Fixed Income

A senior investment executive with over 25 years in the investment and portfolio management industry, Jason Chang was formerly the Managing Director and Head of Fixed Income, Currencies & Commodities for the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP), the largest single-profession pension plan in Canada. He led the team responsible for the overall fund’s exposures to these global asset classes and the related active investment programs. Previously, Mr. Chang held various other portfolio management and investment-related responsibilities spanning global credit products, debt issuance, counterparty credit management and liquidity management.

Mr. Chang has been active in many professional associations including the Canadian Fixed-Income Forum which was established by the Bank of Canada, and the Fixed Income Advisory Committee for the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC). He has been a member of the Board of Directors for the Canada Guaranty Mortgage Insurance Company as well as having acted as chair of their Investment Committee and served on the Board and Executive Committee for the Investor Leadership Network. He currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors for the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada.

In 2019, Mr. Chang was a recipient of Women in Capital Markets’ Champion of Change Award which recognizes excellence in leadership, commitment and creativity in advancing equality in the Canadian finance industry.

Mr. Chang is a graduate of the Ivey School of Business and has received the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation and he is a graduate of the ICD-Rotman Director Education Program and achieved his ICD.D designation.

Sarah Esler leads the team responsible for managing and growing AIMCo’s mortgage portfolio of domestic and global assets, on behalf of our clients.

Ms. Esler joined AIMCo in 2016 and since that time has been responsible for the investment management and transaction structuring of AIMCo’s Canadian, U.S. and European mortgage portfolios.

Ms. Esler is a CFA Charterholder and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia with a specialty in Urban Land Economics.

Laurie Harding joined AIMCo in 2016 to build organizational capabilities in private placement investment, drawing on extensive experience in the Banking and Life Insurance industries.

He oversees a team with global mandates to invest in traditional fixed income private placements, syndicated bank transactions and structured investment strategies.

Mr. Harding holds a BCom from Saint Mary’s University as well as an MBA from Dalhousie University and is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA - CMA). 

Doug Paul leads a team investing in bond portfolios and strategies for AIMCo’s clients.

Mr. Paul joined AIMCo in 2010 after previous experience in fixed income trading, treasury and the official sector.

He holds a BCom from McGill University and an MBA from Western University and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA). 

Don Povilaitis joined AIMCo in 2014 as Director, Credit Research within Fixed Income at AIMCo, leading a team of credit analysts in Edmonton and Toronto covering investment grade and high yield corporate debt issuers. In addition, Mr. Povilaitis is involved in special projects relating to artificial intelligence and investing in emerging markets. 

Prior to joining AIMCo in 2014, he was Head of Equity and Credit research for seven years at BCI in Victoria, B.C. and before that he worked as a Director, Corporate Ratings at Standard & Poor’s in Toronto. 

Mr. Povilaitis holds a BA (Economics) from McGill University in Montreal and an MBA from the Thunderbird School of Global Management in Glendale, Arizona.

Peter Shen is responsible for leading private debt and loan investments globally across the capital structure. He is based in our London office.

Mr. Shen joined AIMCo in 2010 upon the inception of Private Debt & Loan as a new asset class. He has previous experience with Citigroup and Royal Bank of Canada in Investment Banking, and CPPIB in Principal Credit Investments. Mr. Shen was trained and practiced in Engineering before his transition into Finance.

Mr. Shen holds a BCom (High Distinction) from the University of Toronto, a M.Sc. from the University of Alberta, and is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA).