Danny Guy
Chief Investment Officer, Portfolio Manager
Lead Portfolio Manager, Salida Strategic Growth Fund (Canada), BTR Strategic Growth Fund (International)


Founder of Salida Capital, Danny serves as the firm’s Chief Investment Officer and leading portfolio manager. He has been guiding Salida’s investment strategy since the firm’s inception in 2001. Danny brings more than 17 years of alternative investment management experience to the firm, with extensive expertise in portfolio management, equity research and trading.

Danny is recognized and respected globally as a leading portfolio manager in the alternative investment industry. He was the founder and lead portfolio manager of Salida’s internationally recognized BTR Global Opportunity Fund, the flagship fund for international investors, ranked by Barron’s Online in 2007 as the 4th best performing fund in the world.

Danny’s foresight and understanding of global macro themes has been the driving force behind which sectors and strategies Salida Capital has chosen to focus on over the last 9 years. This, coupled with his comprehensive background in fundamental analysis, has been the foundation behind Salida Capital’s remarkable track record of success since the firm’s inception.

Danny began his investment career in equities research at Richardson Greenshields in 1993. He later joined First Marathon in 1995 as an equities analyst before joining the firm’s merger arbitrage group where he was responsible for trading liability positions and co-running the firm’s merger arbitrage book. He also covered hedge funds on a global basis, both from a sales and trading perspective.

Prior to founding Salida Capital, Danny joined Banfield Capital Management in 1998 as a portfolio manager and trader. He played an integral role in that firm’s successful track record including building the firm’s research and trading group, establishing their U.S. merger arbitrage business and managing the firm’s long/short portfolio from its inception in 1998.