Managing Director, Completion Portfolio Strategies, Total Portfolio Management, OPTrust
Zarqaa Shaikh is Managing Director of Completion Portfolio Strategies in the Total Portfolio Management (TPM) group at OPTrust. In her role, Zarqaa is responsible for co-leading the public markets portfolio to complete the Total Fund’s risk factor exposure and enhance the Fund's risk and return profile. In addition, Zarqaa provides strategic direction on the Plan's externally managed public-market investments. Zarqaa also manages several venture capital relationships within TPM’s tech incubation portfolio.
Before joining OPTrust in September 2017, Zarqaa spent close to four years working in private equity at Starling Group, a family office in Dubai, and allocating capital across North America, Europe and Asia.
Zarqaa holds an MBA from the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. She is also a CFA Charterholder.
With net assets of $25 billion, OPTrust invests and manages the OPSEU Pension Plan, a defined benefit plan with over 110,000 active members and retirees.