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


 

Large Cap Growth
 

Snapshot
  • Joined Sentinel in 2006.
  • 42 years of investment industry experience.

Elizabeth R. Bramwell, CFA
Senior Vice President, Portfolio Manager
Elizabeth manages the Sentinel Capital Growth Fund (formerly Bramwell Growth), and the Sentinel Growth Leaders Fund (formerly Bramwell Focus). She is also manager of Sentinel's Large Cap Growth investment team. Elizabeth joined Sentinel in March 2006 after more than 12 years as president of Bramwell Capital Management, Inc., which she founded in 1994.

She began her career at Morgan Guaranty Trust Company in 1967, and has had more than three decades of experience in securities analysis and portfolio management, encompassing an extensive range of market environments. A graduate of Bryn Mawr College and Columbia University Graduate School of Business, Elizabeth is a former Director of the New York Society of Security Analysts and holds the designation of Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).

 

 

Snapshot
  • Joined Sentinel in 2006.
  • 15 years of investment industry experience.

William Symon
Vice President, Equity Analyst
Will joined Sentinel in March 2006. He provides analysis primarily on healthcare stocks and has a secondary focus on select industrial companies. He is also a cross-industry stock picker. In addition, Will assists the Common Stock Fund and Mid Cap Growth Fund with their healthcare investments.

Will began his investment career at Bramwell Capital Management in 1994 as a general equity analyst covering healthcare, energy and industrial stocks.  He left Bramwell in 2000 to found an Internet research company, I-Web Investments, and then worked as a healthcare analyst for Weiss, Peck & Greer and subsequently the Bank of New York.  He returned to Bramwell in February 2006.

A former U.S. Marine Corps infantry officer, Will earned his B.A. in Political Science and Economics from Colgate University. He also received an M.B.A in Finance and Marketing from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business.

 

 

Snapshot
  • Joined Sentinel in 2006.
  • 16 years of investment industry experience.

Sanil V. Daptardar
Vice President, Equity Analyst
Sanil joined Sentinel in March 2006. He provides analysis on materials, information technology and telecom services stocks. He began covering these sectors when he joined Bramwell Capital in October 2004. Before this, Sanil was an independent consultant analyzing India’s equity markets. 

Sanil began his investment career at Merrill Lynch, where he spent four years as a natural resources and technical analyst. Later, he held positions following natural resources and technology sectors at ABSA Securities, and Franklin Street Partners, a private investment management firm in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Sanil earned a B.S. in Engineering from the University of Poona and his M.B.A from the University of Bombay. He also holds an M.S. in Management from the New Jersey Institute of Technology.

 

 

Snapshot
  • Joined Sentinel in 2006.
  • 10 years of investment industry experience.

Wendy S. Ruhm
Assistant Vice President, Equity Analyst
Wendy provides analysis on food and restaurant stocks, as well as coverage of industries including agribusiness, beverages, and household products.

She received her BSFS from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service where she concentrated on Diplomacy and International Security. Wendy also pursued graduate studies at the London School of Economics in International and European History.

 

 

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