Alison Loat is the Senior Managing Director, Sustainable Investing and Innovation at OPTrust, a Canadian public pension plan.  She leads the organization’s climate change strategy, responsible investing program and invests into venture and growth-stage strategies focused on climate change and the energy transition.

Previously, Alison 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.

Alison 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 also serves on the advisory board of several climate funds and on the UNPRI’s private equity advisory group.

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 and completed the ICD.D designation from Canada’s Institute of Corporate Directors.