Imaru Casanova

Imaru Casanova is the Portfolio Manager for the active Gold and Precious Metals Strategy and Senior Analyst for the active Natural Resources Equity Strategy. She joined VanEck in 2011.

Prior to VanEck, Imaru was the Managing Director and Senior Equity Research Analyst at McNicoll Lewis & Vlak and established the firm's metals and mining research department. She also worked at Barnard Jacobs Mellet USA and BMO Capital Markets, and held positions as production technologist, offshore wellsite supervisor and petroleum engineer for Shell Exploration and Production. She holds a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University.

1. Gold
2. Gold Equities
3. Equity Research
4. Financial Modeling
5. Valuations
6. Portfolio Construction

• Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland
• Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland

• Magna Cum Laude, Bachelor of Science, Case Western Reserve University
• Galileo Scholarship Recipient