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Directors
Geoffrey Bird, Director
Geoffrey joined OMERS Private Equity in October 2007.
Background
Geoffrey was with Ernst & Young Orenda Corporate Finance, first as an analyst and then associate involved in valuations for transaction purposes and performing valuations of private venture investments across various industry sectors. Previously Geoffrey worked in the financial institutions assurance practice of KPMG.
Education
- Bachelor Commerce, Queen’s University
- Chartered Accountant
- CFA Charterholder
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Graham Brown, Director
Graham joined OMERS Private Equity in October 2009.
Background
Graham was previously an associate at Peter J. Solomon Company, a boutique investment bank focused on mergers, acquisitions, and restructurings in the consumer and retail industries. Prior to Peter J. Solomon Company, Graham was an analyst in the investment banking group of Wachovia Securities.
Education
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Luis Fonseca, Director
Luis joined OMERS Private Equity in February 2011.
Background
Luis spent 9 years with TD Capital, most recently as a Vice-President & Director, where he was responsible for sourcing, executing and portfolio management of investments in a wide variety of industries. Prior to that, he spent 3 years in the M&A and Government & Infrastructure groups with TD Securities.
Education
- Honours Bachelor of Business Administration, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo
- CFA Charterholder
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François Houde, Director
François joined OMERS Private Equity in January 2008.
Background
François was Portfolio Manager at EDC, where he focused on Venture Capital fund investing. Previously, François was with Ernst & Young in both the corporate finance practice where he was involved in valuations for tax, transactional and litigation purposes and in the assurance practice serving clients in a variety of industries.
Education
- Bachelor of Commerce, Université du Québec à Montréal
- Master of Business Administration, McGill University
- Chartered Accountant
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Martin Le Huray, Director
Martin joined OMERS Private Equity in January 2011.
Background
Martin was most recently a Director in the London Buyout Team at 3i, where he invested in a wide range of businesses across Europe and the US. Martin spent 6 years at 3i, prior to which he worked in mid-market M&A at Hawkpoint and Close Brothers.
Education
- MBA, INSEAD
- M.St., Oxford University
- BA (Hons), London University
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Teresa Lee, Director
Teresa joined OMERS Private Equity in June 2007.
Background
Teresa was with KPMG Corporate Finance and was involved in acquisition, divestiture and financing mandates across various industry sectors. Previously, Teresa was in the financial institutions assurance practices of KPMG, both in Toronto and in London, UK.
Education
- Bachelor Commerce, University of Toronto
- Chartered Accountant
- Chartered Business Valuator
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Benson Li, Director
Benson joined OMERS Private Equity in March 2003.
Background
Benson previously was in the investment banking group of RBC Capital Markets. During that time, he was actively involved in a wide range of corporate advisory assignments, including merger, acquisition, divestiture, valuation, restructuring and unsolicited bid mandates for a wide spectrum of industry sectors. Previously, Benson worked in the Corporate Tax Group of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP where he performed various engagements involving structuring of Canadian based and cross-border companies.
Education
- Bachelor of Mathematics (Honours Chartered Accountancy Program), University of Waterloo
- Master of Accounting, University of Waterloo
- Chartered Accountant
- Certified Public Accountant
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Jonathan McCarthy, Director
Jonathan joined OMERS Private Equity in February 2007.
Background
Jonathan previously spent three years in sell-side equity research at Infinium Capital, first as an associate and then analyst covering U.S. healthcare. Previously, Jonathan was with a small private wealth management company, where he performed equity research in various sectors.
Education
- Bachelor of Arts (Economics), University of Toronto
- CFA Charterholder
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David Payne, Director
David joined OMERS Private Equity in December 2009.
Background
David has over 14 years finance experience with PricewaterhouseCoopers, including 10 years in Corporate Finance focused on advising mid-market private equity firms on acquisitions, divestments and re-financings. During this period he spent extensive time operating both in the UK and across Continental Europe including 5 years in The Netherlands. After a period working on the launch of an innovative residential real estate fund he joined OMERS Private Equity as a Director in the London office focused on building the direct investment capacity for OMERS in Europe.
Education
- Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and French, Birmingham University
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Mark Van Wart, Director
Mark joined OMERS Private Equity in March 2008.
Background
Mark was an associate in the Mid-Market Investment Banking group of CIBC World Markets, involved in a variety of merger, acquisition and divestiture mandates for a wide spectrum of industry sectors. Previously, Mark was with the senior lending group of CIBC Commercial Banking where he assisted in originating and facilitating senior debt lending to mid-market companies and private equity firms.
Education
- Bachelor of Business Administration, University of Prince Edward Island
- Master of Business Administration, Schulich School of Business (York University)
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Selby Xavier, Director
Selby joined the OMERS Private Equity in March 2003.
Background
Previously, Selby had financial advisory positions with Scotiabank and CIBC. In those positions Selby advised clients in both wealth management as well as small business lending solutions.
Education
- Bachelor of Business Administration, Schulich School of Business (York University)
- Master of Business Administration, University of Toronto
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Christopher Young, Director
Christopher joined OMERS Private Equity in January 2012..
Background
Christopher has over 10 years of experience as a Management Consultant with Bain & Company where he was a leader in both the Private Equity and Industrials practices. Christopher has worked in partnership with senior management teams in multiple industries to develop strategy and to improve operational performance, and he has extensive diligence experience. In addition, Christopher held internal leadership positions in business and people development. Prior to Bain, Christopher was a Product Manager with Procter & Gamble where he led product launch programs in Asia.
Education
- Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering, Queen’s University
- Master of Business Administration, The Wharton School (University of Pennsylvania)
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