
Cliff Inskip was appointed to the OMERS AC Board, effective January 1, 2015, on the joint nomination of the Ontario Catholic School Trustees’ Association and the Ontario Public School Boards’ Association. He serves as a member of the Audit & Risk Committee and the Investment Committee.
Mr. Inskip is President of Polar Star Advisory Services Inc., a consulting firm that advises government and large corporate clients on major infrastructure projects. Previously he spent over 30 years in the financial services industry at CIBC and Export Development Canada. He retired from CIBC as Managing Director and Head of the Bank's infrastructure advisory and bond underwriting business, and prior to that he was Deputy Managing Director of CIBC World Markets plc in the UK.
Mr. Inskip is Board Chair of Ontario Non-Union Education Trust and serves on the boards of Serenia Life Financial and Reinders Group Ltd. Previously he served on the Boards of JCM Power Corporation, Oakville Enterprises Corporation, Oakville Hydro, and CIBC World Markets plc. His charitable and not-for-profit activities include serving as Board Chair of Kerr Street Mission Foundation, Founder and Executive Director of a foundation active in international education and Director of Oakville Golf Club. He has been an expert witness before the National Energy Board, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the Nova Scotia Energy Board and the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance.
Mr. Inskip has an MBA and a B.A.Sc. (civil engineering) from the University of British Columbia. He holds Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and Financial Risk Manager (FRM) designations and is a retired fellow of the Association of Corporate Treasurers (FCT) and the Canadian Securities Institute (FCSI). He received his Chartered Director (C.Dir.) designation from The Directors College and is a member of Professional Engineers Ontario (P.Eng).