Farzan Qureshi is director of institutional business development and client relationships based in Toronto. In this role, Qureshi is responsible for leading and building new relationships for the firm’s growing institutional asset management business in Ontario.

Farzan has more than 20 years of experience in the investment industry, most notably from his tenure at BlackRock where he began his career in trading, advancing through senior client facing roles and most recently contributed as a senior investment strategist within the retirement solutions team. Retirement solutions was the centre for lifecycle investing, bringing together expertise in research, portfolio management, strategy and technology. Qureshi was a member of the team that launched Canada’s first target-date fund in 2008 and was ultimately responsible for leading the firms Canadian defined contribution strategy. He was also responsible for representing the global target-date fund franchise and delivering solutions drawing from the firm’s broader investment capabilities to institutional investors, consultants and financial professionals across the Americas.

Qureshi holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and finance from Wilfrid Laurier University and an master’s of business administration from Queen’s University.