PAUL GARDNER, CFA is a partner and a portfolio manager for the Avenue Total Return Equity Portfolio and the Avenue Bond Portfolio. Mr. Gardner has more than 20 years experience in the investment industry.
Prior to co-founding Avenue Investment Management Inc., Mr. Gardner was at TD Asset Management as a senior portfolio manager of the TD Canadian Bond Fund and several of TD’s domestic fixed income funds. Much of his expertise has been in corporate debt analysis. Before joining TD Asset Management,   Mr. Gardner worked at TD Securities, as Chief Dealer money markets. Prior to that, he was a foreign exchange trader with TD Bank. Mr. Gardner received his B.A. from York University in 1986. He became a Chartered Financial Analyst in 1991. He is a member of the Toronto Society of Financial Analysts and A.I.M.R.