Investment Team

Amit Wadhwaney
Portfolio Manager and Co-Founding Partner

Mr. Wadhwaney has over 30 years of experience researching and analyzing investment opportunities in developed, emerging, and frontier markets worldwide. He has managed global investment portfolios since 1996 and is the founding manager of the Moerus Worldwide Value Fund.

 

Prior to co-founding Moerus, Mr. Wadhwaney was a Portfolio Manager and Partner at Third Avenue Management LLC, where he worked alongside his Moerus co-founding partners. Mr. Wadhwaney founded the international business at Third Avenue and was the founding manager of the Third Avenue Global Value Fund, LP, the Third Avenue Emerging Markets Fund, LP, and the Third Avenue International Value Fund, an open-end mutual fund. (The Third Avenue Global Value Fund, LP, Third Avenue Emerging Markets Fund, LP, and the Third Avenue International Value Fund are not offered by Moerus Funds).

 

Earlier in his career, Mr. Wadhwaney worked at M.J. Whitman LLC, a New York-based broker-dealer. Prior to joining M.J. Whitman, Mr. Wadhwaney was a paper and forest products analyst at Bunting Warburg, a Canadian brokerage firm. He began his career at Domtar, a Canadian forest products company.

 

Mr. Wadhwaney holds an MBA in Finance from The University of Chicago. He also holds a BA with honors and an MA in Economics from Concordia University; at Concordia, he was awarded the Sun Life Prize and the Concordia University Fellow in Economics, and he subsequently taught economics classes there. He also holds BS degrees in Chemical Engineering and Mathematics from the University of Minnesota.

Michael Campagna, CFA
Research Analyst and Co-Founding Partner

Mr. Campagna has over 16 years of global research experience, during which he has evaluated investment opportunities across a wide range of industries and geographic markets. Prior to co-founding Moerus in 2015, Mr. Campagna was a Research Analyst and a Consultant at Third Avenue Management LLC, where he worked alongside his Moerus co-founding partners.

 

Earlier in his career, he was an investment analyst for JP Morgan Private Bank, where he evaluated and selected money managers for use in high net worth and institutional investment accounts.

 

Mr. Campagna holds a BS in Finance and a BS in Information Systems from New York University. He is a CFA Charterholder and a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts.

John Mauro, CFA
Research Analyst and Co-Founding Partner

Mr. Mauro has over 19 years of global investment research experience, during which he has evaluated investment opportunities across a wide range of industries and geographic markets. Prior to co-founding Moerus in 2015, Mr. Mauro was a Research Analyst and Partner at Third Avenue Management LLC, where he worked alongside his Moerus co-founding partners.

 

Mr. Mauro holds an MBA in Finance from the Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College, where he was inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma, the international honor society. He holds a BA in Economics from Fordham University, where he graduated summa cum laude. He is a CFA Charterholder and a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts.

Gabriel Tursi, CFA
Research Associate

Mr. Tursi joined Moerus in 2018, working on special projects for the firm. He joined the investment team as a Research Associate in 2021 and aids in researching potential global investment opportunities.

 

Prior to joining Moerus in 2018, Mr. Tursi worked in analytics at JP Morgan’s Wholesale Credit Stress Testing group. Mr. Tursi holds a BA in Finance from Temple University and is a CFA Charterholder and a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts.