Jonathan Hausman

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Chief Strategy Officer, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan
Jonathan Hausman | Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (otpp.com)

Jonathan Hausman is Chief Strategy Officer, at the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP). He is a member of the OTPP Investments Executive Team and the Global Investment Committee. He was previously Executive Managing Director of Global Investment Strategy and Head of Alternative Investments and Global Tactical Asset Allocation, where he managed the Fund’s hedge fund portfolio and internal macro and systematic trading strategies. Prior to joining OTPP, Mr. Hausman was Executive Director at Goldman Sachs, where he held positions in its New York, London and Hong Kong offices, managing sovereign risk strategy and advising government clients on their external financing and international credit ratings. His clients included the governments of South Africa, Italy, and South Korea, which in 1999 conferred on him a National Award of Merit in recognition of his advisory work for the Republic of Korea through the Asia Crisis.

Mr. Hausman is a Senior Fellow at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto, where he lectures on Global Markets and International Political Economy. He has received an Arbor Award for his service to the university. He also serves on the Advisory Board of Capitalize for Kids. In 2022, Mr. Hausman was named to the Government of Canada’s Indo-Pacific Advisory Committee.

Before beginning his career in international finance, Mr. Hausman worked as Special Assistant to the Premier of the Province of Ontario. He holds a BA (Hons.) from McGill University, an MSc. (Econ.) from the London School of Economics, and an MPA from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. He also has ICD.D certification from the Institute of Corporate Directors.

Mr. Hausman is a native of Toronto and lives in the city with his wife and two daughters.