Bio

Ciana leads Strategy, Risk & Operations for the Capital Markets and Factor Investing department. Ciana’s team manages CMF’s investment strategy and operational execution for the department under three broad functional areas: portfolio construction & strategy, risk management, and business management & operations. Prior to her current role she was a Managing Director in the External Portfolio Management group. Before joining CPP Investments in 2012, Ciana was Senior Vice President, Trading Sector Head at Robeco-Sage Investment Management (Rabobank) in New York, NY. Prior to this, she was an Investment Analyst at Silver Creek Capital Management in Seattle, WA. Ciana served as an executive committee member of the Northwest Hedge Fund Society, a board member to the Toronto chapter of 100 Women in Finance, and on the MFA Investor Advisory Council. She has a BS in Economics from the University of Washington with certificates in International Economics and Economic Theory & Quantitative Methods.