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CANADA’S DEEP STATE Part 7 – Jim Leech - Ontario Teachers Pension Plan & Architect of the Canada Infrastructure Bank Currently the Chancellor of Queen’s University after retiring in 2014 as Pres/CEO of the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP) 2001-2014, one of the world’s largest and most innovative pension funds. During his tenure as CEO, Teachers’ eliminated its funding deficit and was RANKED FIRST IN THE WORLD amongst peer plans for absolute returns and value-added returns over 5 & 10 years Feb.10, 2017 - he was named Special Advisor “to the Prime Minister of Canada” on the Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB), working in collaboration with the Privy Council Office, the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, and the Minister of Finance to expedite the swift and successful creation of the CIB Mr. Leech is also a SENIOR ADVISOR to MCKINSEY & CO. (location & date unknown) & long-term acquaintance of Dominic Barton & Mark Wiseman Prior to his appointment as CEO, Mr. Leech headed Teachers’ Private Capital as Senior VP, the pension plan’s private investing arm where he oversaw the growth in private equity, venture capital, and infrastructure investments from $2B in 2001 to over $20B by 2007 --> This is when he and the fund gained world-wide attention After retiring from OTPP in 2014, Mr. Leech was also appointed Special Advisor to the Ontario Minister of Finance to review the sustainability of the province’s electricity sector pension. His report was accepted by the government and is currently being implemented. from a Globe & Mail interview Jan.2015: Is there a particular metric you lean on? “It's funny, the whole time I was at Teachers, if you asked me on any given day what the stock market had done, I wouldn't have been able to tell you. But in terms of meaty economic analysis, I put some weight in the World Economic Forum in Davos. That's probably where I got the information.” Also an Honorary Colonel in the Canadian Armed Forces @BlueGood

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