Canadian pension fund Caisse names former investment banker Charles Émond CEO – Financial Post

TORONTO — Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec (CDPQ), Canada’s second-largest pension fund, named former investment banker Charles Émond as its chief executive officer on Wednesday, replacing Michael Sabia on Feb. 1.

Émond, at Caisse since February 2019, has served as the pension fund’s executive vice-president, Quebec, for private equity and strategic planning since November.

Prior to this, he was the global head of investment banking and capital markes and head of Canadian corporate banking at Bank of Nova Scotia. (Reporting By Nichola Saminather Editing by Nick Zieminski)