Officer of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: May 24, 2012
• Invested on: May 03, 2013

Robert Bertram has revolutionized the way pension funds are managed in Canada. As a senior executive with the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan board, he was instrumental in developing an innovative pension fund investment model that is now the most successful of its kind in Canada, and which has been emulated globally. He has also helped to promote sound investment practices and improve corporate governance as a founding member of the Canadian Public Accountability Board and the Canadian Foundation for Governance Research.