Satish Rai
Independent Director, Member of the Governance, Compensation and Nominating Committee, Pickering, Ontario, Canada
Mr. Rai is a Senior Advisor and former Chief Investment Officer of OMERS. His mandate included the overall global investment strategy, portfolio construction activities, and P&L accountability across all asset classes and geographies where OMERS invests. Prior to joining OMERS in January 2015, he served as Chief Investment Officer at TD Asset Management, overseeing $250 billion in assets under management. Mr. Rai was also Chair of the Committee of the Advancement of Visible Minorities in Leadership Roles and a Diversity Leadership Council member. Mr. Rai holds both a Bachelor of Mathematics (University of Waterloo) and a CFA. In 2002, he was recognized as one of Canada’s Top 40 Industry Leaders Under 40, and in 2006 he received the Alumni Achievement Medal from Waterloo’s Faculty of Mathematics. Mr. Rai serves on the boards of directors of Brookfield Asset Management, Richcraft Homes and Second Harvest. He also sits on the advisory committees of Forum Asset Management and Shift25, and he is a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization/World Presidents’ Organization. He is a past member of the respective Boards of the University of Waterloo, Michael Garron Hospital Foundation (formerly Toronto East General Hospital Foundation), and Toronto Global and Women in Capital Markets.