Robert Murray Astley (born 26 December 1944), a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries, was the chairman of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.
[1] Astley is also a Director of the Bank of Montreal and chairman of its human resources and management compensation committee.
[3] Astley is also a former Chair of Wilfrid Laurier University, a former member of the Dean’s Advisory Council, Laurier School of Business & Economics and a former Chair of the K-W Symphony.
Astley graduated from the University of Manitoba with an Honours degree in Science.
[4] On May 31, 2011, the Toronto Star reported that Astley won $650,000 in a defamation suit against shareholder activist, Robert Verdun.