Upkar Arora is CEO of award-winning B Corporation Rally Assets, Canada’s leading impact investment management firm and, through Realize Capital Partners, one of three fund managers selected to implement the Government of Canada’s $400M social finance fund. Rally’s purpose for over a decade has been to shift capital systems to advance sustainability, equity and justice for all.

Over his 30-year career prior to Rally, Upkar held finance and leadership roles building, operating and advising some of Canada’s most successful corporations, families and philanthropists.

Upkar has extensive governance experience, having completed the Competent Boards Climate Competent director certificate and holds the ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors. He has served on boards such as Meridian Credit Union, Vancity Community Investment Bank, Metrolinx, University of Waterloo, Institute for Canadian Citizenship, Why Not Theatre and several early-stage startups.

In 2017, he was awarded the accounting profession’s highest honour and named a Fellow of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario.

Upkar is an adjunct lecturer at the University of Waterloo and holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in accounting and economics from the University of Waterloo.