The US$526B Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has appointed Kevin Bong, managing director and head of portfolio design and construction.
Bong, who began his new role this month, according to his LinkedIn page, joins the Canadian pension scheme from the Alberta Investment Management Corp., where he served as chief investment strategist and head of Singapore. In that role, Bong’s duties included a focus on multi-account fund investment modelling; policy and strategy formulation; total portfolio design, construction and management; long-term asset allocation and medium-term strategy risk and capital allocation; as well as oversight of the Asia-Pacific investment portfolio.
He began his career at GIC, serving in multiple seniors roles for eight years, including vice-president of investment policy and strategy. After leaving to serve as a portfolio manager for external public and credit at the OPSEU Pension Trust, Bong returned to GIC, for another six years, serving first as senior vice-president of economics and investment strategy, then as deputy director until moving into a managing director role.
Currently, Bong also holds several committee and board roles at various organizations, including Pacific Pension & Investment Institute, the National University of Singapore, and Tote Board.
