• Member of the Governance Committee

Bruce Cooper is Chief Executive Officer of TD Asset Management Inc. (TDAM) as well as Senior Vice President of TD Bank Group. He is responsible for all TDAM business including Investment Management, TD Mutual Funds, Operations, Risk Management and Distribution and Epoch Investment Partners. He is also Chief Executive Officer of Epoch Investment Partners. He has been with TDAM for more than 25 years and has worked in both Toronto and the UK, managing Canadian, U.S. and Global Equities across a variety of mandates. Bruce sits on the Board of Directors of IFIC (The Investment Funds Institute of Canada) and is Chair of the Board of the Canadian Coalition for Good Governance. 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 Governance Committee
• Member of the Environmental & Social Committee

Marcia Moffat is a Canadian business leader with extensive global industry experience, who is dedicated to employees, clients and making a positive impact on the world around her.

She is the Country Head of Canada for BlackRock, a global investment management and technology solutions firm that helps a wide range of Canadian investors build better financial futures. Marcia drives the vision and strategic direction for BlackRock’s Canadian operations, while empowering teams to find their own ways to support and advance it.

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.

Outside work, Marcia is a mother of two sons and enjoys spending time with her family outdoors.

• Chair of the Governance Committee
• Member of the Member Engagement 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 & Audit Committee
• Chair of the Member Engagement Committee

Duane Green is president and CEO of Franklin Templeton Canada and Chair of the Board of Fiduciary Trust Canada, responsible for all aspects of Franklin Templeton’s business in Canada. Franklin Templeton Canada provides asset management and investment solutions, including mutual funds, ETFs, multi-asset portfolios, pooled funds and alternatives, to Canadian retail, institutional and high net worth investors. Fiduciary Trust Canada is a nationally regulated trust company and private wealth boutique.

Previously, Mr. Green served as managing director – Canada, responsible for Franklin Templeton’s Canadian retail, intermediary, institutional and high net worth distribution business. Prior to that, he was head of Institutional in Canada. Mr. Green joined Franklin Templeton in 2004 as vice president of Strategic Alliances.

In 2020, Mr. Green was named the Wealth Professional CEO of the Year and in 2019 was given the University of Ottawa Recognition award. In 2017, he received the Women in Capital Markets Male Leadership Award, which recognized his efforts to support diversity and inclusion in Canada’s financial services industry. As president and CEO, Mr. Green works to foster an inclusive environment that inspires innovation and helps staff succeed and thrive.

Mr. Green is chair of the board and director of Franklin Templeton Investments Corp. and Fiduciary Trust Company of Canada. He is on the Board of Directors of the Investment Funds Institute of Canada (IFIC), the Canadian Coalition for Good Governance (CCGG), Business / Arts (B/A) and the Canadian Film Centre (CFC).  Additionally, he is an Advisor to the Dean at the University of Ottawa and a member of the Campaign Cabinet at uOttawa.

Mr. Green has a degree in economics from the University of Ottawa and is a Fellow of the Canadian Securities Institute (FCSI). He also holds the Chartered Investment Manager (CIM) and Financial Management Advisor (FMA) designations.

• Member of the Public Policy Committee

As the President and CEO of UBC Investment Management (UBCIM), Dawn Jia is responsible for the overall investment activities and monitoring of the portfolios 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 Portfolio Manager at the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB). At CPPIB, Dawn and her team were responsible for ensuring that the total portfolio 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 portfolio 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 served on the Investment Committee of the 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.

• Vice-Chair of the Member Engagement Committee
• Member of the Finance & Audit Committee

Michael Kelly is the Chief Legal & Sustainability Officer of OMERS. He oversees OMERS Legal Division and is involved in various matters relating to investment and pension law, regulatory affairs and corporate governance, including working closely with the Board of Directors. Mr. Kelly leads OMERS approach to sustainable investing and ESG, having developed OMERS Sustainable Investing Framework in 2019, and is Chair of the Sustainable Investing Committee.

Prior to assuming this role in 2014, Mr. Kelly served as Executive Vice President & General Counsel at Borealis Infrastructure (now OMERS Infrastructure), the infrastructure investment arm of OMERS, which he joined in 2006.  In that role, he was involved in the pursuit and management of infrastructure investments, including negotiating acquisition, partnering and financing agreements, coordinating regulatory and structuring advice and managing the legal and compliance function.

Prior to joining OMERS, Mr. Kelly practiced corporate, commercial and regulatory law, both in-house and with firms in Toronto, London, England and Ottawa. He sits on the boards of a number of OMERS companies, and also represents OMERS on the boards or committees of various domestic and international organizations including Canada’s Sustainable Finance Action Council, the Investor Leadership Network, the Canadian Coalition for Good Governance and the Climate Economy Strategic Council.

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
• Member of the Member Engagement Committee

A graduate of McGill University (Bachelor of Commerce) and a CFA charterholder, Mr. Letko founded Letko Brosseau & Associates Inc. with Daniel Brosseau in 1987. Headquartered in Montreal, Letko Brosseau is a private investment management firm that manages more than $27 billion of assets for private and institutional clients. The firm’s objective is to create value through the management of publicly traded securities according to an investment approach based on in house, independent research, valuation discipline, a global perspective and a long-term horizon.

Prior to founding Letko Brosseau, Mr. Letko was Manager, Investments with the CN Pension Fund.

• 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.

• Chair of the Finance & Audit Committee

Maxime Ménard is President & CEO of Jarislowsky, Fraser Limited and a director on the firm’s Board of Directors. He previously held the position of Executive Vice-President. In this capacity, he provided strong leadership in building the business, setting the strategic framework and overseeing day-to-day operations.

Mr. Ménard has over 20 years of experience in the investment industry. He joined Jarislowsky Fraser in 2003 and was a long-standing partner at the firm.

Mr. Ménard sits on the Board of the Canadian Coalition for Good Governance (CCGG) and is a member of both the Public Policy and Finance & Audit committees. Active in the community, Mr. Ménard has been a member of several boards and committees, such as the Foundation du Musée National des Beaux Arts du Quebec and the St-Justine Hospital Foundation.

He is a graduate of York University (Bachelor of Arts) and received a Master’s in Business Administration from HEC Montréal.

• Member of the Environmental & Social 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 Member Engagement Committee

Prior to founding Summerhill Capital, Mary was a senior partner at Laketon Investment Management and a member of the Global Equities Team. Mary attained her strong background in global financial analysis and portfolio management while at CIBC World Markets as Managing Director of the International Equities Group.

​Mary is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), has an Honours B.A. from the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) and has the ICD.D designation from the ICD-Rotman Directors Education Program. She is also bilingual (Spanish). Mary is currently an Independent Director on the Board of BNY Trust Company of Canada, as well as a director on the Board of the Canadian Coalition for Good Governance (CCGG). Previous commitments include being a member of the CCGG Public Policy Committee and board member and Chair of the HR and Governance Committee of the Condominium Authority of Ontario (CAO), Member of the Atkinson Foundation Investment Committee, Board Member and Committee Chair of Memberships, International Programme and Governance of the Toronto CFA Society,  Board Member of Oolagen (Youth Mental Health Organization now part of Lumenus Community Services), Member of an Advisory Committee at the March of Dimes, as well as serving as a member of the Ontario Securities Commission Registrant Advisory Committee.

• Member of the Public Policy Committee

Eduard van Gelderen is Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer at the Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments). Since joining PSP Investments in 2018, he has been overseeing the organization’s total portfolio and establishing the long-term investment portfolio strategy. He also heads the responsible investment, public policy, government relations, as well as the public affairs and communications functions.

Prior to joining PSP Investments, Eduard was Senior Managing Director at the Office of the Chief Investment Officer of the University of California. As a member of the executive team, his primary responsibilities included overseeing the University’s retirement plan, heading up equity and real assets activities, and handling strategic partnerships in Europe. He also served as CEO of the Dutch financial service provider APG Asset Management and as Deputy CIO of ING Investment Management.

Eduard is a certified Financial Risk Manager and a Chartered Financial Analyst and has served on several investment advisory boards. He holds a master’s degree in Quantitative Finance from Erasmus University Rotterdam and a post-graduate degree in Asset Liability Management from Maastricht University in Limburg.

He is currently a PhD candidate at the International School of Management in Paris. He began his career as an investment banker in London and Amsterdam.

• Member of the Governance Committee

Jeff Wendling is the President & Chief Executive Officer of the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (“HOOPP”). He has 30 years of investment management experience and has been with HOOPP since 1998. Until September 15, 2021, Jeff also served as HOOPP’s Chief Investment Officer (“CIO”), a role he originally took on in 2018. Before that, he spent more than six years as co-CIO. Jeff began his career at HOOPP as a Senior Portfolio Manager on the Public Equities team.

Jeff is a proven leader of a large and sophisticated management team, and he has spearheaded the fund through a variety of market environments. Jeff was also heavily involved in developing HOOPP’s Liability Driven Investing approach. This approach, coupled with solid investment results, has allowed HOOPP to maintain its strong funded position, keeping plan pricing stable while providing benefit improvements to plan members.

Jeff earned his BA in Economics and his MBA from the University of Toronto and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.