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Former UCP leadership candidate appointed to AIMCo board

A file photo of the AIMCo logo. CREDIT: AIMCo

The Alberta government has appointed a candidate who ran for the leadership of the United Conservative Party last year to the board of a Crown corporation with billions of dollars in assets.

The province says that Jon Horsman will serve as a member of the board of directors of the Alberta Investment Management Corporation, known as AIMCo.

It says in a release that he will serve from July 1 until July 30, 2026.

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Horsman, who is from Calgary, dropped out of the race last July to replace former premier Jason Kenney, which was ultimately won in October by Premier Danielle Smith.

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The release says Horsman recently worked as a senior executive at ATB Financial, Alberta’s Crown-owned bank.

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AIMCo says it is among Canada’s largest institutional investment managers with $158 billion of assets under management on behalf of 17 pension, endowment and government fund clients in the province.

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