Dawn Jia is responsible for the overall investment activities and monitoring of the portfolios under UBC IMANT’s oversight. She also oversees the operations of UBC IMANT and provides strategic and operating objectives to the organization. Prior to joining UBC IMANT, Jia was a senior portfolio manager at the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) where her 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 she 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.