Trailblazers

Each issue of Benefits Canada contains a regular column called Trailblazers, which shines a spotlight on pension fund executives. In addition to featuring a revealing closer look at the subject of the profile, the article also has details involving the pension fund. Get a more intimate look at leading pension fund executives and learn more about their work. You can read all the profiles below.

Strength in numbers at the community and women’s groups member funded pension plan

Michel Lizeé
Independent trustee and pension committee secretary
Régime de retraite des groupes communautaires et de femmes

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York University pension plan moves to fully global equity allocation

Leona Fields
Director, pension fund
York University

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Expecting the unexpected at Alberta’s local authorities pension plan

Chris Brown
President and chief executive officer
The LAPP Corp.

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UTAM looks under the hood at investment managers’ ESG approaches

Daren Smith
President and chief investment officer
University of Toronto Asset Management Corp. 

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UBC faculty pension plan offers fossil fuel-free investment option

Orla Cousineau
Executive director, pensions
UBC staff and faculty pension plans 

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Helping members to and through retirement at the Saskatchewan Pension Plan

Katherine Strutt
General manager
Saskatchewan Pension Plan

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Charting a new course at the Air Canada pension plans

Vincent Morin
President
Trans-Canada Capital Inc.

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Strength in unity for the CPPIB’s credit functions

John Graham
Senior managing director and global head of credit investments
CPPIB

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OPTrust focuses on certainty in an uncertain environment

James Davis
Chief investment officer
OPTrust

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