation. Drawing on a passion for business and lessons learned both inside and outside the Value Investing course, Leroi looks forward to furthering his knowledge in the area.
David Zhang
Senior Newsletter Editor, 2016-2017
David works in public policy with a focus on improving the competitiveness of Canadian manufacturing, public policy consulting, and bridging the gaps between corporations and government. His experience as a private equity analyst in Beijing and former student of Professor George Athanassakos anchor his passion for investing.