Daniel Chornous
Chief Investment Officer, RBC Global Asset Management
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Dan is Chief Investment Officer of RBC Asset Management Inc. and Phillips, Hager & North Investment Management Ltd. (PH&N), which manage a combined CAD $160 billion in domestic and global equity and fixed-income mandates. He is responsible for the overall direction of investment policy and fund management at both firms. In addition, Dan chairs the RBC Investment Strategy Committee, the group responsible for the overall direction of investment policy and fund management within RBC Global Asset Management. He also chairs PH&N's Asset Mix Committee. Dan serves on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Coalition for Good Governance and chairs its Public Policy Subcommittee.
Prior to joining RBC Asset Management in 2002, Dan was Managing Director of Capital Markets Research and Chief Investment Strategist at RBC Capital Markets. In that role, he was responsible for developing the firm's outlook for global and domestic economies and capital markets, as well as managing the firm's global economics, technical and quantitative research teams.
Dan began his career in the investment industry in 1980. A native of Winnipeg, he graduated from the University of Manitoba with a bachelor's of commerce in finance, and is a CFA charterholder.
