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
Allen Cheng
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
Senior Newsletter Contributors
Di Lu
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
Sujay Nair
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
Humza Pathan
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
Junior Newsletter Contributors
Justin Chan
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
Jack Karpinski
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
Jonah West
Jonah is a first-year economics student at Western University who hopes to pursue an HBA at the Ivey Business School. He has completed a past internship at a financial and treasury consulting firm, and hopes to continue cultivating his interest in value investing by volunteering at the Ben Graham Centre. Email Jonah
Nick Woolcombe
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
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
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.
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
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.
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
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
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 Woolcombe
Junior Newsletter Editor, 2021-2022
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.
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.