Executive Management | Wainwright Investment Counsel LLC

Stephen Barrett

22.04.2017 ,

Member of Wainwright Board, Investment Advisor Joined Wainwright in 2005 Prior to joining Wainwright, Mr. Barrett was the chairman & CEO of Wainwright’s predecessor firm, H.C. Wainwright & Co., Inc. Previously, Mr. Barrett was employed by Alex. Brown & Sons Incorporated for approximately fourteen years and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. for approximately ten years. Mr. Barrett held senior business development and management roles at both firms. Mr. Barrett formerly served as a board member of both the Boston Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ. Mr. Barrett holds a B.A. in fine arts from the College of William & Mary and holds...

Margaret L. Leonard

06.02.2017 ,

Chief Compliance Officer Chief Compliance Officer WFS, LLC (Wainwright broker‐dealer subsidiary)* Joined Wainwright in 2015 Ms. Leonard has over 20 years of industry experience with more than 10 years of experience in the role of Chief Compliance Officer. She was most recently chief compliance officer at Piscataqua Capital Management, LLC. From 2004 through 2013, Ms. Leonard was the chief compliance officer and director of portfolio administration at Moody Aldrich Partners, LLC. She earned her B.A. in mathematics at Macalester College in St. Paul, MN. She holds FINRA Series 7, 14, 24 and 99 licenses. Ms. Leonard and her husband enjoy the company of their...

Matt Seney, CFA

04.02.2017 ,

Chief Operating Officer, Deputy Chief Investment Officer, Investment Advisor Joined Wainwright in 1999 In addition to his senior executive functions, Mr. Seney works with institutional and private clients both on an advisory (i.e., non‐discretionary) and discretionary basis. Mr. Seney was an analyst with H.C. Wainwright from 1998 to 1999. He earned a B.S. in investments from Babson College and an M.B.A. from the F.W. Olin School of Business at Babson College, and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation. He is also a member of the CFA Institute and the Boston Security Analysts Society. He holds the FINRA Series 7 and 66 licenses. Mr. Seney...

Paul Martins

03.02.2017 ,

Member of Wainwright Board, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Administrative Officer Joined Wainwright in 2003 Prior to joining Wainwright, Mr. Martins was chief financial officer and treasurer of Standish Mellon Asset Management, LLC, as well as vice president and treasurer of the Standish mutual funds. Prior to Standish, Mr. Martins was senior vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer of Liberty Securities Corporation. Prior to Liberty, he held the position of corporate controller of the John Hancock Mutual Fund companies and other financial roles with the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company. Mr. Martins earned M.B.A. and B.S. degrees from the University of Massachusetts...

Gustavo (Gus) Aristizabal

02.02.2017 ,

Member of Wainwright Board, President and Corporate Secretary, Investment Advisor Chief Executive Officer WFS, LLC (Wainwright broker‐dealer subsidiary) * Joined Wainwright in 1999 Prior to joining Wainwright’s predecessor firm, H.C. Wainwright, in 1996, Mr. Aristizabal was the chief financial officer at IMPSA in Conconcreto, Costa Rica from 1991 to 1996. He was an economics instructor at Northeastern University from 1989 to 1991. Mr. Aristizabal has a B.S. in business from Universidad EAFIT (Colombia) and has successfully completed all Ph.D. coursework and related examinations in the field of economics at Northeastern University and as a result has achieved the status of ABD, “all but...

Eric Bertonazzi

01.02.2017 ,

Chairman of Wainwright Board, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Investment Officer, Investment Advisor Founded Wainwright in 1999 In addition to his senior executive functions, Mr. Bertonazzi oversees all aspects of the company, including setting the investment policy for the firm. Previously, Mr. Bertonazzi was a managing director at H.C. Wainwright from 1997 to 1999 and also a vice president of investment strategy from 1995 to 1997. Prior to joining H.C. Wainwright, Mr. Bertonazzi was an economics instructor at Clemson University from 1991 to 1994. Mr. Bertonazzi has a B.S. in economics from Clemson University and has successfully completed all Ph.D. coursework and related...

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