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Dr. Mark Machin has over 30 years of experience in investment and finance. He is currently the Vice Chairman of a US-based financial technology company, Opto Investments. Most recently he served as the President & CEO of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) for 5 years. During his tenure as President & CEO, assets grew to nearly $500 billion, as of March 31 2021, with returns of over 11% per annum. He joined CPPIB in 2012 and was Senior Managing Director & Head of International based in Hong Kong. Prior to CPPIB, Mark spent 20 years at Goldman Sachs in London and Hong Kong where for 17 years, he focused on Capital Markets and Investment Banking in Asia. He was a partner for nine years and was Asia Head of Investment Banking for Goldman Sachs for 6 years and Vice Chairman of Asia ex-Japan. He is currently a Board member of the Atlantic Council, an American Atlanticist think tank in the field of international affairs, founded in 1961.

He is a champion and committed advocate of inclusion and diversity in business and society and was a member of the 30% Club Canada, the global campaign that encourages greater representation of women on boards and executive teams. He is a member of GIC’s International Advisory Board and an advisor to the GIC Investment Strategies Committee. He also serves as an advisor to Lingfeng Capital, a China-based growth capital fund for FinTech investments.

Mark studied undergraduate and graduate medicine and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Physiological Sciences from Oxford University and Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from Cambridge University.