Peter William Tuz, CFA, serves as the President, Senior Security Analyst, Sector Portfolio Manager, and Director at Chase Investment Counsel Corporation. Mr. Tuz serves as the Portfolio Manager of Advisors Series Trust - Chase Growth Fund and Advisors Series Trust - Chase Mid-Cap Growth Fund. He served as Equity Analyst of Howard Weil Incorporated, Research Division and Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc., Research Division. He is responsible for portfolio management and joined Morgan Keegan & Company in 1997. Before that, Mr. Tuz had ten years experience as a Senior Analyst and Officer at two NYSE member firms concentrating in technology. He is a member of the Richmond & Washington Societies of Financial Analysts. Mr. Tuz is a Chartered Financial Analyst. He obtained an M.B.A. from the Tulane University in 1984, an M.A. degree from the University of Missouri in 1979, and a B.A. degree from the Ripon College in 1976.