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Rotman ICPM Discussion Forum June 2-3-4, 2014 SPEAKER DIRECTORY At May 13, 2014 , 20142014, Event Information Hotel On Your Own Conference Address +1 416.925.4153 Rotman ICPM A preferred hotel will not be arranged by ICPM OECD Conference Centre +1 416.803.6616 Ann Henhoeffer cell 2, rue André Pascal +1 647.270.5888 Karen Clarke cell To view hotels near the conference location 75775 Paris Cedex 16 www.oecd/site/conferencecente/hotelsclosttooecd.htm Paris France Rotman ICPM Discussion Forum – June 2014 – Speaker Directory Page 1 Keith Ambachtsheer Rotman ICPM (Canada) Phone: +1.416.925.4153 Email: [email protected] Director Emeritus Keith Ambachtsheer is Director Emeritus of the Rotman International Centre for Pension Management (ICPM), an Adjunct Professor of Finance, Academic Director of the Rotman-ICPM Board Effectiveness Program, and Publisher and Editor of the Rotman International Journal of Pension Management. His firm, KPA Advisory Services Ltd., has provided advice to governments, industry associations, pension-plan sponsors, foundations and other institutional investors since 1985. He is the co-founder of CEM Benchmarking Inc. which monitors the performance of 300 pensions worldwide. Keith has authored three books on pension management and has received numerous industry awards. Pablo Antolin-Nicolas Organisation for Economic Phone: +33.1.45.24.90.86 Co-Operation and Email: [email protected] Development (FRANCE) Economist Pablo Antolin is Principal Economist and Head of the Private Pension Unit of the OECD Financial Affairs Division. He manages the research and policy programme of the Working Party on Private Pensions, a body that brings together policymakers, regulators and the private sector of almost 40 countries around the world. His work covers issues related to the operation and regulation of funded retirement income systems. In the past, he has worked on the impact of ageing populations on the economy and on public finances. He has produced several studies examining options available to reform pension systems in several OECD countries, including public pensions. Previously, he worked at the IMF and at the OECD Economic Department. He has published journal articles on ageing issues as well as labour market issues. Mr. Antolín has a PhD in Economics from the University of Oxford and an undergraduate degree in Economics from the University of Alicante (Spain). Ruulke Bagijn PGGM (Netherlands) Phone: +31.30.277.1430 Email: [email protected] Chief Investment Officer Private Markets Ruulke Bagijn is Chief Investment Officer Private Markets of PGGM and member of the management team of PGGM Investment Management. Ruulke joined PGGM in October 2009 as head of Private Equity coming from 4RAE, a private- equity fund focused on renewable energy, where she was Managing Director. Prior to that, she headed the Principal Investment Group of ABN AMRO in London and was a member of the management team and investment committee of the wider Structured Capital Group. Ruulke previously spent time within ABN AMRO in the Infrastructure Capital Group in London and in M&A Advisory Group in Amsterdam. Before joining ABN, Ruulke held positions at ING as an economic analyst. Ruulke holds an MSc in Business Economics from Erasmus University in Rotterdam and is a CFA Charterholder. Rotman ICPM Discussion Forum – June 2014 – Speaker Directory Page 2 Rob Bauer Rotman ICPM Phone: +31.43.388.3871 (Netherlands) Email: [email protected] Executive Director Rob Bauer is the Executive Director of Rotman International Centre for Pension Management (ICPM). He is internationally recognized for his research focus on pension funds, mutual funds, behavioral finance, socially responsible investments (SRI) and corporate governance. His investment consulting firm advises pension funds and institutional asset managers on pension and investments related subjects. He is also Professor of Finance (chair: Institutional Investments) at Maastricht University, School of Business and Economics in the Netherlands and teaches at various executive courses. His academic work has been published in various professional and academic research journals around the world. Ole Beier Sørensen Danish Labour Market Phone: +45.4820.4349 Supplementary Pension Email: [email protected] (ATP) (Denmark) Chief of Research and Strategy Ole Beier Soerensen (1959) heads ATP’s research activities on pension policy and other areas of public policy. He has a Ph.D. degree in Social Geography from the University of Copenhagen and his research covers a broad range of issues related to pension systems, pension reform and pension management. In resent years he has focussed particularly on pension reform issues and on non-financial investment risks – among them social responsibility and climate change. Mr. Soerensen is a board member at the International Centre for Pension Management at the Rotman Business School in Toronto, Canada and he is a member of the advisory board at the Centre for Pension law at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Mr. Soerensen has worked with ATP for 20 years. Before joining ATP he held research positions at the University of Copenhagen. Rotman ICPM Discussion Forum – June 2014 – Speaker Directory Page 3 Samuel Berger Albright Capital Phone: N/A Management (USA) Email: +1.202.637.5698 Chair of Albright Stone Group and Principal of affiliated Albright Capital Management, former National Security Adisor for the Clinton Administration Samuel R. Berger is Chair of ASG, and is actively involved across the firm’s engagements and regions, with a strong focus on Asia, Russia and Central Asia, and the Middle East. Drawing on experiences at the highest levels of government and in the private sector, Mr. Berger helps clients successfully navigate emerging economies and beyond. Mr. Berger has had a distinguished career in both the public and private sectors. From 1997-2001, he served as National Security Advisor to President Bill Clinton. In that capacity, Mr. Berger drove policy across a range of issues – the fight against terrorism; Iraq; advancing the peace process in the Middle East; and strengthening the U.S. relationship with India and China, among others. Previously, he served as Deputy National Security Advisor during President Clinton’s first term; as director of national security for the 1992 Clinton-Gore Transition; and as Senior Foreign Policy Advisor to Governor Clinton during the 1992 presidential campaign. Prior to his service in the Clinton Administration, Mr. Berger spent 16 years in the Washington law firm of Hogan & Hartson, where he headed the firm’s international group. Earlier, Mr. Berger served as special assistant to then New York City Mayor John Lindsay and as a legislative assistant to U.S. Senator Harold Hughes of Iowa, and to Congressman Joseph Resnick of New York. Mr. Berger also served as deputy director of the policy planning staff at the U.S. Department of State under Secretary Cyrus Vance. Mr. Berger is an active participant the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's "U.S.- China CEO and Former Senior Officials' Dialogue," Aspen Strategy Group and the U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue and serves on the International Advisory Council of the Brookings Doha Center. He is also a member of the International Crisis Group Board of Trustees, and serves on the Advisory Board of America Abroad Media, the Board of Directors of World Food Program U.S., and the Board of Directors of CDC Development Solutions (formerly Citizens Development Corps). Mr. Berger received his B.A. degree from Cornell University and his J.D. degree from Harvard Law School. Rotman ICPM Discussion Forum – June 2014 – Speaker Directory Page 4 Gabriel Bernardino European Insurance and Phone: +49.69.95.1119.352 Occupational Pensions Email: [email protected] Authority (EIOPA) (Germany) Chairman Gabriel Bernardino is Chairman of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA). He is responsible for the strategic direction of EIOPA and represents the Authority at the Council of the European Union, the European Commission and the European Parliament. Mr. Bernardino prepares the work of EIOPA’s Board of Supervisors and also chairs the meetings of the Board of Supervisors and the Management Board. Mr. Bernardino is the first Chairperson of EIOPA. He was elected by the Board of Supervisors of EIOPA on 10 January, 2011. His nomination followed a pre-selection of the European Commission and was confirmed by the European Parliament after a public hearing held on 1 February, 2011. Mr. Bernardino assumed his responsibilities on 1 March, 2011. Prior to his current role, Mr. Bernardino was the Director General of the Directorate for Development and Institutional Relations at the Instituto de Seguros de Portugal (ISP). He has served in several positions of increasing responsibility since he joined the ISP in 1989 and represented EIOPA’s preceding organisation, CEIOPS, as Chairman between October 2009 and December 2010. Lans Bovenberg University of Tilburg / Phone: +31.13.466.2912 NETSPAR (Netherlands) Email: [email protected] Scientific Advisor Lans Bovenberg is a professor of economics at Tilburg University. He has published extensively in the leading international journals on a variety of topics: public economics, tax policy, environmental economics, institutional economics, pensions and aging, international macroeconomics and labor economics. Lans Bovenberg is one of the most-cited Dutch economists in the international academic literature. At the same time, for more than two decades now, he has been the most-cited Dutch economist in policy-oriented journals aimed at practitioners and policymakers. In 2003, Lans Bovenberg won the Spinoza prize -- the most prestigious and highest academic award in the Netherlands. With the prize money, he founded the research network Netspar. Rotman ICPM Discussion Forum – June 2014 – Speaker Directory Page 5 Dirk Broeders De Nederlandsche Bank Phone: +31.20.524.5794 (DNB) (Netherlands) Email: [email protected] Senior Strategy Advisor Dirk Broeders (1969) is a Senior Strategy Advisor at the supervisory policy division within De Nederlandsche Bank and a specialist in regulation of pension funds.