JAMES W. GAUL, CFA

Mr. Gaul is an Equity Portfolio Manager at Knights of Columbus Asset Advisors. As a member of the Equity Team, he is lead portfolio manager on the firm’s Small Cap Growth and Large Cap Growth strategies. He is also responsible for management and oversight of the fundamental research analyst team.

Mr. Gaul has twenty‒five years of industry‒related experience, including investment banking, sales and trading, and investment management. Prior to joining the firm in 2005, he was an institutional fixed income sales professional with Commerce Capital Markets, Inc. and Advest, Inc. Previously, he worked closely with non‒profit and municipal borrowers structuring tax‒exempt bond issues for Advest, Inc.'s Public Finance Investment Banking department.

Mr. Gaul earned a BS degree in investments from Babson College, a MS degree in investment management with High Honors at the Boston University Questrom School of Business, and is a member of Beta Gamma Sigma International Honor Society. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation and is a member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society Boston. He is also a member of the Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter Public School Board of Trustees where he serves on the Finance Committee.