Brent Olson is the Co-Portfolio Manager / Director of Research at Three Peaks Capital Management. Mr. Olson also serves as Co-Portfolio Manager for the Aquila Three Peaks High Income Fund. Mr. Olson focuses on a broad range of opportunities that include high-yield issues, equities, emerging markets and convertible securities. Prior to joining Three Peaks, Mr. Olson worked as a Divisional CFO at MDC Holdings, a public national homebuilder. Mr. Olson also spent eight years in the investment management business as an Assistant Portfolio Manager for Invesco Funds Group and as a research analyst at Janus Capital Group, where he worked closely with Sandy Rufenacht on the high-yield investment team. While at Janus, Mr. Olson also worked as an equity analyst covering small capitalization companies for a number of products within the firm’s complex. Mr. Olson has an MBA with an emphasis in finance from the University of Colorado – Leed’s College of Business, and received his BA from the University of Virginia.
