Rachel Volynsky

Rachel Volynsky joined Mercer Canada as Chief Investment Officer in September 2019, focusing on leading the OCIO Investment Team in Canada. Rachel is based in the Toronto office. Rachel is also the Global Chair Mercer’s Equities Portfolio Management and a member of the Global Liquid Alternative Committee. She is currently responsible for overseeing portfolios of multiple and diverse institutional clients and Private Wealth, with the help of 20+ member team that she recruited and built.

With over 25 years of capital allocation experience, Rachel brings significant expertise in the management of public and private markets investment and growing assets for industry-leading global asset managers. Prior to joining Mercer, Rachel held several senior leadership roles with major investment firms in Canada and the United States, as well as with one of the largest pension funds in North America. Her most recent role was Head of Equities, SEI Canada, where she led the restructuring effort of the flagship funds. Prior to that Rachel was a Senior Global portfolio manager, Head of Research at a leading Sustainability asset manager in the US.

Rachel has obtained an International Master of Business Administration from the Shulich School of Business, York University and is a CFA charterholder. She is also fluent and conversant in five languages.