CPP INVESTMENTS - Key Persons
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- Senior Managing Director, Head of Asia Pacific & Active Equities Asia
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- Senior Managing Director & Global Head of Credit Investments
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- Corporate Executive, Corporate Director, Investment Strategy Committee, Governance Committee ( Chair )
Director since February 2017 Director of The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company. Former Director of the Bank of Nova Scotia (Chair of the Corporate Governance and Pension Committees). Former Director of Manitoba Telecom Services (Chair of the Governance and Nominating Committees). Former member of the Premiers Enterprise Team for the Province of Manitoba. President, Corporate Secretary and Director of Royal Canadian Securities Limited, the holding company of Royal Canadian Properties Limited, Domo Gasoline Corporation Ltd., and L'Eau-1 Inc. Masters of Business Administration, Ivey School of Management, University of Western Ontario. Qualifications include extensive board experience as a director on executive and risk, governance and pension, and human resources and compensation committees in the public telecom and finance sectors, with experience in international risk and governance issues. More than 30 years of senior management experience in private property development and retail business operations.
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- Corporate Director, Investment Strategy Committee, Audit Committee, Human Resources and Compensation Committee / Newfoundland & Labrador
Director since August 2021. Currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Royal Bank of Canada and Capital Power. Previously served as a Board member of Fortis, ITC Holdings, UNS Energy, FortisBC Energy, FortisAlberta, Central Hudson Gas & Electric and Newfoundland Power. Between 2015 and 2020, held senior roles with Fortis Inc., most recently serving as President & CEO, as well as Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer from 2004 to 2014. Prior to joining Fortis Inc., he served as Vice President and Treasurer with a global forest products company and Corporate Controller with a large crude oil refinery. Holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) from Memorial University of Newfoundland. Qualifications include more than three decades of executive and board experience in the utilities sector. Member of the Association of Chartered Professional Accountants of Newfoundland and Labrador.
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- Chairman, Corporate Director, Board and Investment Strategy Committee ( Chair ), Ex Officio Member of the Audit, Governance, Human Resources and Compensation, and Risk Committees
Director since August 2021. Currently serves as a Trustee for the University Health Network in Toronto and as a member of the Ivey Advisory Board. Between 2011 and 2021, served as President & CEO of Sun Life Financial Inc., a leading financial services company. Prior to this, he held senior roles with Sun Life, including Head of Canadian Operations and Chief Operating Officer. Previously had a 28-year tenure with Mercer Human Resource Consulting, where he rose to be President for the Americas, a position he held until 2006. Holds an Honours Business Administration from the Ivey School of Business at Western University. Qualifications include more than four decades of global experience in financial services and executive consulting. Qualified as a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and the Canadian Institute of Actuaries.
Edwin D. Cass - CEO, Chief Investment Officer
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- Chief Investment Officer
- Senior Managing Director
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- Senior Managing Director & Global Head of Active Equities and Investment Science
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- Senior Managing Director, One Fund Strategist
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- Chief Executive Officer
- President
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- Corporate Director, Investment Strategy Committee, Audit Committee ( Chair ), Risk Committee ( Ex Officio Member ), Human Resources and Compensation Committee
Director since February 2017 Serves as Director on a number of corporate boards, including AbCellera Biologics (Audit Chair), Aritzia Inc., Autozen (Chair), Canalyst Financial Modeling Corporation (Chair) and Eupraxia Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Audit Chair). Current member of the Asia Pacific Foundation Board, Gairdner Foundation, Windmill Microlending and The Vancouver Police Foundation (former Chair), and serves as Chair of The St. Paul's Hospital Foundation. Former Vice Chairman of RBC Wealth Management. Past Chair, University of British Columbia. Served as Chief Executive Officer of RBC Global Asset Management from 2008 to 2015. Previously President of Phillips and Hager & North Investment Management. Chartered Financial Analyst designation. Leslie Wong Fellow of the UBC Portfolio Management Foundation. UBC B.Comm (Hons). Qualifications include nearly 30 years working in asset management and extensive senior management experience, including overseeing double-digit annual growth over seven years as CEO of the new RBC Global Asset Management, making it one of the 50 largest asset managers in the world.
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- Chief Operating Officer
- Senior Managing Director
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- Corporate Executive, Corporate Director, Investment Strategy Committee, Governance Committee, Risk Committee
Director since November 2022 Serves as a Director on boards including The Cogent Group Inc., Sustainable Development Technology Canada, HSBC Bank Canada and Kiwetinohk Energy, CMG Ltd. President and CEO of The Cogent Group Inc. Previously served as Vice President, Bow Engineering and Project Execution of EnCana Leasehold Limited Partnership. She has held academic positions at the Universities of Alberta, Brandon, Calgary and Mount Royal. Holds a B. Comm (Honours) from the University of Manitoba and a Master of Business Administration degree and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Alberta. Qualifications include experience as a professional engineer, entrepreneur and energy sector professional.
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- Chief Risk Officer
- Senior Managing Director
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- Chief Financial Officer
- Senior Managing Director
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- Senior Managing Director & Head of Total Fund Management
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- Chief Talent Officer
- Senior Managing Director
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- Senior Managing Director, Global Head of Real Assets & Head of Europe
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- Senior Managing Director & Global Head of Public Affairs and Communications
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- Corporate Director, Investment Strategy Committee / Toronto, Canada
Director since October 2023. Currently serves on the board of Cineplex Inc. and as Chair of Alignvest Management Corp. and DMZ Ventures. Retired President and Chief Executive Officer of Rogers Communications Inc. Engaged in a spectrum of community organizations and is focused on innovation and entrepreneurship in Canada. Co-founder of ScaleUP Ventures. Holds a BCom from the University of British Columbia. Named a Member of the Order of Canada in 2019. Qualifications include extensive business leadership experience, expertise in stakeholder management, enterprise risk management, cultivating talent, and corporate governance.
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- Corporate Secretary
- General Counsel
- Senior Managing Director
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- Senior Managing Director & Global Head of Capital Markets and Factor Investing
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- Chief Sustainability Officer
- Chairman of the International Sustainability Standards Board
As Chief Sustainability Officer, Richard is responsible for CPP Investments' approach to sustainability at the enterprise level. He works with our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Investment Officer, and Chief Financial Officer to ensure a global, cross-enterprise approach to sustainability-related risks and opportunities that contribute to superior long-term returns.
Prior to joining CPP Investments in 2019, Richard spent 18 years at Goldman Sachs, where he served most recently as the Global Head of Thematic Equity and ESG Research, and Co-Head of EMEA Equity Research. Previously, he held senior positions at Merrill Lynch, Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, and Paribas Capital Markets.
Richard is Chair of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) Investor Advisory Group, a member of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and the UK's Transition Plan Taskforce (TPT). He is also a frequent contributor of novel thought leadership to CPP Investments Insights Institute.
Richard holds a Graduado Superior/BA (Hons) in European Business Administration from ICADE in Madrid.
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- Director since September 2018
Currently serves on the board and as Chair of the Human Resources and Compensation Committee of Wajax Inc., as an ex officio member of the board of the Stratford Festival. Previously served as Chair of the Boards of the Bank of Nova Scotia Jamaica and Scotiabank Trinidad & Tobago, as a Director and Chair of the Management Resources and Compensation Committee of Emera Inc., Director and Chair of the Human Resources Committee of Dofasco Inc., as the Chair of the Board of Governors of the Canadian Bankers Association. Previously served on the Board of the University of Western Ontario and the Dean's Advisory Committee of the Richard Ivey Business School, former member and Honorary Fellow of the Advisory Council for Dalhousie University, former Chair of the International Women's Forum; and former member and Vice President of the Canadian Club of Toronto. Holds an Honours Degree in Business Administration and an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Western Ontario.
Qualifications include more than 30 years of banking experience, including executive positions in human resources and corporate credit risk, as well as extensive board experience.
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- Senior Managing Director & Global Head of Private Equity
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- Corporate Director, Investment Strategy Committee, Human Resources and Compensation Committee ( Chair ), Risk Committee
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- Corporate Director, Investment Strategy Committee, Audit Committee, Governance Committee
Director since February 2015 Non-executive Director of Brambles Limited. Director of Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences. Served on Recall Holdings Limited, Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream Holdings Inc., Dairy Partners America and several other international management and association boards. Past member of the Dean's advisory council of the Laurier School of Business & Economics at Wilfrid Laurier University. Former Senior Vice-President at Nestlé SA with extensive international experience in transformative change including mergers & acquisitions. Held executive positions such as Global Business Head for Nescafé Ready-to-Drink, Head of Global Supply Chain and President of Ice Cream in Canada. Certified Management Accountant of Canada, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants in the United Kingdom and Chartered Global Management Accountant. Qualifications include more than 45 years of business and board expertise, in multinational environments including lived-in experiences in the United Kingdom, Switzerland and Pakistan, in addition to Canada.
Director since May 2019 Spent the past 20 years working with early-stage technology entrepreneurs, following 15 years with a private financial services firm in Europe, Asia and the U.S. He has Economics degrees from Queen's University and the University of Oxford.