• Member of the Governance Committee

Amit Prakash joined AIMCo in 2020 as its first Chief Investment Strategy Officer with a subsequent title change to Chief Fiduciary Management Officer, reflecting an expanded role in serving the needs of clients. Amit was formerly Managing Director, Multi Asset Solutions, Canada at BMO Global Asset Management in Toronto. Prior to this role, Amit was Managing Director, Global Exchange Traded Funds and Alternative Investments and was also responsible for establishing and leading BMO Global Asset Management’s Asia business based out of Hong Kong.

His career spans portfolio management, investment and product strategy and trading roles with top global investment management firms such as BlackRock in Singapore and London, Barclays Global Investors in Toronto and Wells Fargo Nikko Advisors in San Francisco.

Amit holds an MBA from Tulane University, a master of economics and bachelor of arts in economics from the University of Delhi and is a CFA charterholder.

• Member of the Governance Committee

Bruce Cooper is Chief Executive Officer of TD Asset Management Inc. (TDAM) and TD Epoch, New York, as well as Executive Vice President of TD Bank Group. He is responsible for all TDAM business including Investment Management, TD Mutual Funds, Operations, Risk Management and Distribution. He has been with TDAM for over 30 years and has worked in both Toronto and the UK, managing Canadian, U.S. and Global Equities across a variety of mandates. Bruce is Chair of the Board of the Canadian Coalition for Good Governance and a member of the Investment Committee. He is a member of the board of the Nature Conservancy of Canada and a member of the Endowment Board of West Neighborhood House. Bruce holds a B. Comm from Queen’s University, an MA in Political Science from McGill University and is a CFA Charter Holder.

• Member of the Environmental and Social Committee

Chuck Bruce is an impassioned leader, lifelong learner, and national mental health advocate with over 30 years of senior executive experience. As the inaugural CEO of Provident10, Chuck oversees the administration of Newfoundland and Labrador’s Public Service Pension Plan, managing an $11B fund and serving over 60,000 members with integrity and a commitment to excellence.

In addition to his leadership at Provident10, Chuck has been affiliated with the Mental Health Commission of Canada since 2007, supporting its mission to improve mental health outcomes for all Canadians. His leadership has championed workplace mental health, suicide prevention, and innovative e-mental health solutions, reflecting his belief that psychological health is integral to organizational success.

Chuck holds professional credentials as a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CMA), Certified Financial Planner (CFP), and Chartered Director (C.Dir), along with a Master of Laws (LLM) in Business Law. He combines deep expertise in governance, finance, and compliance with a dedication to public service and mental health advocacy.

Chuck also contributes to national organizations dedicated to advancing governance, retirement income, public policy, and community well-being.

• Chair of the Governance Committee

Julie Cordeiro, Vice President, is the Chief Administrative Officer & General Counsel at Burgundy Asset Management, an independent and global investment manager providing discretionary investment management services for private clients, foundations, endowments, pensions and family offices. Founded in 1991, Burgundy has employed a quality-value investment approach to preserve and grow its client’s capital over the long term. Burgundy has a strong history of leadership in corporate governance and was a founding member of the CCGG.

Julie oversees the general administration and operations of the firm. She is a member of the Burgundy Management Team, Chair of the Operational Governance Group and Chair of the Crisis Management Team, playing a strategic advisory role on corporate initiatives, business operations and risk matters.

Prior to joining Burgundy, Julie was In House Legal Counsel at the Portfolio Management Association of Canada (PMAC) where she worked with various securities commissions, self-regulatory organizations and all levels of government while formulating key advocacy positions on behalf of the investment management industry. Prior to that, Julie was Legal Counsel at the Ontario Securities Commission in the Corporate Finance Branch.  Julie spent the early part of her career as an Associate at Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP in the Corporate Finance and Mergers & Acquisitions Groups.

Julie is a member of the Board of the Canadian Coalition for Good Governance (CCGG) and is the Chair of CCGG’s Governance Committee. She also serves as a Director of the Burgundy Legacy Foundation.

Julie holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from New York University School of Law, and a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from the University of Windsor.

• Member of the Public Policy Committee

Following a short stint with the Bank of Montreal in a credit role, in 1989, Phil started his career in the investment management industry with Leith Wheeler Investment Counsel. Over his four years at Leith Wheeler, he managed a variety of responsibilities including trading the bond portfolio, performing security analysis on US and Canadian public equities as well as portfolio construction responsibilities for the firm’s two mutual funds. He joined the partnership in 1992.

In January 1993, Phil joined Connor Clark and Lunn Investment Management as a partner and Canadian equity analyst on the fundamental equity team. Over the following decade he transitioned through a number of roles culminating in the leadership of the team in 2002. Over that period Phil covered virtually every industry in Canada. A key part of the investment process was engagement with the leadership of management of each company and this due diligence typically resulted in over 150 company meetings a year.

In 2003, Phil joined the Board of Directors at CC&L taking on additional business management and leadership responsibilities for the firm. In 2006, he took over the leadership of the client relationship team along with leadership of product development initiatives for the firm. He sits on the risk management committee and has been on the Board of the Connor Clark and Lunn Foundation for over 20 years.

Phil has also been active in the community on a number of levels. Most notably, in September 2000, Phil led a small group in a grass roots initiative to create a Foundation to provide an alternative education program to engage the Province’s at risk youth. The Take a Hike Foundation supports vulnerable youth in a full-time program of intensive and continuous clinical counselling, outdoor adventure, academics and community. As a founder and Chair of the Board, Phil has overseen steady growth of the past 20 years which has resulted in accolades from the Provincial Government, more than $13mm being raised and programs being set-up in five school districts across the Province.

• Member of the Finance Committee

Vincent Delisle has been Executive Vice-President and Head of Liquid Markets, CDPQ, since August 2020. In this role, he leads the teams responsible for Equity Markets, Fixed Income and Asset Allocation. He also leads the teams in charge of Investment Funds and External Management (public markets) and Quantitative Strategies and Data Science. His mandate includes developing successful investment strategies for CDPQ and ensuring their execution by optimizing the risk-return relationship for the portfolios under his responsibility. He sits on the Executive and Investment Risk Committees.

Mr. Delisle has over 30 years of experience in asset allocation strategy, global equity markets and portfolio management. Before joining CDPQ, he was Co-CIO at Hexavest for two years. From 2004-2018 he worked at Scotia Bank as Director of Equity Research, Québec and Managing Director, Portfolio and Quantitative Strategy.

He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Finance from Université Laval and is a CFA Charterholder.

Asif Haque is the Chief Investment Officer at CAAT Pension Plan.  He is a seasoned investment professional who leads a team that manages the Plan’s investment portfolio.  The team’s objective is to generate sufficient investment returns to keep pension benefits secure.

Asif is Chair of the Pension Investment Association of Canada’s Board of Directors, and also serves as a Director on the Board of the Canadian Coalition for Good Governance. He is a member of the Investment Committee at the Alberta PSPP Corporation, and is a member of the Investment Advisory Committee at Nunavut Tunngavik, Inc.

Asif holds a BA in economics from Wilfred Laurier University, an MA in economics from the University of Toronto, and is a CFA Charterholder.

• Member of the Governance Committee

As the President and CEO of UBC Investment Management Inc. (UBCIM), Dawn Jia is responsible for the overall investment activities and monitoring of the porfolios under UBCIM’s oversight. She also oversees the operations of UBCIM and provides strategic and operating objectives to the organization. Prior to joining UBCIM, Dawn was a Senior Porfolio Manager at the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB). At CPPIB, Dawn and her team were responsible for ensuring that the total porfolio delivered on its overall mandate, by rebalancing it to the desired systematic exposures.

Before Dawn joined CPPIB in 2013, she was Vice President and Head of Active Equity for North America at State Street Global Advisors. Previously, she was an equity porfolio manager at Barclays Global Investors and a quantitative strategist at CIBC World Markets.

Dawn is a Board Member of Vancouver Foundation and the Chair of its Investment Committee. She also serves on the Board of Canadian Coalition for Good Governance (CCGG). Previously, she served on the Investment Committee of Ontario Hospital Association (OHA). Dawn is a founding member of the Advisory Board of Western University’s Master of Financial Economics Program.

Dawn received her MBA from the Ivey Business School and an MS in Engineering from Tianjin University in China. She is also a CFA charterholder.

• Chair of the Finance & Audit Committee

Michael Kelly is the Chief Legal & Sustainability Officer of OMERS. He oversees OMERS Legal Division, including working closely with the Board of Directors.  Mr. Kelly also leads OMERS approach to sustainable investing in his role as Chief Sustainability Officer and is Chair of the Sustainable Investing Committee.

Mr. Kelly represents OMERS on various domestic and international organizations focused on governance and sustainable investing, including the Canadian Coalition for Good Governance and the Investor Leadership Network.

Prior to assuming his current role in 2014, Mr. Kelly served as Executive Vice President & General Counsel at Borealis Infrastructure (now OMERS Infrastructure).  Prior to joining OMERS, he practiced corporate, commercial and regulatory law, both in-house and with firms in Toronto, London, England and Ottawa.

Mr. Kelly was called to the Bar in Ontario in 1994.  He holds a BBA from Wilfrid Laurier University (1989), an LLB from the University of Toronto (1992), and an MA (International Relations) from the University of Toronto (2004).  He also holds the designation of Chartered Director (C. Dir).

• Member of the Public Policy Committee

Peter Letko is a McGill University graduate with a Bachelor of Commerce degree (BCom.), and a CFA charterholder.

In 1972, he joined CN’s investment division where he was involved in virtually all company pension fund activities. As Director of Investments, reporting directly to the President, he partook in developing the fund’s investment policies and was responsible for managing public and private companies’ portfolios. In this capacity, he represented the CN pension fund on various boards of directors.

This rich experience allowed Mr. Letko to become a leader in the investment community, and has led to the fortuitous meeting with Daniel Brosseau with whom he founded Letko Brosseau in 1987. With his exceptional talent and disciplined approach to investing, he has led the firm to success, overseeing a team of investment professionals that manages several billion assets for institutional and private clients to date.

• Vice-Chair of the Governance Committee

Peter Lindley joined OPTrust as President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in 2019 to lead one of Canada’s largest defined benefit (DB) pension plans with offices in Toronto, London and Sydney.

As CEO Peter is responsible for the fund’s overall strategic direction, Member-Driven Investing strategy, pension administration and organizational performance. He is committed to the fund’s long-term sustainability and service excellence to OPTrust’s members. Under Peter’s leadership, OPTrust has prioritized investing in the transition to a lower-carbon world and an inclusion, diversity and equity strategy. He is a strong advocate for DB pensions and broadening retirement security to more Ontarians.

Peter is a financial services industry veteran with over 30 years of experience in strategy, investments, and leading high-performance teams. Prior to joining OPTrust, he served as President and Head of Investments at State Street Global Advisors, where he was responsible for the firm’s overall Canadian business strategy.

Peter obtained a Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Leicester, U.K. and a Bachelor of Education from the University of Toronto.

Marcia Moffat, Managing Director, is BlackRock’s Country Head of Canada. As Country Head, Marcia is responsible for the leadership and strategic direction of BlackRock’s business activities in the region. Through our institutional client and iShares businesses, and growing technology and advisory services, the Canada team is focused on sharing the very best of the firm’s global capabilities and local expertise with Canadian clients. Marcia is also a member of the firm’s Global Operating Committee.

Beyond the firm, Marcia is a strong supporter of the not-for-profit sector and her community. She believes companies and governments should take a long-term view to better society and is actively involved with the C.D. Howe Institute, the Canadian Coalition for Good Governance and the Business Council of Canada, and has prior involvement with the Ontario Brain Institute and Loran Scholars Foundation, among others.

She earned her MBA and Law degrees from the University of Toronto, and a Bachelor of Science (biology) degree from McGill University.

• Member of the Finance Committee

Jim has overall responsibility for investment management for Scotia GAM, he is responsible for the development of strategies and initiatives to enhance investment performance and investment processes for the firm. Jim has overall responsibility for talent management of our team of portfolio managers, analysts and traders. He is also responsible for investment oversight, risk management, management of operational policies and guidelines, and investment performance reporting.

With more than 25 years of industry experience, Jim joined the firm in 2000. Jim received an Honours Bachelor of Commerce and Economics Degree from the University of Windsor and holds the CPA, CMA designation. He is a Director of 1832 Asset Management G.P. Inc. and is the Chair and a member of the Product and Finance Committees, respectively. Jim is a Director of Tangerine Investment Funds.

• Member of the Environmental and Social Committee

Charles Nadim is Head of Research and co-manages the firm’s Canadian equity strategies. He is a member of the firm’s Investment Strategy Committee, which ensures adherence to Jarislowsky Fraser’s long-standing investment philosophy and disciplined process. As a member of the firm’s Management Committee, he helps to guide strategic direction and the firm’s commitment to excellence in research.

Mr. Nadim joined the firm in 2008 and was named a Partner in 2012. He has been an international and North American research analyst, and was appointed Canadian Equity Manager in May 2012.

Prior to joining Jarislowsky Fraser, Mr. Nadim worked for seven years at GE Asset Management Canada as an equity research analyst and portfolio manager. He also spent three years at Watson Wyatt Investment Consulting.

Mr. Nadim has been a commentator on BNN and other business publications. He also taught Investment Analysis & Portfolio Management at McGill University.

• Vice-Chair of the Finance & Audit Committee

Mary Throop is the founding partner, President, and CEO of Summerhill Capital, serving Canada’s ultra-high-net-worth investors and family offices. She is actively involved in portfolio management and serves as Chief Compliance Officer, ensuring the firm maintains the highest standards of ethics and integrity. Prior to founding Summerhill Capital, Mary was a senior partner at Laketon Investment Management and a Managing Director at CIBC World Markets. She holds a CFA designation, an Honours B.A. from the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain, and the ICD.D designation from the ICD-Rotman Directors Education Program. Mary previously served on the boards of the BNY Trust Company of Canada, the Condominium Authority of Ontario, and the Toronto CFA Society, among others.