Vice Chair
David Denison, O.C.

Former Chief Executive Officer, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board

David Denison served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) from 2005 to 2012. Prior to CPPIB, David spent over a decade with Fidelity Investments, where he served as both Chief Operations Officer and President of Fidelity Investments Canada Limited, and as President of Fidelity Investments Institutional Brokerage Group in Boston.

David’s career also includes senior executive roles at Merrill Lynch, S.G. Warburg Canada, Midland Walwyn, Mercer Consulting, and Bunting Warburg. David worked for six years as a secondary school mathematics teacher in Toronto before earning his Chartered Accountant designation and beginning his business career as a Chartered Accountant with Price Waterhouse.

David serves on the Boards of BCE and Bell Canada, Royal Bank of Canada, and Bentall Kennedy. He is also a member of the World Bank Treasury Expert Advisory Committee, the Toronto Community Foundation Investment Committee, and is a Director for the United Way of Greater Toronto.

David holds a Bachelor of Mathematics and Education from the University of Toronto, and is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario.