Peter Pontikes

Mr. Peter Pontikes, CFA MBA, is an Executive Vice President of Public Equities at Alberta Investment Management Corp.
He is on the Board of Directors at Alpha Trading Systems, Inc. and Montréal Climate Exchange, Inc. He leads a team of investment professionals responsible for the internal and external management, research and trading of global equity and hedge fund investments.
He has more than 30 years of investment management experience.
Prior to joining AIMCo in 2005, he was Vice President at Structured Capital Inc. of Toronto, where he was responsible for research and management of quantitative Canadian equity and global long/short strategies.
From 1994 to 2001 he was a Principal with Barclays Global Investors in San Francisco and Toronto, serving as the portfolio manager for a range of Canadian, U.S.
and international index and quantitative active strategies.
He began his career as a Portfolio Analyst in the Investment Management Division of Alberta Treasury where he was responsible for asset allocation, performance measurement and a range of special projects of a quantitative nature.
He earned a Bachelor of Commerce and Master of Business Administration from the University of Alberta and is a CFA Charterholder.