Deborah leads the Global Real Assets department, which encompasses Energy & Resources, Infrastructure, Power & Renewables, Real Estate and Portfolio Value Creation. Deborah was most recently Senior Managing Director & Global Head of Active Equities. She joined CPPIB in 2009 in Toronto and has held senior leadership roles, including Managing Director, Head of Private Equity Asia, which she led after establishing the Relationship Investments Asia portfolio from Hong Kong. Prior to joining CPPIB, she spent nine years at Goldman Sachs in New York and Toronto. Previously, Deborah was a securities lawyer at Blake, Cassels & Graydon in Toronto. Deborah serves on the Board of Directors of IHS Markit, an S&P 500 company. She previously was a member of the Board of Directors of HKBN, Nord Anglia Education and the Bridgepoint Health Foundation. Deborah holds an MBA from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and LLB and BA from Queen's University, Canada.