Excerpt from "Interviews with Alumni from the 1990s and 2000s by Tim Smith", 2011 Department Newsletter.
Mark Wiseman is currently the Executive Vice President - Investments at the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. Mark was three-quarters of the way towards a Medial in History and Politics, with 5.0 credits in each department, when he left Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s in 1992 after third year with a Bachelor of Arts. Mark was in a hurry, perhaps because he had a clear idea of what he wanted to do. Setting his sights high, Mark entered the 카지노게임사이트 of Toronto to pursue the joint Law/ MBA programme, where he ultimately won the gold medal. A clerkship at the Supreme Court of Canada under the tutelage of Beverley McLachlin (the current Chief Justice) was next. Mark worked in New York for the renowned law firm Sullivan & Cromwell (where U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles launched his career). A Master of Laws from Yale 카지노게임사이트 was Mark카지노 게임 컬렉션s next challenge, followed by an additional three years of doing high-profile mergers and acquisitions at the Paris office of Sullivan & Cromwell. Mark returned to Canada in 2000 and began work at a private mid-sized private equity firm. After that firm was sold, he moved on to the Ontario Teachers카지노 게임 컬렉션 Pension Plan and finally settled at the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board in 2005, where, since 8 April 2010, he has been in charge of all of its investment activity on behalf of 17 million Canadians카지노 게임 컬렉션 managing over $150 billion.
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We asked Mark why he chose Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s and whether or not it met his expectations. 카지노 게임 컬렉션I chose Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s largely because I was very much interested in the arts. I had an absolutely fantastic history teacher in high school. I am still in touch with him. There was no doubt in my mind that I wanted to study history and possibly politics as well. I chose Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s because of its reputation in the arts, and, specifically, in history and politics.카지노 게임 컬렉션
We asked Mark about his time in the History Department. 카지노 게임 컬렉션I learned how to write well, which put me in good stead for everything that I have done since. I loved the classes of Professors Tulchinsky and Swainson. I wrote a paper on 카지노 게임 컬렉션Sir John and the Gerrymander카지노 게임 컬렉션 which was on the election of 1878. Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s had a lot of archival material related to this topic and I was able to do original research under the guidance of a leading historian of Canada. I found material that people had never found before. I remember History 121 being a rude awakening, but in the good sense. It was tough, and it was different than anything I had ever done in high school. It wasn카지노 게임 컬렉션t about dates and facts; we were challenged to think on our own and my peers were challenging too. The class size was smaller than the norm. To have a small class like that in first year카지노 게임 컬렉션with just 15 or 18 students카지노 게임 컬렉션I felt enormously lucky. Right off the bat, I was challenged to write carefully and to think critically.카지노 게임 컬렉션
We asked Mark how History prepared him for Law. 카지노 게임 컬렉션I found that I was more than prepared for law; the transition for me was easier than it would have been had I come from another school or discipline. Reading hundreds of pages per week and having vigorous debates in class카지노 게임 컬렉션 none of this was new to me, as it was for some others.카지노 게임 컬렉션 We asked Mark to speak about his current line of work: 카지노 게임 컬렉션The key to being a good investor is to never make the same mistake twice. Mistakes are inevitable; the point is to learn from the past. I spend a good deal of time reading economic history.카지노 게임 컬렉션
Mark noted that Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s is seen in his industry as a leading school. At the CPPIB, 카지노 게임 컬렉션we actively recruit from just a small handful of Canadian universities and Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s is a key one.카지노 게임 컬렉션 And finally, we asked Mark if he had some advice for current history students: 카지노 게임 컬렉션do things that you like at the B.A. level. The specific career, the money will follow later. When you카지노 게임 컬렉션re young, follow your passion. You카지노 게임 컬렉션ll be better at it. You can always specialize later. Take risks. Study abroad, work abroad, get a foreign language if you can.카지노 게임 컬렉션
