General Investing >> Money Manager Interviews >> July 12, 2010

Small & Mid-cap Canadian Energy Companies – Joanne Hruska

Joanne Hruska, CFA is Vice President of Portfolio Management at Aston Hill Financial. Ms. Hruska is a Chartered Financial Analyst who has successfully invested in the Canadian Energy sector for the last sixteen years. Ms. Hruska brings strong analytical skills from her position as an analyst at a large independent brokerage firm where she covered both the junior oil and gas sector and income trusts. She also worked several years as an Investment Advisor working for both a major bank-owned firm and a small oil and gas boutique firm. Ms. Hruska graduated from the University of Calgary with a Bachelor of Commerce degree in 1994 and obtained her Chartered Financial Analyst Designation in 1999. Profile
TWST: Would you start with an overview of your firm and the general investment philosophy?

Ms. Hruska: Aston Hill basically has two divisions. We have the energy team led by myself in Calgary, and the