Stephen Kibsey is an original founder and director of the Sustainability Ecosystem at the John Molson School of Business.
He has over 30 years of experience as an investment professional. He worked for 21 years at one of Canada’s largest investment institutions as an analyst, portfolio manager, business unit risk manager and more recently as a vice-president in the Investment Stewardship group. He also held the position of vice-president of Canadian equities during his ten years at one of Canada’s largest corporate pension funds.
For many years, he has been at the forefront of responsible investment through his involvement with the creation of the Sustainable Investment Professional Certificate and the Sustainability Ecosystem at the John Molson School of Business. He has lectured at the on risk management, investment portfolio construction as well as sustainability finance and climate change accounting at John Molson's Goodman Institute of Investment Management as well as at McGill and Queen’s universities.
Stephen was a member of the Mining Association of Canada-Community of Interest Panel which gave feedback on the Toward Sustainable Mining protocols for nine years and was one of the founding members of the Finance and Sustainability Initiative in Montreal. He also sat on the Investment Committee and Risk Sub-committee of the McConnell Foundation in Montreal for six years.
He holds a Bachelor of Science in Physiology, a Bachelor of Engineering in Mining, an MBA, a Sustainable Investment Professional Certification and was a CFA from 1991 to 2019. He has been recognized as a Brendan-Wood Top Gun portfolio manger from 2008-2010. Now retired, he currently enjoys ESG coaching and mentoring for various organizations.
