The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is appointing Kevin Kerr as executive managing director of its new portfolio solutions department, effective immediately.
The department will integrate value creation and portfolio management capabilities from across the Ontario Teachers’ private asset groups, according to a press release, noting Kerr and his team will be accountable for monitoring and enhancing private asset performance, improving best-practice sharing across the fund and providing more centralized value creation oversight.
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Prior to this role, Kerr led the Ontario Teachers’ infrastructure team in the Americas, which includes both the North American and Latin American portfolios. He has also held senior investment roles at Bastion Infrastructure Group and the Ontario Municipal Employees’ Retirement System.
“Active management of our private asset portfolios has long been one of Ontario Teachers’ strengths,” said Gillian Brown, chief investment officer of public and private investments, in the release. “We believe this new structure will enable us to elevate and enhance our value creation capabilities to drive strong performance in the fund.”
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