Executive Team
Jim Leech
President and CEO
As head of the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, Jim Leech oversees the management of the pension fund and the administration of pensions for 295,000 plan members in Ontario. 
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Neil Petroff
Neil Petroff
Executive Vice-President, Investments and CIO
Neil Petroff oversees the pension plan’s investment program. He is responsible for all aspects of Teachers’ investment activities as well as the pension fund’s asset-mix and risk allocations, and its real estate portfolio managed by Teachers’ subsidiary, Cadillac Fairview.  
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Rosemarie McClean
Senior Vice-President, Member Services
Rosemarie McClean is responsible for serving the needs of 295,000 active and retired teachers in Ontario. In addition, she oversees the timely delivery of actuarial and accounts receivable activity, employer services and tax compliance. 
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Jacqueline Beaurivage
Head, Enterprise Project Management Office
Jacqueline Beaurivage oversees the enterprise-wide Project Management Office, designed to standardize project planning, monitoring, implementation and governance at Teachers’. 
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Russ Bruch
Vice-President, Chief Information Officer
Russ Bruch and his staff are responsible for all aspects of Teachers’ IT infrastructure and business application development, support and maintenance. The IT group plays a key role in identifying, prioritizing and managing the implementation of initiatives that align to the organization’s strategic objectives. 
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Melissa Kennedy
General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Senior Vice-President, Corporate Affairs
Melissa Kennedy leads the General Counsel's office, which includes the Legal, Corporate Communications and Plan Policy departments. Together these departments collaborate to manage the pension plan's legal, policy and public affairs issues. 
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David McGraw
Senior Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer
David McGraw and his team are responsible for corporate and investment finance; compliance, risk analytics and performance measurement; data management and Finance systems support; tax, operational due diligence, valuation and reporting and leading the CEO/CFO internal controls certification programme. 
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Marcia Mendes-d’Abreu
Vice-President, Human Resources
Marcia Mendes-d’Abreu and her staff are responsible for human resources for Teachers’, including recruitment, compensation and benefits, learning and development, labour relations and premises. 
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Barbara Zvan
Senior Vice-President, Asset Mix and Risk, and Chief Investment Risk Officer
Barbara Zvan and her team of investment professionals oversee the development of the fund’s long-term investment strategy based on economic outlooks, asset and liability matching, and risk analysis. 
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Posted July 2011