Priti Singh, Chief Risk Officer at CPP Investments

Welcome back to Northern Lights: Canadian Women in Tech and Business, the podcast where we spotlight the women redefining leadership across Canada’s business landscape.--In this episode, we sit down with Priti Singh, Chief Risk Officer at CPP Investments. Priti leads the organization’s global risk management functions, ensuring that risk perspectives are embedded across all investment decisions, spanning market, credit, climate, liquidity, and operational risk.Prior to her current role, Priti led Capital Markets and Factor Investing, managing globally diversified investments across public equities, fixed income, currencies, commodities, and derivatives. She also previously served as Managing Director and Head of External Portfolio Management.Priti holds an MBA from the Rotman School of Management and a Master’s in Physics from the University of Waterloo. She also serves on the Common Investment Committee of the Sunnybrook Foundation.We explore her career journey, her approach to risk management, and how she helps guide investment decision-making at one of the world's leading institutional investors.