Alexandra von Schroeter is a seasoned Portfolio Manager at Cumberland Investment Counsel Inc. (“CIC”) with a demonstrated 30+ year track record in the investment management and banking industries. She also leads its affiliate Cumberland Private Wealth Management Inc.’s (“CPWM”) strategic business and client initiatives.  Since joining the firm in 1999 and over two+ decades, she has been integral in its growth as a leading Canadian independent wealth management firm, in her capacity as a co-owner and Executive Committee member of the firm’s parent Cumberland Partners Limited (“CPL”).  In addition, in the role of Portfolio Manager, Ms. von Schroeter works closely with selected executives, entrepreneurs, families and corporations/ foundations managing their investments and offering advice and solutions that draw upon her long experience in investing and the global capital markets.

Prior to CPWM, Ms. von Schroeter spent 12 years at CIBC World Markets and Wood Gundy Inc. in Investment Banking, Mergers & Acquisitions and in the Capital Markets areas in Toronto, London UK and New York, and in commercial banking at the Bank of Montreal.

Ms. von Schroeter is currently a member of Sunnybrook Hospital, Foundation, Science Centre and Research Institute Boards’ Common Investment Committee, Chair of the INSEAD Canadian Foundation Board, a Co-Chair of the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO)’s Curators’ Circle Committee, International Women’s Forum and was an activator of SheEO, now Coralus, in support of women and leadership. She served on the INSEAD Alumni Fund’s global board for 15 years, as a graduate of the International Director’s Program and the Business School (MBA); and Queen’s University (B.Comm.). She has a CFA designation, among other industry credentials, and from earlier studies, a diploma in French Literature from Universite de Paris-Sorbonne.