Attendees

Irshaad Ahmad
Irshaad is President and Managing Director with Russell Investments Canada Limited. Back to top

Melissa Archer
Melissa joined Rogers Media in 2002 as conference co-ordinator and has recently been appointed to conference planner. She brings to her position wide-ranging organizational and project management skills including a diploma in marketing communications and advertising media. Melissa currently manages eight annual conferences for Benefits Canada, Canadian Investment Review and Canadian Healthcare Manager magazines as well as additional events for the Financial Services Group. Back to top

David Austin
David is a Vice-President in TD Capital's private equity fund of funds and co-investment group. Prior to joining TD Capital, David was a partner at Voorheis & Co., a shareholder advisory and investment firm, where he assisted institutional investors on a range of strategic, financial and management issues related to their portfolio companies and had responsibility for a variety of principal investments. David began his career as an investment banker with BMO Nesbitt Burns where he worked on a variety of corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions assignments. David received an AB (Honours) from Harvard University and a BA in Law and Master's in Law and Economics from Oxford University. David also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. Back to top

Roland Austrup
Roland P. Austrup is Chief Executive Officer, Chief Investment Officer and a Director of Integrated Managed Futures Corp. (IMFC).  Roland has been registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission in the United States as an Associated Person and Principal since June 1997 and with the Ontario Securities Commission as an Advisor since February 1999. Roland is an associate member of the National Futures Association and a member of the Managed Funds Association. Previously, Roland was an investment advisor with BMO Nesbitt Burns from 1991 to 1996 and a commodities broker with ScotiaMcLeod from 1988 to 1990. Back to top

Martin Belanger
Martin is Associate Director, Human Resources at the University of Western Ontario, where he oversees the staff and faculty retirement plans. His responsibilities include monitoring the plans investment options, developing governance policies and reporting to the pension board. Previously, he worked at the London Life Insurance Company where he was responsible for asset allocation and investment manager monitoring. He holds a master’s degree in science from HEC Montreal, is a CFA charter-holder and is a fellow of both the Canadian Institute of Actuaries and the Society of Actuaries. Back to top

Kalina Berova-Todorova
As a portfolio manager, Kalina is working on various aspects of the risk management process at the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan. Back to top

Michael Beswick
Michael Beswick is an Ontario Governement appointed trustee to the OPSEU Pension Trust Board, the pension plan for the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU). Previously he was Senior Vice-president, Pensions for the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS), where he worked for over 25 years. Over his career he was very active in the pension industry, mostly with the Association of Canadian Pension Management (ACPM), of which he was president from 1996 to 1998. He also is, or has been, a member of various pension committees and public sector boards. Back to top

Don Bisch
Don is editor of Benefit Canada and provides overall editorial direction on Benefits Canada, Canadian Healthcare Manager and Gestion Santé magazines. Don joined the Rogers Publishing Healthcare and Financial Services Group in April 2000 and has led the editorial team at Canadian Healthcare Manager magazine for the past four years. He holds a master’s of journalism degree from Carleton University and a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Waterloo. Back to top

Alex Bodnarchuk
Alex is Employee Benefits Manager for the City of Saskatoon and as such, is responsible for the administration of three large defined benefit plans and one defined contribution plan for the City of Saskatoon. Back to top

Adam Bomers
Adam is responsible for the overall management of the Defined Benefit and Defined contribution plans maintained by RBC. His primary duties include asset mix policy, risk management, compliance review, manager structure and monitoring. Back to top

Derek Brodersen
Derek is Portfolio Manager, Equities at the Alberta Teachers’ Retirement Fund where he is responsible for the management of the fund's Canadian Equities. He is also very involved in ATRF's asset allocation process and in the selection and oversight of external investment managers. Derek holds an MBA from York University, a B.Comm from the University of Manitoba and is a CFA Charterholder. He also acts as an advisor to a student run portfolio management program at the Univeristy of Alberta. Back to top

Dave Brown
Dave is a Director at NYLIM Institutional and is responsible for marketing the firm's capabilities through consultants and the public funds market. Prior to joining NYLIM, he played professional football for ten years with the New York Giants and the Arizona Cardinals. Mr. Brown earned his B.A. from Duke University. Back to top

Stephen Campbell
Stephen is a Chartered Accountant and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. He is responsible for both the financial operations of the Association and the management of the CMPA's $2.7 billion reserve portfolio. Back to top

Frederick Castonguay
Frederick has been the Manager, Pension Fund Investments with Abitibi-Consolidated since 2004. He is responsible of overseeing all the investment strategies of the corporation pension plans in Canada, the US & the UK. He holds a bachelor degree in finance from the University of Quebec in Montreal and is a CFA charterholder. Back to top

Julie Cays
Julie Cays is Director, Investments and chief investment officer at the CAAT Pension Plan. She has 24 years of capital markets and pension investment experience, most recently having spent almost five years at HOOPP. Julie is an active member of the Pension Investment Association of Canada. She received her bachelor of arts degree in economics from the University of Waterloo and has her Chartered Financial Analyst designation. Back to top

Peng Chen
Peng is President and Chief Investment Officer at Ibbotson Associates. His writings have appeared in the Financial Analyst’s Journal, Journal of Portfolio Management, Journal of Investing, Journal of Financial Planning, Bank Securities Journal, the American Association of Individual Investors Journal, Consumer Interest Annual, and the Journal of Financial Counselling and Planning. He received the Articles of Excellence award from the Certified Financial Planner Board in 1996 and the 2003 Graham and Dodd Scroll award from the Financial Analysts Journal. Peng received his M.A. and PhD in consumer economics from Ohio State University. Back to top

Errico Cocchi
Errico Cocchi is an Investment Manager for the City of Montreal Pension Fund. He is responsible for overseeing the Alternative Investments of the plan. Errico holds a Masters degree in Finance form the University of Sherbrooke and the CFA designation. Back to top

Stephen Cotsman
Stephen Cotsman has held the position of Managing Director/CEO, CBC Pension Plan since 1995. The CBC Pension Plan is a defined benefit plan with $4 billion in assets. Assets are diversified among numerous portfolios within the major classes of equities, bonds and strategic investments. The Fund is approximately 55% internally managed. Prior to managing the Pension Plan, Stephen was Vice-President, Finance & Administration (CFO) of the CBC for nine years. Stephen has a BA-economics and a MBA-finance, both from the University of British Columbia. Back to top

Robert Cultraro
Robert is the Director, Pension Fund for the Hydro One Pension Fund. Robert has over 15 years of extensive experience in the investment industry, which include economic and investment research and analysis, consulting and managing investment portfolios. Robert holds a Bachelor of Administrative Studies Degree from York University and many industry credentials including the Chartered Financial Analyst, Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst and the Certified Investment Manager designations. Robert is professionally affiliated with the CFA Institute, the Toronto CFA Society, the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association, the Alternative Investment Management Association, and is a Fellow of the Canadian Securities Institute. Back to top

Michael Dinham
Michael joined ING Wholesale Bank (then ING Barings) in 1996 and is a Managing Director, heading the London-based Infrastructure Team. His 20 years banking experience includes a specialisation in Infrastructure and Utilities for the last 15 years. Michael’s team acts as an arranger of finance and currently manages a senior and mezzanine debt portfolio comprising over 40 infrastructure projects. Michael has extensive knowledge of concessioning, economic regulation and all forms of Public Private Partnership. Besides his UK/European experience, he has advised on successful infrastructure projects in diverse locations including Bulgaria, Hungary, Jamaica, Korea, Philippines and the UAE. Back to top

Tony Elavia
Tony is Chief Investment Officer of NYLIM Equity Investors. In this role, he is responsible for setting investment strategy and building or acquiring new investment management expertise. Immediately prior to joining NYLIM as a Senior Managing Director in 2004, Tony was Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager of the Large Cap Growth team of Putnam Investments in Boston, MA, managing more than $25 billion in assets. Prior to joining Putnam, Tony was Executive Vice President and Portfolio Manager at Voyageur Asset Management and President of TES Partners, a Long Short hedge fund in Minneapolis, MN. Previously, he was a Senior Vice President with Piper Capital Management. Tony holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in Economics from the University of Houston and a M.A. and B.C. from the University of Baroda in Vadodara, India. Back to top

John Ellis
John Ellis joined TD Asset Management Inc. in November of 2005. His overall responsiblities include the management of the Eastern Canada Relationship Management Team and the development of new marketing strategies for the firm. He is a Chartered Accountant and has over 20 years of experience in the investment management industry. Back to top

Leona Fields
As the Manager, Pension Fund for York University, Leona works with senior management, pension fiduciaries, and external agents to manage and co-ordinate all functions relating to the York University Pension Fund, which currently has assets of over $1.25 billion. Leona has been at York for over 7 years and has been working in the pension industry for 17 years. Leona is a member and active volunteer with both PIAC and ACPM. Back to top

Steve Foerster
Stephen is a professor of finance at the Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario where he has taught investments, portfolio management and corporate finance since 1987. Stephen wrote the book Financial Management: A Primer and has been published numerous times in academic journals such as The Journal of Finance, as well as practitioner-oriented journals and books. Stephen is a member of a number of advisory boards, including Canadian Investment Review. He previously taught at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, where he received his MA and PhD. He is also a CFA. Back to top

Dan Foster
As the Pension Fund Investment Manager for the United Church of Canada, Dan is the primary interface between external investment managers, custodians, the investment committee and the Church. Dan is a chartered accountant, a commerce graduate from the University of Toronto and a member of PIAC. Back to top

Sorina Givelichian
Sorina Givelichian is a national director for institutional investment services, with Russell Investment Group. She is based in the Toronto office. In her role, Sorina provides relationship management and business development for large institutional clients.  She manages the overall relationship across all Russell products and provides expertise in global capital markets and fund management valuable in bringing customized solutions to institutional clients.  Sorina joined Russell in 2005. Back to top

John Greenwood
John is a Managing Director of TD Capital’s private equity fund of funds and co-investment group.  He has more than 20 years of experience in the private equity industry and he currently serves on the advisory boards of several private equity partnerships, including Mercapital Spanish Private Equity Fund II, Kilmer Capital and Genstar Capital Partners III.  John received an MBA from the University of Toronto and a BA from Trinity College, University of Toronto. Back to top

Paul Halpern
Paul is a professor of finance and the Toronto Stock Exchange chair in capital markets at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. He is chair of the advisory board of Canadian Investment Review and the associate director of the Capital Markets Institute at the University of Toronto. He received his PhD in finance from the University of Chicago and has published research and applied papers for both academic and practitioner journals. He has published a corporate finance textbook, Canadian Managerial Finance, and is the editor of Financing Growth in Canada. Back to top

Rob Harrison
As senior Vice-president for Lazard, Robert has responsibility for institutional investment sales and relationship management. Prior to moving to Lazard Robert was at INVESCO for six years. Before that, he worked for over 8 years with two consulting firms with primary focus on asset consulting. Robert is a graduate of Carleton University with a bachelor of arts degree in economics. Back to top

Victor Koloshuk
Victor is Chairman and founder of Integrated Asset Management Corp., 1998, co-founder and Chairman of Integrated Partners and is Principal, Integrated Managed Futures. Co-founder of Koloshuk Farrugia Corp., 1988. Victor has initiated and led some of Canada's largest acquisitions and restructurings. As Former Vice-President and Director of ScotiaMcLeod, Victor specialized in corporate finance, mergers, acquisitions and merchant banking from 1975-1988. Victor also possesses five years experience as a security analyst with Wood Gundy. B.Sc., recieved his M.B.A. from McGill and is a Chartered Financial Analyst. Back to top

Tristram Lett
Tris is Managing Director, Absolute Return Strategies at Integra Capital Management. He has been heavily involved in the hedge fund industry for over a decade. He is currently Vice Chair of the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), a member of the Board of Directors of the Fields Institute for Research into the Mathematical Sciences, a member of the editorial advisory board of the Canadian Investment Review, a member of the Professional Risk Managers Industry Association (PRMIA) and the International Association of Financial Engineers (IAFE). Tris is an M.Sc. graduate of LSE and frequent writer, speaker and media commentator on matters pertaining to hedge funds. Back to top

Andrew Lo
Andrew W. Lo is the Harris & Harris Group Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management and the director of MIT’s Laboratory for Financial Engineering. He is currently a governor of the Boston Stock Exchange, a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, a member of the NASD’s Economic Advisory Board, and founder and chief scientific officer of AlphaSimplex Group, LLC, a quantitative investment management company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Andrew received his Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University in 1984, and taught at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School as the W.P. Carey Assistant Professor of Finance from 1984 to 1987, and as the W.P. Carey Associate Professor of Finance from 1987 to 1988. Back to top

Bruce MacDonald
Bruce MacDonald is Partner with Integra Capital. Bruce was a founding partner of Integra Capital in 1987. Integra, is a Canadian investment firm, that partners with leading, investment management organizations from around the world, to provide separate account and multi-managed pooled funds, for institutional investors. Prior to Integra, Bruce was the president of Boyle Midway, the Canadian subsidiary of American Home Products Corp., of New York. Back to top

Kerry Maddocks
Kerry is editor, conferences, Rogers Publishing, Healthcare and Financial Services Group. In her current role, Kerry is responsible for the editorial success of our conference properties—developing relevant, timely agendas and recruiting engaging, informative speakers. Back to top

Jacques Marleau
Jacques is director, financing, treasury and pension funds at the City of Montreal and president of the board of trustees for the City of Montreal Pension Fund. Previously, he served at the finance department of the City of Montreal as budget and planning director. He was also an economist for the provincial government and the Bank of Canada. Back to top

Tony Mastandrea
As Senior Vice-president for Lazard Asset Management, Tony has responsibility for institutional investment sales, servicing and relationship management. Prior to joining Lazard in the spring of 2006, Tony was instrumental in the establishment of the institutional division of Trimark and later INVESCO in Eastern Canada as well as parts of Western Canada. Before that, he worked for over 10 years in the promotion and servicing of pension and investment services of major Canadian insurance companies. Tony is a graduate of the Concordia University with a bachelor of commerce degree in finance. Back to top

David Mather
David is Executive Vice-president and a Director of Integrated Asset Management Corp., and Vice-president and a Director of Integrated Managed Futures Corp. David is an associate member of the National Futures Association and is a member of the Managed Funds Association. Some of David’s previous positions include Managing Director at SEI Investments, Managing Director with Fidelity Group Pensions, Senior Vice-President at Elliott and Page from 1990-1997, Vice-president with Crown Life Investment Management from 1983-1990 and he possesses prior experience with Royal Trust and Toronto-Dominion Bank. Presently, David is Treasurer and member, Board of Governors, Royal St George’s College, Treasurer and Chair, Investment Committee, Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada Foundation, Chair, Investment Committee, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario. He is also the past director of Genesis Research Foundation, Toronto Brigantine Inc. David received both his B.A. (Hons.) and M.A. from the University of Waterloo. Back to top

Gayle McDade
Gayle is Manager, Debt and Investments with the City of Regina. In this capacity, she oversees the investments of the City’s pension and benefit plans as well as the City’s corporate assets. Gayle has a bachelor of administration degree from the University of Regina and is a CFA charter holder. Gayle is actively involved in PIAC and the CFA Society of Saskatchewan. Back to top

Shane McMahon
Shane joined New York Life Investment Management in 2005. His prior experience includes working at BNY Asset Management and Deutsche Asset Management in Institutional Client Development and Relationship Management. He began his career working for William M. Mercer as an actuary and then investment consultant. He has 13 years of investment experience. Shane holds a B.A. in Mathematics and Sociology from Boston University and is a CFA Charterholder. Back to top

Jeff Norton
Jeff is the President & CEO of the Manitoba Teachers' Retirement Allowances Fund (TRAF). TRAF has approximately $2.8 billion in assets, all of which is managed by external investment firms. Alternative assets include real estate (11% target wighting) and private equity (10% target weighting). Back to top

Carlo Novati
Carlo is Director Fund Management for the Ontario Power Generation pension fund. He is responsible for all aspects of the pension fund’s investment activities, including governance, compliance, asset allocation, manager selection and oversight, and monitoring fund performance. He has an engineering degree, an MBA and is a Chartered Financial Analyst. Back to top

Jai Parihar
In 29 years with the province of Alberta, Jai has held a number of positions within the Investment Management Division. Prior to being appointed Chief Investment Officer Jai held the position of Director of Structured Investments, he was responsible for the Canadian equity index fund and the EAFE and US structured equity funds. As Chief Investment Officer, Jai is currently responsible for $63.9 billion in assets, and reports to Deputy Minister, Alberta Finance. Jai holds a Masters in Business Administration (MBA), and a Masters of Science in Engineering from the University of Alberta, and a Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) from the University of Udaipur in India and a CFA designation. Back to top

John Pluta
John W. Pluta, CFA, is a Senior Vice-president at Declaration Management & Research LLC. He has 25 years of experience in institutional asset management product development and marketing. His focus has been fixed income, including public investment grade corporate and ABS, private placements, structured finance, project finance, mezzanine debt, CDO management, total-return and immunized strategies for A/L matching applications. John has worked at Equitable, John Hancock Bond & Corporate Finance Group and DMR and holds a B.A. from the University of Michigan and is a CFA. Back to top

John Poos
John is the Director, Global Pensions at Nortel. He is responsible for investment oversight for all DB and DC plans maintained by Nortel around the globe. He is a member of the Investment Practices Committee of PIAC and the Ontario Bar. Back to top

Marc Poupart
Marc is Director, Pension and Retirement Programs at the Hudson’s Bay Company. In this role he oversees administration of multiple pension plans, both DB and DC. His responsibilities include overseeing pension governance, investment performance and reporting to the pension committee of the board of directors. In addition he oversees the development of communication and education programs for more than 45,000 active and retired members. Marc’s other areas of responsibility include pension and benefit accounting, senior executive benefits management and taxation advisory. He is a chartered accountant. Back to top

Richard Price
Richard Price is a Managing Director with ING Clarion Partners, a member of the ING Real Estate Investment Management Global Marketing Group, and the ING Real Estate Investment Management Asian Management Board. He has responsibility for marketing and client relations for ING Clarion’s international, institutional clients and for helping guide and develop investment and business strategy for ING Real Estate Investment Management’s Asian business. He joined ING Real Estate in 1996 and ING Clarion Partners in August 2004; he speaks fluent Mandarin Chinese and has over 12 years of real estate experience. Back to top

Edward Qian
Dr. Eddie Qian is Director of Macro-Strategies and Head of Macro Research for the firm. His
primary responsibilities include investment research and portfolio management in PanAgora's Macro-Strategies group. Prior to joining PanAgora, Eddie was a Senior Analyst in Putnam Investment's Global Asset Allocation Group. Before joining Putnam, he was a fixed-income Quantitative Analyst at Back Bay Advisors. He also worked at 2100 Capital Group on hedge fund investments in 2004. Eddie has extensive research experience in the areas of asset allocation and quantitative equity investing. His research has been published in several leading financial industry journals. Back to top

Francois Quinty
Francois joined VIA Rail Canada in 2003 and now acts as Director Investment Management, overseing all the investments of the corporation defined benefit pension plans with assets totalling $1.6 billion. Other responsabilities include managing various corporate financial assets and exposures. He holds a bachelor in Finance from the University of Quebec in Montreal and is a CFA chartherholder. Back to top

Laurie Russman
Laurie Russman is Senior Vice President responsible for new business development in Canada. She has 25 years of investment experience. Before joining ING Investment Management, she was responsible for sales and client service in Canada for TT International. Previously she was with Bankers Trust and began her career at Salomon Brothers in securities sales. She received a B.A. from Bryn Mawr College, an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. Back to top

Susan Service
Susan is Director of Pensions and Investments for the University of Victoria. She oversees plan administration, reporting, compliance and investments. She is a certified general accountant and is a member of ACPM and CPBI. Back to top

Yves Slater
Yves is Director of Actuarial and Development at Commission Administrative des Régimes de Retraite et d’Assurances. CARRA is the administrator of the provincial public sector pension plans in Québec, where there are 524,000 active members and 210,000 retirees. Yves also coordinates the activities of the investment committees of the main plans which assets, invested at the Caisse de depot et placement, amount to $46 billion. Yves is a fellow of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries. Back to top

Ian Smith
Ian is a Portfolio Manager/Analyst with Lazard Asset Management Pacific, specializing in infrastructure securities. Prior to joining Lazard in 2005, he worked with Lend Lease Corporation in a variety of project, development and fund management roles including four years as chief executive officer and director of a listed cross-border real estate investment trust. His previous employers include McKinsey, Shell and the State Electricity Commission of Victoria. Ian holds degrees in engineering (bachelor of engineering degree and a master’s of engineering science degree) and in commerce (bachelor of commerce degree). Back to top

Stephen Steele
Stephen is Director, Financial Services for the Ford Motor Company of Canada. In this role, he is responsible for corporate finance, tax, accounting and financial reporting, treasury, pensions, and employee compensation and benefit programs. Prior to this position, Stephen was CFO and a director of Visteon Automotive Systems of Canada. He has served on numerous other corporate boards, including the Associates Capital Corporation of Canada, Conix Canada, Halla Climate Control Canada, Sky Dome, Teletech Financial and Land Rover Capital. Stephen is an honours graduate of the University of Toronto. He holds both a BComm and an MBA. Back to top

Brad Taylor
In his fourteen years of experience, Brad has acted as a consultant and senior manager at broker/dealers, hedge funds and pension fund managers in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom. Brad oversees the creation and management of RBC Dexia products and services for asset managers utilizing alternative investment strategies. Back to top

Garry Tramer
Garry is the General Manager of the Saskatchewan Healthcare Employees’ Pension Plan (SHEPP) which is the largest defined benefit pension plan in the province. The plna has over 40,000 active, retired, and deferred members with assets in excess of $2.5 billion. He acts as chief executive officer for the plan and is responsible for all aspects of administration and investment. He reports to a jointly trusteed employee/employer appointed Board of Trustees. Back to top

Terri Troy
Terri is Chief Executive Officer of the HRM Pension Plan, a multi-employer pension plan. As chief executive officer, Terri is responsible for all aspects of the plan including governance, risk management, member service, pension administration and investments. Terri is a member of the Board of Directors for PIAC and ACPM. She is president of PIAC, chair of PIAC’s Investment Practices Committee and is a member of the Advisory Committee for the Canadian Investment Review. Back to top

David Tsujimoto
David is the Director of Alternative Investments with Russell Investment Group, where he is responsible for researching and analyzing a variety of alternative investment strategies. Dave also manages hedge fund portfolios for Russell clients. Dave joined Russell in 1996 as an equity research analyst for the company’s investment policy and research group. During graduate studies in the University of Washington’s M.B.A. program, Dave worked as an intern in the Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle economic research department, where he produced analytical information for use in merger/acquisition analysis and strategic planning. Back to top

Blake Walker
Blake is the Vice-President, Investments at Alberta Local Authorities Pension Plan and Past President of the Edmonton CFA Society. He is responsible for asset allocation policy, manager structure, risk management, and provides ongoing support to the board of trustees on investment issues. He is formerly the vice-president and treasurer of the Farm Credit Corporation in Regina and director, investments and liability management with Saskatchewan Finance. He holds the CMA and CFA designations. Back to top

Julie Wiggins
Julie is the new Associate Publisher of Canadian Investment Review, Benefits Canada and Avantages. . Her responsibilities include the management, development and coordination of marketing initiatives for the publication’s clients, including advertising, sponsorship programs, research and custom publishing products. Julie has been with Rogers Publishing for 10 years. Back to top

Paul Williams
Paul is vice-president, Healthcare and Financial Services Group, Rogers Publishing. He joined Maclean Hunter Publishing in 1989 as editor of Benefits Canada. He is a former editor of the Canadian Investment Review. In 1995 he was appointed publisher of Benefits Canada. He now heads Rogers’ financial media group. Paul sits on the National Board of the Canadian Pension and Benefits Institute and on the Board of the Canadian Business Press. Back to top

Joan Wright
Joan is Manager of Pensions and Insurance at 3M Canada Company in London, Ontario. In this role she is responsible for pension investments, accounting, governance and compliance, along with the investment managers and consultants. Joan is a CMA Accountant and a graduate of the University of Western Ontario. Back to top