An Interview with Cynthia Shaw-Pereira

Cynthia Shaw-Pereira joins us for Episode 18 of TSG Time. Cynthia is Vice President and Head of Asset Owner Solutions at CIBC Mellon. She’s responsible for establishing strategic priorities for her firm’s asset owner segment and services for institutional investors active in the Canadian Market. A 2024 recipient of the Outstanding Women in Performance & Risk Measurement award, Cynthia tells us what the award means to her and reflects on her experiences in the industry.  Cynthia was part of the “Performance Challenges with Private Equity” panel at the PMAR Conference in May and she provides us with a summary and key points, and shares some of her favorite memories from the event. “I enjoyed all of the sessions. I found them all really good and timely in terms of the topics. I really enjoyed the sidebar chats that you have with people and firms when you’re at the conference.” She provides advice to other women in the industry, and talks about what the certificate in ESG Investing study and testing process was like for her. In the lightning round, Cynthia tells us what the theme song of her life would be and what fictional world she’d want to live in.