Ontario Financing Authority
Jed Henley, PEng, MBA, currently serves as a Senior Financial Analyst and Modeling Specialist at the Ontario Financing Authority, where responsibilities include providing financial and economic analysis on electricity sector issues and maintaining quantitative models. Previous roles include Manager of Strategy & Business Planning at the Ontario Ministry of Finance, Senior Business Advisor at Business Advisory Service - Ontario, Treasurer/Secretary on the Board of Directors for Alternatives - East York Mental Health Counseling, Corporate Development Associate at ShawCor, Analyst for Strategy and Corporate Development at Purolator Courier, Master Planner at Kraft Canada, and various positions in Production Engineering and Management at NRI Industries, along with an internship as a Design Engineering Intern at Camco. Henley holds an MBA in Strategic Management & Finance from the Schulich School of Business at York University and a Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering and Management from McMaster University.
Ontario Financing Authority
The Ontario Financing Authority (OFA) was established as an agency of the Crown on November 15, 1993 by the Capital Investment Plan Act, 1993 (the Act). In accordance with the Act, the OFA: • conducts borrowing, investment and financial risk management for the Province of Ontario (the Province); • manages the Provincial debt; • manages the Province's key financial relationships with investors, financial institutions, rating agencies and public bodies; • provides centralized financial services for the Province including banking and cash management; • advises ministries, Crown agencies and other public bodies on financial policies and projects; • assists Crown agencies and other public bodies to borrow and invest money; • acts at the direction of the Province in lending to certain public bodies; • invests on behalf of some public bodies; • with Ontario Power Generation Inc. (OPG), manages the investment activities of OPG’s Used Fuel Segregated Fund and Decommissioning Segregated Fund; and • carries out the day-to-day operations of Ontario Electricity Financial Corporation (OEFC) and provides a broad range of financial services to Infrastructure Ontario. In addition, the OFA’s objects include: • providing such other financial services as are considered advantageous to the Province or any public body; and • any additional objects as directed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council. In pursing its mandate, the OFA is committed to its core values of respect, innovation, teamwork and accountability.