Investment Team
Mark L. Maxwell, CFA
Porfolio Manager
mmaxwell@towerfunds.com
Prior to founding Tower Asset Management in mid-2002 Mark was President and Director of Rockwater Asset Management, a subsidiary of Rockwater Capital Corp., a firm with $4 billion in assets and revenues of $120 million.
Mark began his career in financial services over 20 years ago with CIBC working in their corporate treasury department on fixed income analysis and risk management. He then spent the next ten years as an Equity Analyst working for Dean Witter Canada, Gordon Capital and finally CIBC World Markets. Then in mid-1999, Mark launched Georgian Capital Partners along with a few partners – an asset management firm which grew to $4.6 billion in assets under management by the end of 2001. Mark was President and one of the firm's Portfolio Managers until he sold his interest in the firm .
Mark earned his CFA designation in 1991 and has an MBA in Finance from Baylor University. He also has his Investment Counselor & Portfolio Manager license with the Ontario Securities Commission.
Joshua Pearce
Director, Business Development jpearce@towerfunds.com
Joshua A. Pearce is intimately familiar with the world of financial management. Joshua obtained his Degree in Finance at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. Through diligence and hard work, Joshua went straight from the class room to Wall Street where he spent two years on and around the trading desk of the New York Stock Exchange.
Although Joshua thrived in New York, he returned home to Toronto. He has since been working with a select group of families helping them with their business and personal financial decisison. Through extensive research and personal confidence he has aligned himself with some of Canada's top financial houses, law firms and accountants to provide his client's with nothing but the best.
Investing within both American and Canadian markets has given Joshua a unique perspective as he has pulled the best from both financial systems. Through his time researching Joshua has found that some of the fundamentals the largest financial houses in America are built upon do not even exist in Canada.
Outside of work you will find Joshua at the hockey rink or on the golf couse. Although he was a Captain of Liberty University's hockey team, these days golf has become a second favorite past time. He also enjoys keeping up to date on current books and loves touring wine vineyards.
Joshua and his wife, Leeanne, have a beautiful daughter Brynley. She has just turned one and keeps them both quite busy.