Amer Shreim, Ph.D.

About

Amer Shreim is the Global Head of Quantitative Investing at CIBC Global Asset Management (CIBC GAM), overseeing the equity, fixed income, and multi-asset and currency quantitative investing teams. He is responsible for developing and managing global quantitative equity strategies, as well as enhancing portfolio construction across asset classes.

Prior to joining CIBC GAM in 2017, Dr. Shreim was Director of Risk and Quantitative Analysis for event-driven and multi-strategy funds at BlackRock Inc. He also previously worked as Senior Associate, External Portfolio Management, at Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), where he managed the risk of a portfolio of external hedge funds. Before CPPIB, he was Senior Manager, Risk Management at RBC Global Asset Management, where he developed systematic trend following strategies.

Dr. Shreim holds a Ph.D. from the University of Calgary and a Master of Science degree in Physics from the American University of Beirut.