We are proud of our investment team at Sentinel. They have many years of experience, honed in both exuberant bull and prolonged bear markets. They strive to mitigate the risk of investing in stock, bond and international markets with an approach that focuses on quality companies and diversification. Many of our managers and analysts hold CFA designations and degrees from some of the best universities in the world. They're pragmatic, disciplined and dedicated.

Here is some of our team. Please contact us for more information.


Christian W. Thwaites
President & CEO


Mid Cap Growth
 

Snapshot
  • Joined Sentinel in 2006.
  • 20 years of investment industry experience.
Paul Kandel
Senior Vice President, Lead Portfolio Manager
Paul is the Mid Cap Growth Team Lead Portfolio Manager, and manages the Sentinel Mid Cap Growth Fund. Paul joined Sentinel in June of 2006. He began his career as an equity analyst with Bankers Trust in 1988, worked for Ark Asset Management, also as an equity analyst and most recently was with the Dreyfus Corporation.

Paul earned his B.A. in economics at Haverford College and a M.B.A. from the Columbia University Graduate School of Business.

 

 

Snapshot
  • Joined Sentinel in 2007.
  • 22 years of investment industry experience.
Jack O'Hara, CFA
Assistant Vice President, Equity Analyst
Jack O’Hara is an Equity Analyst for the Mid Cap Growth Team, focusing on the Consumer sector. Jack spent the past five years at CWH Associates as Portfolio Manager/Analyst.  Previously, he held Analyst positions at LAR Management, Merrill Lynch and Value Line.

Jack earned his B.A. at Georgetown University, his M.B.A. from the NYU Stern School of Business, and earned his CFA designation in 1996.

 

 

Snapshot
  • Joined Sentinel in 2007.
  • 14 years of investment industry experience.
Kenneth Johnson
Assistant Vice President, Equity Analyst
Ken Johnson is an Equity Analyst for the Mid Cap Team focusing on the cyclical industries of Energy, Materials and Processing, Industrials and Business Services. Ken has 13 years of experience on Wall Street and for the last six years worked at Clearbridge Advisors (formerly known as Citigroup Asset Management) where he was a Senior Research Analyst and Assistant Portfolio Manager on the Small Cap Growth Fund. Ken started his career as a lawyer for Cahill Gordon & Reindel and subsequently worked for S. G. Warburg (now part of UBS) and Jefferies & Co. Inc.

Ken earned a B.A. at Cornell University, a M.A. from the University of Michigan and a J.D. from the University of Buffalo.

 

 

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