Nathan Thooft

Mr. Nathan W.
Thooft, CFA MBA, is a Chief Investment Officer & Senior Portfolio Manager at Manulife Investment Management (US) LLC, a Vice President-Investments at John Hancock Preferred Income Fund II, a Vice President-Investments at John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III, a Vice President-Investments at John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund and a Vice President-Investments at John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Global Shareholder Yield Fund.
He is responsible for day-to-day portfolio management and oversight of multi-asset mandates for institutional and individual investors.
Previously, Mr. Thooft was Vice President and Director of Investments, investment management services, for John Hancock Financial, the U.S.
division of Manulife Financial.
In that role, he was responsible for leading manager research efforts, asset class research, and the development and daily monitoring of investment platforms in the United States and Asia.
Prior to joining John Hancock, he was a Senior Portfolio Analyst within the investment management division of Fidelity Investments and, before that, he was a Senior Product Consultant at RBC Wealth Management.
He earned a B.A. and an M.B.A. from the University of Minnesota and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.