Speakers

Amarik Ubhi is Global Head of Infrastructure in Mercer's Alternatives group. He is responsible for overseeing the sourcing, due diligence and monitoring of infrastructure investment opportunities, and also the construction of infrastructure portfolios on behalf of Mercer’s clients. As part of this role, Amarik oversees more than US$4 billion of discretionary capital in unlisted infrastructure globally. He also works with some of the world’s largest and most sophisticated institutional investors on an advisory basis, assisting them with portfolio construction, the analysis of co-investment opportunities, and the establishment of bespoke mandates.

Amarik is also responsible for a team of infrastructure investment professionals, based across Canada, Switzerland and Australia. He is a member of Mercer's Real Assets Investment Committee, and also the leadership team within the Alternatives group.

Amarik is also a member of Mercer's Sustainable Opportunities Investment Committee, and is involved in the firm's efforts to better integrate sustainability-related factors into the private markets' investment, monitoring and reporting processes.

Amarik joined Mercer in 2003 and began his career within investment consulting, where he was responsible for advising institutional clients on the full range of investment-related issues, including strategy, portfolio construction and implementation. Amarik holds a Master’s degree in economics from the University of Cambridge, and is a CFA charterholder.