Jane Ambachtsheer
Principal
Mercer's Investment Consulting
Jane Ambachtsheer is a National Partner of Mercer Investment Consulting, based in Toronto. She leads Mercer's global responsible investment business, and consults to investors in North America, Europe and Australasia.
In March 2000, Jane joined Mercer Investment Consulting's London office, and transferred to Toronto three years later. Prior to joining Mercer, Jane worked for the pension benchmarking firm CEM, in Amsterdam and Toronto.
Jane was consultant to the United Nations through the development of the Principles for Responsible Investment. She is a global advisor to the Carbon Disclosure Project, and sits on the board of the Canadian Social Investment Organisation. In 2005, Jane was recognised by Global Proxy Watch as one of the top 10 "Architects of Governance".
Jane holds a Bachelor of Economics and English literature with honours from York University, and a Master of Social Science from the University of Amsterdam. She is a faculty member at the University of Toronto, where she co-teaches a graduate course on responsible investment.