Onay is a senior managing director and portfolio manager at Manulife Investment Management, responsible for driving the strategy and development of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) impact investment capabilities across the firm’s platform. She partners with the investment, asset management, and investor relations teams in screening investments; identifying risks and opportunities with respect to ESG impact; optimizing portfolio construction; enhancing asset performance; maximizing returns; and establishing performance benchmarking for ESG impact. She serves on the global real estate leadership team.

Prior to joining the firm, Onay was managing director of real estate at Lafayette Square, a for-profit impact investment platform.  Before that, she was an equity partner, managing director, and portfolio manager at Clarion Partners, where she managed close to $10 billion in assets under management over the course of her nearly 20-year tenure.  Onay began her career as a financial analyst at JP Morgan Chase Investment Bank

• Education: M.B.A., Harvard Business School; A.B., History and Literature, magna cum laude, Harvard College
• Joined the company: 2023
• Began career: 1997