David Rutherford has had a lengthy career in both communications and sustainability. He currently oversees Sustainability Research and Insights at Mackenzie Investments, with a mandate to provide sustainability-related research and insights to Mackenzie’s investment managers and stewardship team, as well as shape the organization’s thought leadership by facilitating the delivery of content around differentiated perspectives on broad, overarching themes impacting advisors and investors.

Before re-joining Mackenzie in 2025, he spent almost 10 years in a variety of capacities at NEI Investments and its parent company Aviso. Among the work David led included rebranding NEI explicitly around the organization’s responsible investing legacy and leading NEI’s responsible investing team, with a mandate to advance the understanding of the team’s activities and the value of RI in general among advisors and investors. David also spearheaded the development of a broad sustainability strategy for Aviso.

David holds an undergraduate degree in Urban and Regional Planning from Toronto Metropolitan (formerly Ryerson) University, graduated with distinction with an MSc degree in Social Psychology  from the London School of Economics, where he studied the impact of digital technology on human relations, and holds a Graduate Diploma in Social Responsibility and Sustainability from the University of Toronto, where he won the President’s Capstone Award for Innovation in ESG Practices.