Fund Inception | 10/17/2011 |
Name of Issuer | Grandeur Peak Funds |
Fund Advisor(s) | Grandeur Peak Global Advisors, LLC |
Sub-Advisor(s) | -- |
Fund Managers for GPIOX
Blake Walker
Portfolio Manager since 10/17/2011
Blake H. Walker is the Chief Investment Officer and Executive Vice President for Grandeur Peak Global Advisors. Before co-founding Grandeur Peak Global Advisors in 2011, Mr. Walker was a portfolio manager co-managing two funds at Wasatch Advisors. Mr. Walker joined the research team at Wasatch Advisors in 2001. Mr. Walker has a B.S. in Accounting from Brigham Young University. He is originally from Toronto, Canada. Mr. Walker speaks French and lived in France for two years.
Juliette Douglas
Portfolio Manager since 08/31/2020
Ms. Douglas is Deputy Director of Research at Grandeur Peak Global Advisors. Ms. Douglas has been a portfolio manager for the Grandeur Peak Global Reach Fund since 2018, a portfolio manager of the Grandeur Peak International Opportunities Fund since 2020, and the Grandeur Peak Global Explorer Fund since inception in December 2021. She is also a Sr. Research Analyst. Before becoming a research analyst, Ms. Douglas worked as a global equities trader and as a manager on the operations team.
Before joining Grandeur Peak Global Advisors in 2013, Ms. Douglas was a Financial Analyst at Adidas in Portland, Oregon. Previously, Ms. Douglas spent four years in various roles on the operations team at Wasatch Advisors, including her final role as Senior International Trade Analyst.
Ms. Douglas graduated cum laude from Westminster College earning a BS in Business with a concentration in Finance.