Speakers

Gregory Doyle
Organization: Kruger Inc.


Kruger Inc. is a major pulp and paper manufacturer based in Montreal with operations around the world. Greg Doyle is Vice President, Pension Fund Investment at Kruger Inc. where he directs the investment activities for the sixteen underlying pension plans. Prior to joining Kruger Greg Doyle was an assistant portfolio manager at La Caisse de Depot et Placement de Quebec. He started his career in London where he worked at various investment banks.


Jon McKeown
Organization: Northleaf Capital Partners


Jon leads Northleaf’s Portfolio Solutions function, which is focused on new product development and portfolio analytics to support the ongoing management of Northleaf funds and mandates. Prior to joining Northleaf in 2016, Jon was Managing Director, Global Head of Strategy, Risk and Analytics at Värde, a global $12 billion alternative asset manager with offices in Minneapolis, London and Singapore. Previously, Jon was a Principal with Bain & Company where he focused on alternative investments and asset management. Jon began his career with HSBC and PricewaterhouseCoopers in capital markets and audit roles. Jon received an MBA (Dean’s List) from the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto and a B.Sc (International Management) from the University of Manchester.


Samir Tekaya
Organization: British Columbia Investment (BCI)


Samir mandate consists of developing an investment risk management framework for BCI to ensure an independent risk oversight that gives assurance to BCI executive management, clients and Board and to support and advice the BCI asset classes to take informed investment decisions. Samir has over 15 years of experience in Investment Risk Management in both banking and pension management industries. Before joining bcIMC in June 2016, Samir was a Director, Portfolios Valuations at Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Québec (CDPQ) and has also served as a Director, Fixed Income and Asset Allocation Risk Management at CDPQ. Samir also held market and credit risk management positions with Banks in Canada. Samir holds a Master degree in Financial Engineering and a Master degree in Applied Economics from the École des hautes études commerciales (HEC) in Montreal and holds an Engineering degree in Statistics from INSEA in Morocco.