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Mr. James C.
Davis, CFA MBA, is a Chief Investment Officer at The OPSEU Pension Trust and Optrust Private Markets Group (Infrastructure).
He is on the Board of Directors at BayBridge Seniors Housing, Inc. He was appointed Chief Investment Officer at The OPSEU Pension Trust in September 2015.
In this role, Mr. Davis leads OPTrust’s global investment strategy and operations.
He has over 28 years of solid leadership, strategy development, investment, and financial services expertise.
Mr. Davis was previously employed as a VP of Strategy & Asset Mix & Chief Economist by Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (Teachers') in Toronto, where he led a team providing investment strategy, economic analysis, emerging market insight and responsible investing expertise to the pension fund.
Before joining Teachers', he was President of Futures Trend Capital Corporation in Prince Edward Island and Vice President & Head of Global Fxed Income & Currencies at RBC Global Investment Management in Toronto.
He received his MBA in Finance from Dalhousie University and he also holds CFA charterholder..
James Clarence Davis active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
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BayBridge Seniors Housing, Inc.
BayBridge Seniors Housing, Inc. Medical/Nursing ServicesHealth Services Owns and operates senior living communities | Director/Board Member | - |
The OPSEU Pension Trust
The OPSEU Pension Trust Investment ManagersFinance OPTrust’s investment mandate focuses on achieving the investment returns needed to fund members’ and retirees’ pensions over the long-term. To accomplish this, they build an asset portfolio designed to achieve their funding target return over a long-time horizon, while avoiding substantial negative returns in the short-term. OpTrust invests across a range of asset classes including Canadian equities, global equities, public equities, private equity, real estate, infrastructure, energy commodities, fixed income, real return bonds and cash/short-term investments. They are governed by a 10-member Board of Trustees, five of whom are appointed by OPSEU and five by the Government of Ontario. | Chief Investment Officer | 08/09/2015 |
Optrust Private Markets Group (Infrastructure)
Optrust Private Markets Group (Infrastructure) Investment ManagersFinance Optrust seeks investment opportunities globally. The firm targets companies operating in the fields of transportation, communications, power generation, resource extraction, utilities, water and waste water, and waste management. It provides financing for buyout and growth capital requirements in the form of debt and equity. | Chief Investment Officer | 01/09/2015 |
Former positions of James Clarence Davis
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Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board Investment ManagersFinance OTPPB is an active, global investor which seeks to achieve superior returns and manage related risks to ensure the long-term sustainability of the pension plan. With board oversight, the plan's management manages both the policy and asset mix together under their expanded OneTeachers' total-fund strategy. They invest strategically across key markets and sectors to deliver steady returns. | Economist | 01/08/2015 |
Royal Bank of Canada (Canadian Custody) | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
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Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board Investment ManagersFinance OTPPB is an active, global investor which seeks to achieve superior returns and manage related risks to ensure the long-term sustainability of the pension plan. With board oversight, the plan's management manages both the policy and asset mix together under their expanded OneTeachers' total-fund strategy. They invest strategically across key markets and sectors to deliver steady returns. | Finance |
Royal Bank of Canada (Canadian Custody) | |
Dalhousie University
Dalhousie University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University | Consumer Services |
The OPSEU Pension Trust
The OPSEU Pension Trust Investment ManagersFinance OPTrust’s investment mandate focuses on achieving the investment returns needed to fund members’ and retirees’ pensions over the long-term. To accomplish this, they build an asset portfolio designed to achieve their funding target return over a long-time horizon, while avoiding substantial negative returns in the short-term. OpTrust invests across a range of asset classes including Canadian equities, global equities, public equities, private equity, real estate, infrastructure, energy commodities, fixed income, real return bonds and cash/short-term investments. They are governed by a 10-member Board of Trustees, five of whom are appointed by OPSEU and five by the Government of Ontario. | Finance |
BayBridge Seniors Housing, Inc.
BayBridge Seniors Housing, Inc. Medical/Nursing ServicesHealth Services Owns and operates senior living communities | Health Services |
Optrust Private Markets Group (Infrastructure)
Optrust Private Markets Group (Infrastructure) Investment ManagersFinance Optrust seeks investment opportunities globally. The firm targets companies operating in the fields of transportation, communications, power generation, resource extraction, utilities, water and waste water, and waste management. It provides financing for buyout and growth capital requirements in the form of debt and equity. | Finance |
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