Michael Latimer

Michael was the President and CEO of OMERS from April, 2014 until June, 2020 and was responsible for the overall leadership, performance of the enterprise including pension administration, investment activities and the execution of its Strategic Plan. OMERS is a defined benefit pension plan for over 485,000 members with $100 billion of net assets invested in public investments, private equity, infrastructure and real estate. It has offices in Canada – Toronto, USA – New York, UK – London, Australia – Sydney and Singapore.

Michael moved to OMERS in January 2010 as its Chief Investment Officer (CIO) to oversee the strategic, operational and financial leadership of the pension plan’s investment activities.

Prior to moving to OMERS, Michael was responsible for Oxford Properties Group, the real estate arm wholly owned by OMERS. Michael led the successful acquisition of Oxford Properties, a publicly listed company, in October 2001 on behalf of OMERS. Under his leadership, the company proceeded to build and acquire a portfolio of iconic assets globally with offices across Canada, the UK – London and in the USA - New York. Michael also led the successful IPO listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange for Primaris REIT and was its President and CEO.

Born in St. Catharines, Ontario, Michael holds a BA from McMaster University.