Pierre Cherki

Executive Managing Director, Real Estate at Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan

Speaker

Pierre Cherki oversees Ontario Teachers’ global real estate investing and portfolio management activities and a team of almost 40 investment professionals located in Toronto, London, Singapore, Dallas, and São Paulo.

Pierre has more than 25 years of real estate experience, the majority of which was spent at DWS Group, one of the world's largest managers of alternative investments with a sizable global real estate portfolio. He was a member of the DWS Executive Board and served in numerous senior management positions including Global Head of Alternatives, Global Head of Real Estate, and Head of Real Estate, Europe and Asia Pacific.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in Management and Economics from Tel-Aviv University and an MBA from Northwestern University.