Mr. Pearce is a Portfolio Manager of the Grandeur Peak Global Stalwarts Fund (GGSOX) and the Grandeur Peak International Stalwarts Fund (GISOX). He is a Guardian Portfolio Manager of the Grandeur Peak Global Reach Fund (GPROX).

Mr. Pearce is also a Sr. Research Analyst with a specialty focus on the Financials sector globally. Mr. Pearce was named Chief Investment Officer in 2017. He is a key member of the team covering Brazil and Australia.

Mr. Pearce was a junior and later senior research analyst at Wasatch Advisors from 2005-2009. He was a financial sector specialist and a general analyst on the Wasatch Strategic Income Fund (WASIX)—a global equity product with an emphasis in financial companies.

In 2010, Mr. Pearce interned at Thornburg Investment Management as a global equities analyst while earning his MBA.

Mr. Pearce has a B.A. in Business Administration from the University of Utah and an MBA from the University of California at Berkeley. He holds the CFA designation.

Mr. Pearce lived in Brazil for two years and speaks Portuguese. Randy and his wife, Molly, have five children. Randy enjoys the outdoors, playing tennis, and reading.