Mr. Hardacre is an experienced institutional investor with over 25 years of experience in portfolio management and investment leadership and is based in Toronto, Ontario. Mr. Hardacre currently serves as Head, Publicly Traded Equities at Bridgeport Asset Management and prior thereto was the Chief Investment Officer and Senior Vice President at Empire Life Investment Management Inc. He previously spent approximately 20 years at Invesco Canada where he had progressive roles culminating in 2016 as Co-Chief Investment Officer and Head of Canadian Equities. He began his investment career at Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan in 1995. Mr. Hardacre has an ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors. Mr. Hardacre holds a Chartered Financial Analyst designation and earned a Master of Business Administration degree from the DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University.