Zach Dewhirst is responsible for the portfolio advisory services provided to the Desjardins SocieTerra Low Volatitily Global Equity Fund. Mr.Dewhirst is a portfolio manager and team leader of the Quantitative Equity Research Team at Fidelity Institutional Asset Management (FIAM®), Fidelity Investments’ distribution and client service organization dedicated to meeting the needs of U.S. consultants and institutional investors, such as defined benefit and defined contribution plans, endowments, and financial advisors.

Eric Granat is a derivatives analyst at Fidelity Institutional Asset Management (FIAM), an investment organization within Fidelity Investments’ asset management division that is dedicated to serving the needs of consultants and institutional investors, such as defined benefit and defined contribution plans, endowments and financial advisors. In this role, Mr. Granat serves as portfolio manager for capital preservation strategy, as well as all other options-based strategies. Additionally, he is responsible for the design and implementation of derivative-based products, and provides market analysis and customized derivative solutions to portfolio management teams to enhance portfolio performance and risk attributes. Prior to re-joining Fidelity and assuming his current responsibilities, Mr. Granat was a portfolio manager and a trader at Rampart Investment Management. Previously, Mr. Granat worked as a principle analyst/programmer at Sun Life Financial. He has been in the financial industry since 1997. Mr. Granat earned his bachelor of science degree in information systems from Salve Regina University and his master of business administration degree from Babson College. He is also a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst.