AIMA Canada Investor Forum 2017 | Alternative Investment Management Association | 25 September 2017 | Le Centre Sheraton Hotel  , 1201 René-Lévesque Blvd W, Montreal, QC H3B 2L7, Canada

Our 2017 conference will build on the success of previous years with each edition bringing together equal portions of investors, managers, and service providers.

Xue Zhao
Economist
Global Research at the Strategy and Planning Department of Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA)

Helen Idenstedt
Analyst
Alternative Investments at First Swedish National Pension Fund (AP1)

Dave Finstad
Director
Hedge Fund Management for OMERS Capital Markets

Dr. Ranjan Bhaduri
Chief Research Officer
Sigma Analysis & Management Ltd.

Christopher Rapcewicz
Director
Risk and Operations at the Helmsley Charitable Trust

Randolph B. Cohen
Senior Lecturer of Entrepreneurial Management
Harvard Business School

Thomas Kehoe
Research Manager
AIMA Ltd.

Hazlitt Gill
Senior Research Director
Wells Fargo Investment Institute, Wells Fargo & Company

Keith Black
Director of Curriculum
CAIA Association

James Davis
Chief Investment Officer
OPTrust

Darryl Orom
Head of Absolute Return Investments
Alberta Teachers' Retirement Fund

Christophe L'Ahelec
Senior Principal
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan

Dr. Pauline Shum Nolan
Investment Committee Member at York University Pension Plan & Professor of Finance
York University Pension Plan / Schulich School of Business York University

Derek Drummond
Managing Analyst and member of the Analytics and Funds Management team
State of Wisconsin Investment Board

Elizabeth Burton
Managing Director, Quantitative Strategies
Maryland State Retirement and Pension System

Maureen O'Toole
Managing Director
Morgan Stanley Investment Management

Shakil Riaz
CIO and Head of US Alternatives
Rothschild Asset Management Inc.

Craig Heron
Deputy Investment Director
RPMI Railpen

Chris Schindler
Managing Director, Asset Allocation and Portfolio Construction, Portfolio Construction Group
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan

George Coplit
Partner
LGT Capital Partners (USA) Inc.

Elena Boeva
Head of Operational Due Diligence
Aflac Global Investments

Mario Therrien
Senior Vice-President
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec

Anik Lanthier
Senior Vice President, Public Markets and Absolute Return Strategies
PSP Investments

Nicolas Salomon
Investment Coordinator
CERN Pension Fund

Elena Manola-Bonthond
Head of Investments
CERN Pension Fund

Andrew McCaffery
Global Head of Alternatives and Group Head of Solutions
Aberdeen Asset Management

Danilo Simonelli
Director, Alternative Investments, Capital Markets
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan

Mark Jurish
Executive Vice President, Head of Hedge Fund Investing and Seeding Strategies
Fiera Capital Corporation

Ryan Teal
Partner in Albourne’s Operational Due Diligence group
Albourne Partners Limited

Omeir Jilani
Executive Director - Head of Alternative Investments
Abu Dhabi’s Global Financial Markets Division

Laurence Marshbaum
Investment Manager - Hedge Funds
Sunsuper

James Burron
Chief Operating Officer
AIMA Canada

Marc Towers
Founder
Towers Fiduciary Pte. Ltd.

Ela Karahasanoglu
Executive Director, Multi-Asset Strategies - Investments
Workplace Safety & Insurance Board

Théodore Economou
Chief Investment Officer
Lombard Odier

Kevan Cowan
CEO
Capital Markets Authority Implementation Organization

Didier Michoud
Chief Risk Officer
Unigestion

John McPartland
Senior Policy Advisor
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Nelson Lam
Vice-President
Air Canada Pension Investments

Dr.Shubeur Rahman
Senior Risk Officer
Abu Dhabi Investment Council

Lieutenant-Governor
Polar Asset Management Partners

Voyageur
esentire
Aberdeen
Maples Fund Services
Sprott

Trapper
SGGG Fund Services Inc.
Crystalline Management
Formula Growth Limited
Commonwealth Fund Services
Global Asset Management
Fierra Capital
Harmonic Fund Services
CIBC Mellon