PSP - Key Persons

Christine Merminod

Job Titles:

Managing Director, People Strategy and Ei & D

David C. Court

Job Titles:

Director
Board Member since

David C. Court is a Director Emeritus at McKinsey & Company. Mr. Court was previously McKinsey's Global Director of Technology, Digitization and Communications, led McKinsey's global practice in harnessing digital data and advanced analytics from 2011 to 2015, and was a member of the firm's Board of Directors and its global operating committee. Mr. Court is a director of Brookfield Business Partners, Canadian Tire Corporation, National Geographic's International Council of Advisors and the Board of Trustees at Queen's University. He also chairs the advisory board of Georgian Partners, a venture capital firm specializing in analytics and artificial intelligence. Mr. Court holds a BCom from Queen's University and an MBA from Harvard Business School where he was a Baker Scholar.

DAVID OUELLET

Job Titles:

Senior Vice President and Chief Technology, Data and Operations Officer

Deborah K. Orida - CEO, President

Job Titles:

Chief Executive Officer
President

EDUARD VAN GELDEREN - Chief Investment Officer, SVP

Job Titles:

Chief Investment Officer
Senior Vice President

Gregory Chrispin

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Board Member since

Gregory Chrispin previously held the position of Executive Vice President, Wealth Management and Life and Health Insurance at the Desjardins Group. Prior to that, he was President and Managing Director of the Canadian subsidiary of State Street Global Advisors. Mr. Chrispin currently serves on the boards of Addenda Capital, a privately-owned institutional investment management firm, of GreenShield Insurance Holdings, a subsidiary that is part of the not-for-profit health benefit payor and health services provider known as Green Shield, and of Power Sustainable Capital Inc., a multi-platform alternative asset manager investing in sustainable strategies. He also serves on the board of directors of the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD) (Québec Chapter). He remains active in the investment industry and the community, serving on different committees with several organizations. Mr. Chrispin holds a bachelor's degree in Mathematics (Actuarial Science) from Université de Montréal, and is a Chartered Financial Analyst and an Institute Certified Director of the Institute of Corporate Directors.

Helen Mallovy Hicks

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Board Member since
Member of the Board of Directors of Northland Power Inc

Helen Mallovy Hicks is a member of the Board of Directors of Northland Power Inc. and Sun Life Financial Inc. In the not-for-profit sector, she serves on the board of directors of the Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation, where she chairs the Audit and Risk committee. Ms. Mallovy Hicks is a former member of the Canadian Partnership Board of PricewaterhouseCoopers, the Board of Trustees of the Toronto Symphony Foundation, the Board of Directors of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and the Board of the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, an independent organization funded by the federal government to accelerate action on cancer control for all Canadians. She is a former partner of PwC Canada, with global transaction and advisory experience and executive roles up to PwC Global Valuation Business Line Leader (2016 to 2021). She holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Toronto, and obtained her CPA, CA designation in 1985 and her Chartered Business Valuator designation in 1991. She was subsequently named a Fellow of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada and a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Business Valuators.

Justin Nightingale

Job Titles:

Managing Director and Head of Active Equities and Alpha Alternatives

Katherine Lee

Job Titles:

Audit Committee ( Chair )
Board Member since
Corporate Director of BCE Inc

Katherine Lee is currently a Corporate Director of BCE Inc. and Colliers International Group. She was the President and CEO of GE Capital Canada. Prior to this role, Ms. Lee served as CEO of GE Capital Real Estate in Canada from 2002 to 2010, building it to a full debt and equity operating company. Ms. Lee joined GE in 1994, where she held a number of positions, including Director, Mergers & Acquisitions for GE Capital's pension fund advisory services based in San Francisco, and Managing Director of GE Capital Real Estate Korea based in Seoul and Tokyo. She is active in the community, championing women's networks and Asia-Pacific forums. Ms. Lee earned a BCom degree from the University of Toronto. She holds Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) and Chartered Accountant (CA) designations.

Louis G. Véronneau

Job Titles:

Managing Director and Global Head of Real Estate Investments

M. Marianne Harris

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Board Member since
Governance Committee ( Chair )
Member of the Board of Directors of Sun Life Financial Inc., Loblaw Companies Limited, George

M. Marianne Harris is a member of the Board of Directors of Sun Life Financial Inc., Loblaw Companies Limited, Georges Weston Limited and President's Choice Bank. She was previously a member of the Board of Directors of Hydro One Limited and Agrium Inc., and Chair of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC). In the non-profit sector, she is a Director of the Dean's Advisory Council for the Schulich School of Business and a Director of the Advisory Council for the Hennick Centre for Business and Law. She has over three decades of investment banking, leadership and management experience in Canada and the United States acquired primarily at Merrill Lynch and RBC Capital Markets. Ms. Harris has an MBA from the Schulich School of Business, a Juris Doctor from Osgoode Hall and a Bachelor of Science (Honours) from Queens University.

Marc Drouin

Job Titles:

Senior Managing Director, Real Assets and Global Head of Natural Resources Investments

Martin Glynn - Chairman

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Chairman of the Board
Board Member of St Andrews Innovation Limited
Chairman of the Board / Board Member since January 30, 2014

Martin Glynn serves as a board member of St Andrews Innovation Limited and is a member of the advisory board of Balfour Pacific Capital Inc. He has previously served on the boards of directors of Sun Life Financial Inc. and Husky Energy Inc., among others. Until his retirement in 2006, Mr. Glynn held progressively senior positions with HSBC, including President and CEO of HSBC Bank Canada from 1999 to 2003, and President and CEO of HSBC Bank USA from 2003 to 2006. He remains active in professional and community circles. From 2009 to 2010, he was the Jarislowsky Fellow in Business Management at the Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary. Mr. Glynn holds a BA Honours (Economics) from Carleton University and an MBA (Finance and International Business) from the University of British Columbia.

Maryse Bertrand

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Board Member of National Bank of Canada
Board Member since
Human Resources and Compensation Committee ( Chair )

Maryse Bertrand serves as a board member of National Bank of Canada, Gildan Activewear Inc. and Metro Inc. She is the Chair of the Board of Governors of McGill University. She was Chair of the Board of Directors of the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD) (Québec Chapter) and director of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec. From 2016 to 2017, she was Strategic Advisor and Counsel at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, and prior to that she was Vice-President, Real Estate Services, Legal Services and General Counsel at CBC/Radio-Canada, where she also chaired the National Crisis Management Committee and the Board of Directors of ARTV, a specialty channel. Prior to 2009, she was a partner at Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, where she specialized in mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance and served on the firm's national management committee. She was named Advocatus emeritus (Ad. E.) in 2007 by the Québec Bar in recognition of her exceptional contributions to the legal profession. Ms. Bertrand has a law degree (with high distinction) from McGill University and a Master in Risk Management from New York University, Stern School of Business.

Maurice Tulloch

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Board Member since
Member of the Board of Directors of Porch Group

Maurice Tulloch serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Porch Group. Until his retirement in 2020, he held progressively senior positions at Aviva, a leading multinational insurance company, including Group CEO. He joined the board of Aviva in 2017, while serving as CEO for Aviva's international businesses. Additionally, he held many senior executive leadership roles, including that of CEO, Aviva Canada, and Chairman, General Insurance. Mr. Tulloch has served on several external boards including as Chair of the Property and Casualty Insurance Compensation Corporation, and Chair of ClimateWise. He has an MBA from Heriot-Watt University and has been a Chartered Professional Accountant and Certified Management Accountant since 1998.

MIRANDA C. HUBBS

Job Titles:

Corporate Director
Board Member since
Investment and Risk Committee ( Chair )

Ms. Hubbs is a Corporate Director and the former Executive Vice President and Managing Director of McLean Budden Ltd., one of Canada's largest institutional asset managers. She serves as a director of Nutrien Limited, Imperial Oil Limited, Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization, and is Chair of the Canadian Red Cross. She is a member of the ICD Climate Strategy Advisory Board and the Global Risk Institute Sustainable Finance Advisory Committee. She is also on the Council of the Toronto Biennial of Art. Ms. Hubbs is a CFA charter holder, a SASB FSA credential holder, and has earned the CERT certificate in Cybersecurity Oversight from the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. She holds a Bachelor of Science (Biology) from Western University and a Master of Business Administration from the Schulich School of Business at York University.