Keynote speaker
Keith Ambachtsheer
Director Emeritus
International Centre for Pension Management
Keith Ambachtsheer is President at KPA Advisory Services Ltd. He has been a participant in the pensions and investments industry since 1969 and is widely recognized as one of the globe’s most original thinkers on pension design, governance, and investing issues. Since its founding in 1985, KPA Advisory Services has become known as a trusted incubator for new thinking in pensions, for providing strategic advice to a global clientele in person and through the monthly Ambachtsheer letter.
Ambachtsheer previously co-founded, CEM Benchmarking Inc, which has earned a reputation as the premier benchmarking organization in the global pensions and investments industry. His academic roles include Adjunct Professor and Director Emeritus, International Centre for Pension Management (ICPM), Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto; Founding Editor, Rotman International Journal of Pension Management; Founding Academic Director, Rotman-ICPM Board Effectiveness Program for Pension and Other Long Horizon Investment Institutions; and Senior Fellow, National institute on Aging, Ryerson University. He has received many industry awards for his research and advisory work in the pensions and investments field. His 4th book, The Future of Pension Management, offers a progress report from the field, referencing case studies from around the world. Using the discipline of integrative thinking, the book shows how today’s pension challenges are best addressed. A Chinese translation was released by China Development Press in October 2017.
