PRIVATE CAPITAL JOURNAL - Key Persons


Allison Taylor

Job Titles:
  • CEO of Invico Capital Corporation, Was Named the 2019 Recipient of the WP Women in Wealth Management Female Executive of the Year.
  • CEO of Invico, WP Women in Wealth Management Female Executive of the Year
Allison Taylor, CEO of Invico Capital Corporation, was named the 2019 recipient of the WP Women in Wealth Management Female Executive of the Year.

Amir Motamedi

Job Titles:
  • Principal

Andrew Claerhout

Job Titles:
  • Partner
Andrew Claerhout joins Searchlight Capital Partners as Partner of Infrastructure

Andrew Hay

Job Titles:
  • Head
  • Senior Principal of Infrastructure Investments at CPP Investments, Joined RBC Global Asset Management As Head of Global Infrastructure Investments

Andy DeFrancesco

Job Titles:
  • SOL Global 's Founder

Anges Québec

Job Titles:
  • New CEO

Barbara Zvan

Job Titles:
  • Formerly Chief Risk and Strategy Officer
  • President & CEO of University Pension Plan Ontario ( UPP )
Barbara Zvan, formerly Chief Risk and Strategy Officer for Ontario Teachers', appointed as inaugural President & CEO of University Pension Plan Ontario (UPP)

Calin Rovinescu

Job Titles:
  • Investor
  • Member of the Calin Rovinescu Joins Plusgrade Board
  • Directors
Calin Rovinescu, former CEO of Air Canada, joined Novacap and CDPQ backed and Ken Harris led Plusgrade board of directors and became an investor.

Charles Émond

Job Titles:
  • New President & CEO
  • President & CEO of Caisse
Charles Émond is appointed as President & CEO of Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), succeeding departing Michael Sabia

Christoph Schumacher

Job Titles:
  • Manulife Investment Management As Global Head
Christoph Schumacher joined Manulife Investment Management as global head of real assets, private markets, overseeing US $42.9M AUM globally

Claudio Rojas

Job Titles:
  • Founder of Hurt Capital, Joined the National Angel Capital Organization ( NACO ) As Its New CEO, Replacing Yuri Navarro

Dave Kelly

Dave Kelly, former Head of Private Wealth Management and Financial Planning at TD Wealth, joined Onex' Gluskin Sheff + Associates Inc. as Head of the firm, replacing CEO Jeff Moody who becomes Gluskin Sheff Vice Chair

Dr. Angela Tran

Dr. Angela Tran Kingyens joined Boris Wertz, Version One's founding General Partner, as second General Partner of the firm.

Eduard van Gelderen - Chief Investment Officer, President, SVP

Job Titles:
  • Chief Investment Officer
  • President
  • Senior Vice President
Eduard van Gelderen joins PSP Investments as SVP and CIO Eduard van Gelderen, formerly Senior Managing Director at University of California Office of the President, joined PSP Investments as Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer

Emmanuel Jaclot - EVP

Job Titles:
  • EVP

Geneviève Morin - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO

Geoff Scott - SVP

Job Titles:
  • Senior Vice President
Geoff Scott joins PenderFund as Senior Vice President, Investments

Gord Nixon

Job Titles:
  • Outgoing Chair

Greg Allen

Job Titles:
  • Partner
Greg Allen joins Chrysalix Venture Capital as Partner Greg Allen, former CEO of Wellington Drive Technologies (now AoFrio), joined Chrysalix Venture Capital as Vancouver based Partner, supporting investment team with selected portfolio companies in director and observer roles.

Gérard Mounier

Job Titles:
  • President of GNR Québec Capital
Xebec Adsorption and Fonds de solidarité FTQ capitalized GNR Québec Capital L.P. named Gérard Mounier as President and General Manager of GNR Quebec Capital Management Inc.

Irini Kalamakis

Job Titles:
  • Head

Ivanhoé Cambridge

Job Titles:
  • Head
  • Head of Continental Europe

Jean-Guy Desjardins - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Founder and Executive Chairman of Fiera Capital Corporation
Jean-Guy Desjardins, founder and Executive Chairman of Fiera Capital Corporation and controlling shareholder, returned as CEO effective immediately, replacing Jean-Philippe Lemay who became Global President & CEO in January 2022.

Jeff Demain

Jeff Demain joined Pangaea Ventures, Innovexport, Ecofuel, BDC and Investissement Québec backed AEPONYX as VP of Business Development and Marketing

Jeff White

Job Titles:
  • CEO of NBIF

Jo Taylor - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • New President & CEO
Jo Taylor is named as new President & CEO of Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan effective Jan 1, 2020, succeeding retiring Ron Mock

Joe Mattina

Job Titles:
  • Head
  • Partner
Joe Mattina joins Penfund as Partner and Head of Origination

João Pedro Silva

João Pedro Silva joined Onex Corporation (TSX: ONEX) as Managing Director - Group Procurement in its New York office.

Julie Lalonde

Job Titles:
  • EVP of Strategic Investment Partnerships of Fiera Capital, Joined Walter Global Asset Management ( WGAM ) As Managing Partner

Kathleen Taylor - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Kathryn Jenkins

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director of Corporate Finance
  • New CFO
Kathryn Jenkins, Managing Director of Corporate Finance at CPPIB (2015-2018), joined The Investment Management Corporation of Ontario (IMCO) as new CFO

Kent P. Thexton - CEO, President

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • President
  • Managing Partner and Founder of ScaleUp Ventures, to Formally Join Sierra Wireless ( NASDAQ
Kent Thexton joins Sierrra Wireless as President & CEO Kent P. Thexton, Managing Partner and founder of ScaleUp Ventures, to formally join Sierra Wireless (NASDAQ: SWIR; TSX: SW) as President & CEO in November 2018.

Lee Blakemore - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO

Marie-Hélène Nolet

Marie-Hélène Nolet is joining Desjardins Capital, the fund manager for Capital régional et coopératif Desjardins (CRCD), as Chief Operating Officer (COO) from BDC

Mark Carney

Job Titles:
  • Head
  • Vice Chair
Mark Carney joins Brookfield as Vice Chair and Head of ESG and Impact Fund Investing Mark Carney, former Governor of the Bank of England and Bank of Canada, joined Brookfield Asset Management as a Vice-Chair and Head of ESG and Impact Fund Investing.

Michael Denham - CEO, President

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • President
  • President & CEO of Business Development Bank of Canada

Neil Cunningham - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO

Patrick Pichette

Job Titles:
  • Google CFO, and Dennis Kavelman, Former CFO / COO of RIM / Blackberry, Joined INovia Capital As General Partners

Paul Sakrzewski

Job Titles:
  • Copperleaf Technologies Appointed President
Copperleaf Technologies appointed President Paul Sakrzewski as director and incoming CEO (1/1/2023) with current CEO Judi Hess, becoming Vice Chair and Chief Strategist following the transition.

Phil Brace

Job Titles:
  • New President and CEO

Pierre Lavallée - CEO, President

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • President
  • CPPIB 's Former Senior Managing Director & Global Head of Investment Partnerships, Joins Canada Infrastructure Bank As President & CEO
  • CPPIB 's Senior Managing Director & Global Head of Investment Partnerships, Is Leaving CPPIB and May Join Blackrock
  • President & CEO of Canada Infrastructure Bank

Prashant Matta

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Formerly a Senior Associate

Rob Kumer

Job Titles:
  • CIO of KingSett Capital Inc., Assumed President & CIO Position, Continuing to Report to Jon Love Who Remains As Chief Executive Officer

Shane Feeney

Job Titles:
  • CPP Investments' Global Private Equity Head, Joins Northleaf
Shane Feeney, Senior MD & Global Head of Private Equity for CPP Investments, joined Northleaf Capital Partners as Global Head of Secondaries

Suyi Kim

Job Titles:
  • CPP Investments' Senior Managing Director & Global Head of Private Equity
Suyi Kim is named as CPP Investments' Senior Managing Director & Global Head of Private Equity, to assume the position left open by Shane Feeney who resigned in June to join Northleaf.

Sylvie Lalande

Job Titles:
  • Chairman and Vice‑Chair

Ted Liu

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Birch Hill to Nominate Three Diretors to Tidewater Board
  • Formerly a Private Equity Principal
Cycle Capital Management (CCM) promoted Shirley Speakman to Senior Partner of the firm. Onex Corporation (TSX: ONEX) has promoted Amir Motamedi, Principal, to Managing Director. Motamedi will focus on acquisitions and oversight of investments in the Onex Partners' funds and will be based in the New York office. Fasken promoted 33 of its associates to the Firm's partnership from Toronto, Johannesburg, Vancouver, Montreal, Calgary, and London, UK offices.

Tom Shen - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Board
Tom Shen joined Sensibill as Chair of the board that includes Corey Gross, CEO of Sensibill, David Unsworth, GP of Information Venture Partners, Benji Sucher, GP at Radical Ventures. Sucher replaces Jordan Jacobs, GP of Radical Ventures.

Wes Pringle

Job Titles:
  • Head
Wes Pringle joins Onex Partners as Head of Portfolio Operations

Win Bear - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director
  • Canadian Head of Business Development
Win Bear joins Kensington Capital Partners as MD Venture Capital Win Bear, formerly SVB's Canadian Head of Business Development, joined Kensington Capital Partners investment team as Managing Director focused on the venture capital sector

Zaheed Jiwani

Zaheed Jiwani joins T. Rowe Price (Canada) as VP Institutional Zaheed Jiwani joined T. Rowe Price (Canada) as Vice President for its institutional business in Canada, reporting to Lauren Bloom, head of Canada.

Éric Phaneuf - CEO, President

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • Managing Partner
  • President
  • CEO of Walter Capital Partners
Éric Phaneuf, Managing Partner of Walter Capital Partners, assumed the position of President and Chief Executive Officer