Jeffrey Gavarkovs is a founding partner of NorthStream Capital Inc., and is the portfolio manager. Jeffrey has over twenty years of investment management and research experience, managing proprietary portfolios for three Canadian banks and a European bank. From January 2009 to January 2015, he managed Scotiabank’s Proprietary High Yield Credit investment portfolio and was also Managing Director and Head of High Yield Research and Trading. Jeffrey managed a proprietary portfolio for CIBC World Markets from September 2004 to February 2008 focused on distressed, “soft activism” and special situations. From April 2003 to September 2004, Jeffrey ran a proprietary portfolio at SG Cowen, which included Canadian distressed securities and high yield bonds. Jeffrey began his investment career at BMO Nesbitt Burns, and was a member of the Special Investments team from February 1997 to September 1999. This team managed a total return special situations fund that included distressed debt, preferred shares, high yield bonds and equities. From September 1999 to March 2003, Jeffrey was a sell-side high yield analyst with BMO Nesbitt Burns in New York. Jeffrey has an M.B.A. from the Schulich School of Business (1997) and a Bachelor of Economics degree from York University (1989).

Arjit is an analyst at NorthStream and focuses on investment research, portfolio analytics and unitholder communications. Arjit joined NorthStream in 2019 from Deutsche Bank where he was an investment banking associate managing the FICC book with AUM €1.2 billion at Deutsche’s London and Mumbai offices. Arjit completed an MBA and received a Financial Engineering award from the Schulich School of Business. Prior to business school, Arjit worked for Siemens at their Frankfurt headquarters in their corporate strategy division. Arjit also holds a joint MSc degree from the University of Bolton (England) & Fachhochschule Südwestfalen (Germany) along with a Bachelor of Engineering (Gold medalist).