Investment team
James Alexander (Sandy) McIntyre
Senior Vice-President and Chief Investment Officer
Sandy has over 30 years of investment management experience, and provides guidance and oversight to the investment management department. Prior to joining Sentry Select, Sandy spent 20 years with Jones Heward Investment Management Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Bank of Montreal, where he was a member of the Investment Policy Committee with responsibility for high-yield investments, including royalty and income trusts. He received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toronto in 1974, where he majored in English and Philosophy.
Andrew McCreath
Senior Portfolio Manager
Andrew is the licensed portfolio manager responsible for operations and investment performance. Andrew has more than 20 years experience as a top-ranked portfolio manager and generalist analyst. During this time, he has focused his efforts evenly between the brokerage community (sell side) and the investment management community (buy side). Andrew began his career in the brokerage community, where he focused on Special Situations and Technology at Burns Fry Limited. He then spent five years at Gordon Capital Corporation as a partner and director, focused on Special Situations, and Media & Telecom. He joined Lawrence & Company in January 1996 to manage its public and private company investing. He became a founding shareholder in Synergy Mutual Funds in December 1997, and managed several mutual funds, including the flagship Synergy Canadian Growth Class. Andrew holds an Honours BBA (Finance – 1985) and a MBA (Economics – 1986) from York University (Toronto); he received his Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation in 1989.
John Kim
Portfolio Manager
John has more than 15 years of investment experience as an analyst and portfolio manager. Prior to joining Sentry Select, John managed segregated accounts for high net worth, endowments and foundations for RT Investment Counsel, a subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada. Prior to that, he managed Canadian equity, resource and global asset allocation funds for Aegon Capital Management, a subsidiary of Aegon Canada. John has a BSc from the University of Toronto and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.
