Omers Names Ashish Goyal as Executive Vice President and Head of Asia-Pacific

Ashish Goyal has been appointed as the Executive Vice President and Head of Asia-Pacific for Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (Omers).

Goyal will work out of the Omers Singapore office and report to the new chief investment officer, Ralph Berg. Both executives will start in their new positions on April 1. Goyal will be in charge of directing the fund's multiple asset classes' strategic expansion in the area as its new Executive Vice President and Head of Asia-Pacific. This involves developing new connections and collaborations to advance the goals of the fund, as per reported by VCCircle.

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“Ashish has a wealth of investment, leadership, and operational experience that will be invaluable to accelerating Omers’ ambitious growth plans in the Asia-Pacific region,” said Berg.

“It is a privilege to work every day on behalf of the more than 550,000 members of the Omers pension plan. Omers places great importance on partnerships and collaborating with others to mutual benefit, and I look forward to further advancing our global relationships,” said Goyal.

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About OMERS

Over half a million active, deferred, and retired employees of 1,000 municipalities, school boards, libraries, police and fire departments, and other local agencies in communities all across Ontario have pensions that are invested and managed by OMERS, which has staff in its offices in Toronto, London, New York, Amsterdam, Luxembourg, Singapore, Sydney, and other major cities across North America and Europe.

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