Senior Vice-President, Private Investments

With more than 20 years experience in executing investment transactions, André is responsible for leading private equity investments in the CPP portfolio.
 
Prior to joining the CPP Investment Board, André managed a private equity portfolio in financial services, telecommunications, media, and entertainment sectors for another Canadian pension plan manager.
 
Before entering the private equity space, André spent several years with a leading telecommunications company mostly as a senior officer responsible for corporate development and legal affairs.
 
André started his career as a corporate lawyer with a major Canadian law firm and then a consultant for a European merger & acquisition consulting boutique. He earned his degrees from the London School of Economics and the University of Ottawa.

André also serves as director of Anglian Water Group and IMS Health Inc.

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Alain Carrier
Managing Director (Europe), Private Investments
Head of Infrastructure

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Suyi Kim, Managing Director, Funds and Secondaries
(Hong Kong Office)

She holds an MBA from Stanford and a BA from Seoul National University. She is also a Certified Public Accountant.

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Jennifer Kerr, Senior Principal

Prior to joining CPP Investment Board in December 2004, Jennifer worked at MWI & Partners, a Canadian middle market buyout fund, and Merrill Lynch & Co. in investment banking in Toronto and structured finance in London.

Jennifer holds a B.Comm. from McGill University.

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Stephanie Leaist, Senior Principal

Prior to joining the CPP Investment Board, Stephanie was principal of Ludwick & Leaist Inc., a corporate communications firm and Lexacom Capital Corporation. She also practised corporate/commercial and securities law with McCarthy Tétrault, and earned her Chartered Accountant designation with Coopers & Lybrand.

Stephanie holds her B.Comm. and law degrees from the University of Toronto.

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Jennifer Morais, Senior Principal

Prior to joining CPP Investment Board in October 2005, Jennifer worked at OMERS Capital Partners in private equity. She also worked at CIBC World Markets and at Hatch Associates, a management consulting firm.

Jennifer holds an MBA from the University of Toronto and a B.Comm. from Laurentian University. She is also a Chartered Financial Analyst charterholder.

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Yann Robard, Senior Principal

Prior to joining the CPP Investment Board, Yann worked at Paul Capital Partners in private equity. He previously worked at CIBC World Markets and at JP Morgan Chase.

Yann holds a B. Comm from Dalhousie University. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst charterholder.

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Michael Woolhouse, Senior Principal

Prior to joining the CPP Investment Board, Michael was with TD Securities in investment banking in Toronto. Previously, Michael has also worked with the AXA Group in Tokyo, Bain & Company in Toronto and Hong Kong, and Salomon Brothers in New York.

Michael holds an MBA from Western Business School and a B. Comm from the University of Calgary.

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Julie Gray, Principal
(London Office)

Prior to joining CPP Investment Board in September 2007, Julie was a project leader at The Boston Consulting Group. During her time at BCG, Julie focused on corporate growth and turnaround strategies primarily in the financial services and consumer good sectors and worked with the firm in Canada, the US, the UK and Latin America.

Julie holds a Bachelor of Commerce (First Class Honours) from Queen’s University and an MBA from INSEAD.

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Jennifer Yen, Associate
(Hong Kong Office)
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Henry Zhang, Associate
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Philip Craig, Senior Analyst
(London Office)
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Megan Longo, Senior Analyst
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Nicholas Low, Senior Analyst
(Hong Kong Office)
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Tori Maden, Senior Analyst
(London Office)
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Giorgio Riva, Senior Analyst
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Principal Investing Contacts

Jim is responsible for CPPIB’s direct investments in private equity. He joined the CPP Investment Board in 2004 and has been a member of the Principal Investing group since its inception.

Prior to joining CPPIB in 2004, he worked in the Investment Banking group at Merrill Lynch & Co., focusing on companies in the media and telecommunications sectors. Previously, he was a member of the Mergers & Acquisitions group at RBC Capital Markets and a Commissioned Officer in the Canadian Armed Forces.

Jim holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from the Royal Military College of Canada and an International Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.

He currently serves on the boards of IMS Health, LHP Hospital Group and AWAS Aviation Capital.

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Tony Morgan, Vice-President

Prior to joining CPPIB, Tony was a Partner at private equity firm Alchemy Partners in London. Previously, he was Investment Manager at Permira in London and spent several years as a management consultant with Mitchell Madison Group.

Tony holds a Master's of Business Administration from Harvard Business School where he was a Fulbright Scholar and an M.Eng in Manufacturing Engineering from Cambridge University.

He currently serves on the boards of Tomkins, Aricent Technologies and Livingston International.

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Peter Chen, Senior Principal
(Hong Kong Office)

Peter is responsible for leading private equity principal investing activities in Asia.

Peter joined CPPIB from Bain Capital, where he was Principal and a founding member of Bain Capital Asia. He was previously General Manager at General Electric Corporate Financial Services, a unit of GE Capital, in Taiwan with Greater China leadership responsibilities.

Peter received his MBA from Harvard Business School, and BSBA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill including Japanese studies at Keio University in Tokyo. He serves as the Deal Network Ambassador and Finance Officer at Young Presidents' Organization's pan-Asia Chapter.

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Jeff Donahue, Senior Principal

Jeff is responsible for developing and leading the private equity principal investing activities focused on extraction industries including oil and gas and mining.

 Prior to joining CPPIB, Jeff was Vice President, Strategy and Business Development at BHP Billiton PLC in London.  Previously, he had a range of senior corporate development roles at Enron Corp and spent several years as both an investment banker and consultant to natural resource companies.

Jeff holds an undergraduate degree in applied mathematics from Harvard University and an MBA from the University of Chicago. 

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Shane Feeney, Senior Principal

Shane joins us from Bridgepoint Capital Limited in London. Prior to Bridgepoint, Shane was a partner and founding member of Hermes Private Equity’s direct investing business until its transition to Bridgepoint in 2009. He had also previously been an Associate Director with Morgan Grenfell Private Equity in London.

Shane has a BA in Economics from Dartmouth College and an MBA from INSEAD.

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Ryan Selwood, Senior Principal
(London Office)

Prior to joining the CPP Investment Board in July 2006, Ryan was a Vice-President at Merrill Lynch & Co. in the Financial Institutions Group in the Investment Banking Division in New York and Toronto.

Ryan holds his MBA and law degrees from York University and a BA from the University of Western Ontario.

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Prior to joining CPP Investment Board in November 2007, Sam worked as a Consultant at Bain & Company.  Previously, Sam worked at CIBC World Markets and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Sam holds an MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business and a B.Comm. from McGill University. He is also a CFA Charterholder and a Chartered Accountant.

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Hafiz Lalani, Principal

Prior to joining CPP Investment Board in February 2006, Hafiz worked in the Technology, Media & Telecom investment banking group at CIBC World Markets. Prior to CIBC World Markets, Hafiz worked for Millennium Research Group, a boutique research and consulting firm focused in the medical device industry.

Hafiz holds a B. Comm from Queen’s University and is a CFA Charterholder.

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Prior to joining the CPP Investment Board in November 2005, Erik held various positions at Bain & Company in Toronto and Paris. Previously, he was also part of the pension consulting practice at William M. Mercer.

Erik holds an MBA from the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto and a B.Sc. in Actuarial Mathematics from Concordia University.

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Infrastructure Contacts

Alain Carrier
Managing Director (Europe), Private Investments
Head of Infrastructure

Alain is responsible for leading the Private Investments department in Europe and the global Infrastructure group. Based in London, England, he also assists in the overall development of the CPP Investment Board’s activities in the broader EMEA region.

Alain has more than 17 years of financial industry experience. Prior to joining CPPIB, Alain was most recently Managing Director at Goldman Sachs & Co. in their Investment Banking division in New York and London. Prior to that, he was an Associate at the New York-based law firm, Sullivan & Cromwell.

He holds a Bachelor of Laws from Laval University in Quebec City, a Masters in Law (D.E.S.S.) from the Sorbonne in Paris and a Masters in Law from Columbia University.

+44 (0) 203-205-3434 

Bruce Hogg, Vice-President

Prior to joining the CPP Investment Board in October 2007, Bruce led the private markets infrastructure team at OPTrust. Previously, he spent a number of years working with Macquarie Bank in London and Toronto in corporate finance after having worked in investment banking at RBC Dominion Securities.

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Andrew Darling, Senior Principal

Prior to joining the Infrastructure team at CPPIB Andrew was CEO of HBOS Canada. In a  banking career focused on international and corporate banking Andrew was: head of HBOS’s corporate finance activities in Continental Europe with teams in Germany, France, Spain, The Netherlands and Sweden and the bank’s European head of credit. Andrew also ran HBOS’s infrastructure equity fund. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Bankers in Scotland.

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Daniel Fetter, Senior Principal

Prior to joining CPP Investment Board in April 2006, Dan worked as a Senior Consultant at TELUS focusing on business turnarounds and corporate restructuring and, prior to that, was a management consultant at the Boston Consulting group in Toronto.

Dan holds an MBA from INSEAD and a MASc (Mechanical Engineering) from the University of Toronto.

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Alan Kadic, Senior Principal

Prior to joining the CPP Investment Board in February 2007, Alan worked as a member of Macquarie Bank Limited’s corporate finance team in Toronto. Previously, he worked with ING Barings in Amsterdam, and with McCormick Rankin, an engineering consulting firm, in Toronto.

Alan holds an MBA from Nijenrode University, and a B.Sc. in Civil Engineering from Queen’s University. He is also a registered professional engineer.

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Andreas Koettering,Senior Principal
(London Office)

Prior to joining the CPP Investment Board in October 2008, Andreas worked for twelve years in investment banking for Citigroup and Schroders, providing M&A and capital markets advice to clients in the infrastructure and utilities sectors. He also held positions as principal investor at Siemens in Hong Kong and Germany, and as project finance banker at Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) in Frankfurt.

Andreas graduated from the London School of Economics with a Bachelor of Science (Econ) and went on to obtain an M.Sc. in Agricultural Economics and a D. Phil., both from Oxford University.

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Prior to joining CPP Investment Board in October 2007, Andrew worked in the Energy Investment Banking group at RBC Capital Markets in Calgary, Alberta and in the Business Development group at Pengrowth Energy Trust.

Andrew holds an MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario and a BA, Finance from Michigan State University.

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Prior to joining CPP Investment Board in January 2006, Jeff worked as an associate at BMO Nesbitt Burns in the Power & Utilities investment banking group in Toronto.

Jeff holds an HBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business (University of Western Ontario).

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Andrew Hay, Principal

Prior to joining CPP Investment Board in 2006, Andrew was a Director in KPMG’s Public and Infrastructure Finance practice in Toronto, where he advised government clients engaged in Public-Private Partnerships and infrastructure transactions.

Andrew holds a Bachelor of Science and Masters of Business Administration from York University.

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Prior to CPPIB, Etienne worked with Eastern Power Limited for the past nine years in various roles commencing as a design engineer then moving into the finance and development side of the business and was ultimately Manager, Finance.

Etienne holds a Master’s of Business Administration from INSEAD and a B.A. Sc in Mechanical Engineering with the University of Toronto.  He is also a registered professional engineer.

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Caroline Rogers, Principal

Prior to joining the CPP Investment Board at the start of 2008, Caroline was an investment professional working for a boutique U.K.-based hedge fund on their global water fund and Asia ex Japan fund. Previously, she worked in Hong Kong for Merrill Lynch as a regional utility analyst.

Caroline graduated from the University of Cambridge (United Kingdom) and holds an M.A. Hons.

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Robert Wall, Principal
(London Office)

Prior to joining CPP Investment Board in July 2007, Robert worked as a Senior Engineer with Buro Happold Limited, Bath, United Kingdom. Previously he was an Engineer with Beca Carter Hollings & Ferner Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand.

Robert holds an MBA from Queen’s University and a B. Engineering, Honors, Civil Engineering from the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.

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Private Debt Contacts

Mark Jenkins
Vice-President and Head of Private Debt

Mark oversees the CPPIB's multi-faceted global private debt investment program. Previously, he was Managing Director, Co-Head of Leveraged Finance Origination and Execution for Barclays Capital in New York. Prior to that, he spent over 10 years at Goldman Sachs & Co. in senior positions within Fixed Income and Financing Groups in New York. He also held senior finance roles at Laidlaw Inc.

Mark holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Queen’s University and is a Chartered Accountant.

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David holds a B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, where he was an all-conference rower.

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David Colla, Senior Principal

Prior to joining the CPP Investment Board, David was a Senior Vice President in the Mezzanine Finance Group at Oaktree Capital Management in New York.  Prior to that, David was a Vice President at JPMorgan within its Leveraged Finance and Principal Investments groups in New York.

David holds an MBA from The Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario and a BAH in Economics from Queen’s University.

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Andrew Edgell, Senior Principal

Prior to joining CPP Investment Board, Andrew was Vice-President in the private debt and special opportunities fund at Fortress Investment Group in Toronto. Previously, he was a Vice-President with KPMG Transaction Advisory.

Andrew is a Chartered Accountant and a Chartered Business Valuator, and holds a B.Comm. from McGill University.

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Prior to joining CPP Investment Board, David was the Executive Vice President and Co-Head of the Royalty Monetization Fund of DRI Capital (formerly Drug Royalty Corporation Inc.), a specialty finance company focused on royalty-based investments, where he sourced, negotiated and oversaw the due diligence on the acquisition of pharmaceutical royalty entitlements.  David was previously the Vice President of Business Development at Paladin Labs Inc., and an Investment Manager with Royal Bank Capital Corp. 

David obtained his MBA from the University of Toronto and graduated with a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from Queen’s University at Kingston.

Adam Vigna, Senior Principal

Prior to joining the CPP Investment Board in February 2009, Adam was a Vice President at Goldman, Sachs & Co. in the Americas Special Situations Group (“AmSSG”) in New York and Toronto.  In this role he was responsible for the group’s Canadian energy effort focusing on both debt and equity investments.  Before joining AmSSG, Adam worked in Goldman’s Investment Banking Division in New York where he was a part of their Financial Institutions Group (“FIG”). 

Adam holds a B. Comm from Queen’s University.

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Tariq Fancy, Principal

Prior to joining CPP Investment Board, Tariq was a Principal at MHR Fund Management in New York.  Before joining MHR in 2003, he was in the Investment Banking Division of Credit Suisse First Boston in New York and Palo Alto.

Tariq holds an MBA with distinction from INSEAD, Master in Economics and Public Policy from Sciences Po in Paris, and bachelors (Honours with Distinction) from Brown University including one year at Oxford University.

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