Keith is Director of the Rotman International Centre for Pension Management (ICPM), and Adjunct Professor of Finance at The Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto.

A respected author, researcher, and commentator on pensions and investment topics, Keith recently received the James Vertin Award from the CFA Institute. In 2007 he was honoured with the Outstanding Industry Contribution award by Investments and Pensions Europe Magazine. In 2003, he was named One of the 30 Most Influential People by Pension and Investments Magazine in the USA. His research and writing have also led to several notable awards, including four Graham and Dodd Scrolls and two Roger Murray Awards. Keith writes the monthly The Ambachtsheer Letter, which is subscribed to by a global list of leading pension, investment, consulting and government organizations.

A graduate of the Royal Military College of Canada, he spent three years in the Canadian Forces. After further graduate studies in economics at the Universities of Western Ontario and McGill, Keith became an investment analyst with Sun Life Assurance Company, advanced as a partner and research director at Canavest House, and became co-founder and partner of Pension Finance Associates. He has operated his own firm, KPA Advisory Services since 1985, and co-founded CEM Benchmarking Inc. in 1991.