Investment Risk Europe

Alec Crawford is a partner and chief investment risk officer at Lord Abbett. He is responsible for identifying and managing risk in the firm's portfolios and is a member of the investment leadership team, the strategic allocation committee, and the environmental, social and corporate governance committee.

Crawford joined Lord Abbett in 2012 and was named partner in 2013. His previous experience includes serving as managing director and global head of risk management at Ziff Brothers Investments; managing director and head of agency mortgage-backed securities strategy at RBS Greenwich Capital; managing director and head of mortgage and cross-rates strategy at Deutsche Bank Securities; vice-president and head of mortgage strategy at Morgan Stanley; vice-president, research liaison at Goldman Sachs; and vice-president, research liaison at CS First Boston. Crawford has worked in the financial services industry since 1988 and holds a bachelor of arts degree in computer science from Harvard College.

As Chief Risk Officer, Rodney leads the Risk Management, Compliance and Ethics, and Assurance and Advisory functions for OMERS. Under his leadership, these functions work closely with the businesses units across OMERS to fulfil their mandate, and to provide ongoing monitoring and reporting to senior management, the OMERS Board of Directors and its various committees.

Prior to joining OMERS in 2011, Rodney worked as a Partner at an international accounting firm, where he specialized in auditing complex public and private companies. During this time, he also held several leadership roles with the firm.

A graduate from the University of Kent at Canterbury, with an Honours Degree in Accounting with Computing (Honours), Rodney is an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ACA-UK).

He is also a Chartered Professional Accountant (CA, CPA) in Canada. Originally from Ireland, Rodney is passionate about giving back through involvement with community. Rodney also serves on the Financial Committee for Crescent School. He lives in Toronto with his family.

Will Hadfield runs the investing team for Risk.net, overseeing coverage of hedge funds, conventional asset managers and insurance companies. He previously covered market structure for Bloomberg News in London, both as a reporter and an editor. He studied history at the University of Durham and speaks French.