Total Fund Management team

Stephen McLennan leads the newly-created Total Fund Management department, which integrates Ontario Teachers' portfolio construction approach with our treasury and funding capabilities. He was previously responsible for managing Ontario Teachers' allocation to Natural Resources, including direct private assets such as timberland, oil and gas and mining and agriculture.

Audrey Gaspar is responsible for leading the Treasury & Integration team at the Fund. The team is accountable for Ontario Teachers' investment funding strategy as well as all treasury and funding capabilities to support the investment program.

Steve Saldanha is responsible for portfolio management and asset allocation for the Total Fund Management department. He joined Ontario Teachers' in 2006 and was most recently Director, Global Tactical Asset Allocation in Capital Markets, where he specialized in active public market investments across various asset classes in both emerging and developed countries.

Millan Mulraine joined Ontario Teachers' in 2016 after close to 10 years with TD Securities, most recently as their Deputy Chief Economist in New York where he was responsible for directing U.S. economic research and rates strategy. He leads the economics team and is responsible for designing and conducting macro-oriented research to inform the Fund's investment decisions.

Deborah Ng is a Director, Total Fund Management and Head of Responsible Investing at the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan. Deborah heads the Plan’s Responsible Investing team and develops and leads the Plan’s Responsible Investing Strategy and Climate Change initiatives. She is responsible for key deliverables across a number of pillars, including: ESG and climate change thought leadership and innovation, ESG integration frameworks and tools, and corporate engagement. Deborah and her team provide insights and subject matter expertise to the global direct investment teams.

Paul Schneider is a Senior Principal, Total Fund Management and Head of Corporate Governance at the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan. In his role, Paul leads Ontario Teachers’ global corporate governance initiatives, overseeing the corporate governance across all global public holdings. He has responsibility for advancing Ontario Teachers’ corporate governance policies and practices which includes the development and application of Teachers’ proxy voting guidelines and process, the execution of the Fund’s public company governance engagement program, and the interaction with regulatory bodies across markets to promote regulation that considers the interests of shareholders. Paul and his team provide corporate governance insights and expertise to the global public equity investment teams. Paul has close to 20 years’ experience in corporate governance career, joining Ontario Teachers’ in 2010 after 7 years with the Canadian Coalition for Good Governance (CCGG) where he helped establish CCGG as a leading voice in Canadian corporate governance. Paul is a board member of the International Corporate Governance Network and Chairs both the Audit and Finance Committee and the Planning Committee for the Toronto ICGN Annual Conference. In addition, Paul is a member of the CCGG Public Policy Committee, the Investor Group of the 30% Club Canada, the Harvard Institutional Investor Forum Advisory Board, the Asian Corporate Governance Association Investor Advisory Group and its China Working Group. He has been a judge for the Governance Professionals of Canada Excellence in Governance Awards since the award’s inauguration in 2013. Paul received his MBA from the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto (with distinction) and holds the ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors.