Greg Gipson

Greg Gipson is the Chief Investment Officer of Grayhawk. Collaborating with both the Investment Committee and senior management, Greg is integral to shaping the investment philosophy and portfolio strategy to meet the financial goals of the partner families. Greg believes in a disciplined and consistent approach to managing investments that balance long-term risk and return.

Greg has been working in the investment management industry for over two decades. Prior to joining Grayhawk, Greg spent over 8 years within the asset management arm of a major Canadian bank playing a significant role in building their global equity investment capabilities. Greg participated in the bank’s development of its systematic approach to managing equity and multi-asset fund of ETF strategies. More recently, Greg oversaw portfolio management and quantitative research for the bank’s multi-asset strategies.

Greg began his career as a portfolio manager and investment strategist in the US and Japanese equity markets for a large US-based institutional investor. After co-managing their US active quantitative investment funds, he went on to work on the development and launch of an internal hedge fund. Greg then moved overseas to spend nearly 10 years managing investment teams and trading desks in Tokyo, Japan. He was a founding partner in a multi-strategy hedge fund, built a quantitative strategy team for a large US bank, and managed the risk trading desk for another large US bank.

Greg also acts as a Member of the Wealthsimple Financial Product Advisory Committee. Wealthsimple is related to Grayhawk through the mutual ultimate controlling shareholder Power Corporation of Canada.