Have you ever asked how to break into Bay Street with quantitative or engineer background? If you are currently working, would you think of jumping over to somewhere else where you truly have passion? On September 19th, we have the honor to have Dawn Jia, Senior Portfolio Manager at CPPIB, to share her story about her career path and the nature of her daily work with us.
Dawn and her team have been awarded as the Top ranked research team in index research and quantitative analysis by Brenden Woods and Greenwich Associates. Currently, she is managing a team of portfolio management professionals, developing complete command of the risk/return contours of the total portfolio and using this command to make effective tactical and strategic decisions.
Speaker: Dawn Jia, MBA, CFA, CPPIB Senior Portfolio Manager
Time: September 19, 13:30 to 16:00 PM
Locations: U of T St. George Campus. Location and classroom details to be released in the attendance confirmation email sent out by NHC after online registration.
Speaker Bio：
Dawn Jia is a Senior Portfolio Manager at the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB). As a member of the Total Portfolio Management department, she is responsible for broad management of the total portfolio and direct management of the Investment Planning Committee (IPC) portfolio, a large multi-asset class top-of-the-house portfolio. She also serves as the secretary of the IPC Investment Decision Committee, assisting in making significant investment decisions for the fund.
Prior to joining CPPIB, Dawn was Vice President and Head of Active Equity for North America at State Street Global Advisors, following on her experience as a portfolio manager at Barclays Global Investors and a quantitative strategist at CIBC World Markets. Dawn holds an MBA and an MS in Engineering; she is also a CFA charter holder.