Alison Loat

Alison Loat is the senior managing director, sustainable investing and innovation at OPTrust, a Canadian public pension plan. She leads OPTrust's responsible investment program, its total fund climate change strategy, and oversees a portfolio investing at the intersection of sustainability and innovation with a focus on climate change. Previously, she was the senior managing director of FCLTGlobal where she worked with asset owners, managers and companies to advance long-term investing. She’s also worked at McKinsey & Company, a healthcare technology company and was on the founding team of Toronto’s MaRS Discovery District. She has a deep commitment to public service. She co-founded and led the Samara Centre for Democracy, is the author of the best-selling book Tragedy in the Commons, was a senior fellow and instructor at the University of Toronto and the president of the Canadian Club of Toronto. Loat is a board member of the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) and a governor of Ridley College. She is also a board director of Ai-Media, an ASX-listed technology company that makes educational, workplace, conference and media content accessible, and of a privately held media company. She received the Queen’s Gold and Diamond Jubilee Medals for service to Canada. She was also named a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and one of the 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada. She has degrees from Queen’s University and the Harvard Kennedy School.