Ontario Teachers’ appoints new senior VP of public equities

Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has appointed Nicole Musicco senior vice-president of public equities, effective Jan. 1. She is replacing Wayne Kozen, who is leaving the organization.

Musicco has been with Ontario Teachers’ since 2002. According to a press release, she was instrumental in establishing the pension fund’s Asia Pacific regional office in Hong Kong, which opened in 2013.

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She relocated there as regional managing director last year, where she has the oversight responsibility for managing the full cycle of Ontario Teachers’ opportunity in origination, analysis, value creation and execution of investment activities in the region.

Musicco’s replacement as regional managing director, Asia Pacific will be announced at a later date.

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The pension fund has also appointed Kristina Riis vice-president of project delivery. She has more than 15 years of experience in strategic planning, business unit development, project management, change management and process engineering.