Appointment notice – Jeff Davis

Ron Mock, President and CEO, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (Teachers'), is pleased to announce the promotion of Jeff Davis to the role of General Counsel, Senior Vice-President, Corporate Affairs and Corporate Secretary.

Mr. Davis is responsible for the General Counsel's office, including Compliance, Corporate Communications, Government and Public Affairs, and Plan Policy. He joined Teachers' in 2004 and was most recently Vice-President and Associate General Counsel. At Teachers', Mr. Davis has worked closely with regulatory authorities in Canada, the U.S. and internationally and led the legal team in a number of global transactions.  He was also instrumental in establishing Teachers' Hong Kong office in 2013.

Mr. Davis has 17 years of legal experience, specializing in mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance. Before joining Teachers', he was Senior Vice-President, Corporate and Legal Affairs, at InsLogic Corp., and a Corporate Associate at Torys LLP.  Mr. Davis earned an LLB from Osgoode Hall Law School and a BA from the University of Western Ontario.

With $140.8 billion in net assets as at December 31, 2013, Teachers' is the largest single-profession pension plan in Canada. An independent organization, it invests the pension fund's assets and administers the pensions of 307,000 active and retired Ontario teachers.