About Alitis Asset Management

Alitis Asset Management is a division of Alitis Investment Counsel Inc. (“Alitis”)

Established in 2009, Alitis is a portfolio manager and investment fund manager with a proven track record. We successfully manage seven investment funds. Our funds receive the benefit of a specialized investment management team and a dedicated Investment Committee.

Our investment team performs rigorous due diligence in seeking and approving new investment opportunities. The process begins with setting a strategic asset mix for each fund using pre-approved asset categories and securities. We continually monitor each asset class and underlying security to tactically reduce risk and seek opportunities to incrementally increase returns, all within reasonable constraints.

Alitis uses data, analytics and research to build specialized funds that are used by advisers to create superior portfolios for our clients. We remain vigilant at every stage of the investment management process confirming our commitment to risk management.

Mitchell Prothman

Mitchell Prothman, CFA, CFP

Co-Chief Investment Officer

Mitchell is Co-Chief Investment Officer, in addition to, the lead portfolio manager for the Alitis Private REIT, the Alitis Private Real Estate LP, and the Alitis Private Mortgage Fund, with the responsibility for the real estate and mortgage strategy for the firm.

Mitchell has worked closely with real estate investments for the past 14 years and has invested ~$500 million in real estate and mortgage investments including both residential and commercial properties during this time.

Thomas Nowak

Thomas Nowak, CFA

Co-Chief Investment Officer

Thomas is Co-Chief Investment Officer and is involved in the due diligence, monitoring, and research processes that go into the management of the Alitis Pools. He provides coverage and analysis across a variety of asset classes and works closely with the other members of the Investment Committee.

Thomas is also the lead developer for Alitis’ investment database and proprietary internal software.

Ryan Patterson

Ryan Patterson, BComm.

Senior Real Estate Strategist

As the Senior Real Estate Strategist, Ryan’s focus is on the analysis and review of potential real estate investments, as well as, the ongoing monitoring of current holdings.

Coming from an appraisal background, Ryan specializes in market rental analysis feasibility studies, multi-family and commercial real estate valuations, including portfolio assessment reviews for large holdings of private and public organizations.

Chris Kyer, CIM

Senior Manager, Distribution

Chris holds a BBA from Bishops University and the CIM designation.  He has 25 years of experience in the investment industry, most notably as part of the sales team that lifted Sentry Investments from $100M in AUM in 2000 to a peak of over $20B in 2016.  Chris’ strength is his understanding of different asset classes, public and private – and having a good historical economic backdrop.


Chris lives in Toronto, with his daughter and two sons.