
John D. Zechner
Chairman, Lead Equity Manager
John Zechner is the Chairman of J Zechner Associates. Founded in 1993, the company has grown steadily and today manages over $1.1 billion in assets, primarily in North American equity, balanced and fixed income mandates.
John entered the investment field in 1983 and worked in a variety of progressively more senior roles until he formed J Zechner Associates to manage investments for some of Canada’s most well-known mutual fund companies as well many private investors and institutions. John has both a BA (1979) and an MA (1980) in economics from the University of Western Ontario, as well as his CFA (1984) designation. John appears regularly on Business News Network Television.
Over the last three-and-a-half decades, John has picked up numerous awards for several of his top performing funds, including the Pooled Balanced Fund and the Global Hedged Growth Fund.