Mavrix Fund Management Inc. today announced two appointments to its board of directors. Pierre Saint-Laurent becomes chairman and Martine Guimond joins as an independent director of the Toronto-based company.

Saint-Laurent was appointed to Mavrix’s board of directors as an independent director on March 14, 2006 and is the president of Asset Counsel Inc. Previously, he has held senior positions with StrategicNova and Talvest Asset Management.

Saint-Laurent holds B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Economics from the University of Montreal, with doctoral studies in Economics at the University Of California at Berkeley, as well as a Diploma in Business Administration from HEC Montreal. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and has obtained the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) designation.

Guimond is a partner with Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP in Montreal and is a director of Branchez-vous! inc. She is also a member of the board of the Quebec Investment Funds Council, the Quebec division of the Investment Funds Institute of Canada. Guimond holds a B.Sc. and LL.B. from the University of Montreal.