Deborah L. Ng

Ms. Deborah L.
Ng, CFA, is a Head of ESG & Sustainability at Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC.
Prior to joining GMO in 2022, she was the Head of Responsible Investing at Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP), where she spent over 18 years.
At OTPP, Ms. Ng developed and led the Plan’s Responsible Investing Strategy and climate change initiatives and headed OTPP’s Responsible Investing team.
She was responsible for key deliverables across several pillars, including climate change and ESG thought leadership and innovation, ESG integration frameworks and tools, and corporate engagement.
Ms. Ng and her team also provided insights and subject-matter expertise to the global direct investment teams.
Previously at OTPP, Ms. Ng was part of OTPP’s Strategy & Asset Mix team, where she focused on the research, evaluation, and introduction of innovative asset allocation strategies designed to help meet the Plan’s long-term liability objectives.
Ms. Ng currently sits on the Investment Committee of the United Church Pension Plan and is a past board member of the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB BV).
Prior to her years at OTPP, she founded Acuity Communications, assisting investment firms such as UBS Securities, CIBC WM, and Desjardins Securities with their investment research requirements.
Ms. Ng earned her Bachelor of Commerce and Master of Finance from the University of Toronto.
She is a CFA charterholder.