Andrew Spurr

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• Review, analyse and execute proxy voting decisions. • Contribute to the development and updating of BCI proxy voting guidelines. • Conduct comprehensive analysis of ESG performance for portfolio management colleagues across the public markets department. • Engage with investee companies on ESG issues, and contribute to the strategic direction of the BCI engagement program. • Produce public policy submissions on behalf of BCI. • Involvement in various industry initiatives to enhance ESG standards of investee companies (e.g. cyber security, methane emissions, climate change, diversity). • Engage with external managers on ESG issues.

• Overall responsibility for the Plan's proxy voting function. • Development and updating of OTPP corporate governance principles and proxy voting guidelines. • Conducting comprehensive corporate governance research, review, analysis and monitoring of relevant companies within the OTPP public company portfolio to identify and raise issues in support of OTPP’s global investment activities. • Engaging, individually and on a collaborative basis, with investee companies on corporate governance issues. • Liaising with OTPP portfolio managers and senior management on current and emerging governance issues relevant to the OTPP public company portfolio, and developing an OTPP viewpoint. • Involvement with the integration of Environmental, Social and Governance issues into the investment process. • Analysis of regulatory engagements, corporate governance policy development and responding to relevant regulatory initiatives. • Producing thought pieces on emerging and existing governance trends.

• Assisting in maintaining the integrity of the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV) markets by researching and preparing due diligence background reviews in accordance with established TMX Group standards. • Preparing extensive research on companies and individuals. • Analysing and summarize pertinent legal, regulatory and financial industry record. • Preparing due diligence background reviews identifying potential problems with companies and individuals. • Liaising with regulatory and law enforcement contacts, and exchange confidential information pertaining to investigative files.

• Detailed analysis of investee companies on a global level • Reviewing financial and investment information and communicating with fund management colleagues in order to feed investment decisions • Contributing to global voting and corporate governance policy • Detailed proxy voting analysis in order to vote clients’ shares at shareholder meetings • Engaging with investee companies in order to discuss various issues such as compensation, strategy, audit, board composition (also responsible for managing Japanese engagement) • Maintaining engagement planning and control system including underperforming companies and oversight of health warning records • Management of comprehensive report writing programme and distribution of reports both internally and externally, overseeing all aspects of client interaction in relation to corporate governance activities • Maintaining monthly voting disclosure information on company web site as well as responsibility for full web site content • Liaising with auditors on a regular basis to ensure compliance with investor Codes and continual updating of procedures to ensure compliance with best practice guidelines

•Communicating with Fund Management division and Corporate Governance team to ensure accurate and timely voting at shareholder meetings •Reconciling stock before voting at meetings and investigating any discrepancies •Transferring data from online voting service provider and maintaining voting records, ensuring an adequate audit trail of voting explanations is maintained •Liaising with internal and external clients to investigate and resolve issues and attending regular meetings with regional teams to discuss current issues •Producing and reviewing regular Client Services reports and ad hoc reports to Fund Managers

•Managed claims from former British Coal Miners, who suffer from a disease called Vibration White Finger as a result of their exposure to vibratory tools whilst working in coal mines •Processed individual claims from intimation to offers of compensation for each claimant and authorising these payments to be made •Studied training records and other personal documents about each claimant in order to progress each claim to its completion •Increased revenue by continually exceeding offer targets