Danielle LeClair

Danielle is an Investment Director supporting our clients and consultants across the Americas region. She works closely with portfolio managers to communicate investment philosophy, process, and portfolio positioning, helping ensure our strategies are clearly understood and aligned with client objectives.

Prior to joining Aviva Investors, Danielle was Director of Manager Research, Canada at Morningstar, where she led a team of analysts responsible for the qualitative assessment and ratings of open-end funds, ETFs, and segregated mandates in the Canadian market.

Before this, Danielle spent over 13 years at Franklin Templeton most recently as a Senior Research Analyst, covering a range of asset classes. She also led the integration of ESG considerations into manager research and asset allocation strategies and contributed to thematic ESG research.

Danielle holds a bachelor’s degree in international relations from Mount Allison University and a Master of Finance degree from the Smith School of Business at Queen’s University.