The Journal Interview: Richard Mitchell

Richard’s responsibilities include leading the Investment Services Group’s performance measurement and analytics function for OPSEU Pension Trust, a large Canadian pension plan that invests globally across multiple asset classes, including public and private equities, infrastructure, real estate, commodities and fixed income. Prior to joining OPSEU Pension Trust, Richard was responsible for the operational efficiency and service delivery of performance and attribution reporting for plan sponsors and investment managers with RBC Investor Services. He was also formerly an Investment Consultant at a large Canadian actuarial consulting firm, providing investment consulting services (establishing asset allocation and investment policy, performance evaluation, modeling and investment manager search and selection) to a broad spectrum of clients including corporations, universities, nonprofit
organizations and multi-employer pension plans. In addition to the CFA and CIPM designations, Richard received his Honors Bachelor of Arts from the University of Waterloo, majoring in Economics and specializing in Finance.