Ambassador Wiseman was appointed Ambassador of Canada to the United States in February 2026.
He has 30 years of private sector experience as a chief executive officer, senior executive, and investment manager. His experience includes senior leadership roles at BlackRock, serving as President and CEO of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, and as a senior executive responsible for private investments at the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan. He has also held numerous board positions in Canada, the United States, and Europe. He later served as Senior Advisor and Chairman of Canada at Lazard Inc., and as a Senior Advisor at the Boston Consulting Group. He is widely recognized as a leading expert in mergers and acquisitions and alternative investments.
He is a co-founder and former Chair of the Focusing Capital on the Long Term initiative. Earlier in his career, he was an attorney with Sullivan & Cromwell, practicing in New York and Paris, and served as a law clerk to Madam Justice Beverley McLachlin at the Supreme Court of Canada.
Ambassador Wiseman has also served on the boards of several non-profit organizations, including the Canadian Ski Team (Alpine Canada), the United Way of Greater Toronto, Sinai Health Services, the Capital Markets Institute, and the Dean’s Advisory Board at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto.
Born in Niagara Falls, Ontario, he holds a Bachelor of Arts from Queen’s University, as well as a law degree and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Toronto. He was also a Fulbright Scholar at Yale University, where he obtained a Master of Laws.