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Chris Lowe

BA, MBA
Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager

Chris Lowe has 25 years global financial services experience, working in four continents.

A Senior Executive of Barclays Bank (1994-2000) he was CEO of Barclays’ businesses in Greece (1994-1995) and Botswana (1997-2000). The Banker magazine ranked Barclays as the "Best Bank" in Botswana and the "Best Bank" in Africa in 2000. Thereafter, as CEO of the National Commercial Bank Jamaica, Limited (“NCB”) he led the financial services group to recognition as the world’s 14th highest profits growth performer in 2002. Upon acquisition of NCB indirectly by AIC Limited, he joined AIC Limited in October 2002.

Chris’ responsibilities include anticipating industry trends across global financial services; recommending potential investments or divestitures and monitoring and evaluating performance of AIC Funds’ bank-based holdings.

Chris is also the CEO of Copernican Capital Corp., an affiliate company of AIC, which structures and offers differentiated retail investment products listed on the TSX.

Chris has a BA degree from University of North Wales and an MBA from University of Exeter. He is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers and holds their Financial Diploma.

Funds Managed

and for Copernican Capital Corp.

Copernican World Banks Income and Growth Trust (ticker symbol CBK.UN
Copernican World Financial Infrastructure Trust (ticker symbol CIW.UN)
Copernican World Banks Split Inc. (ticker symbols CBW.PR.A and CBW)
Copernican International Financial Split Corp. (ticker symbols CIR.PR.A and CIR)
Copernican International Premium Dividend Fund (ticker symbol CPM.UN)
Copernican British Banks Fund (ticker symbol CBB.UN)
European Premium Dividend Fund (ticker symbol EPD.UN)
Copernican International Dividend Income Fund (formerly AIC World Equity Fund)

Investment Philosophy

Our goal is to create long-term wealth for unitholders. We try to achieve this goal by following a well-proven and disciplined investment philosophy: We aim to buy excellent businesses in strong, long-term growth industries and we hold these investments for the long run.

Using this “buy-and-hold” investment strategy, we strive to achieve the goals of:

Capital preservation
Capital growth at a superior rate of return
Tax minimization

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