"[{\"heading\":\"Cesare Ruggiero\",\"subHeading\":\"Managing Director, Head of Portfolio Value Creation\",\"bioPic\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cppinvestments.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/Cesare-Ruggiero-Headshot-Q1F25-387x298-1.jpg\",\"content\":\"<p>Cesare leads the global Portfolio Value Creation team. He works with portfolio companies to achieve full value potential across private equity, infrastructure, sustainable energies and real estate investments. He serves on the Private Equity Investment Committee, and previously served Real Assets Investment Committee. He currently serves on the boards of Informatica, Ports America Inc, and Mytheresa. He previously served on the board of Neiman Marcus Group.<\\\/p>\\n<p>Prior to joining CPP Investments in 2014, Cesare was a management consultant with Boston Consulting Group in Toronto, where he advised clients in consumer, technology, life sciences and industrial goods sectors. Before that, he was with Capgemini Consulting in the Los Angeles and Shanghai offices, and was co-chair of the global M&amp;A practice. Cesare has also held roles with Motorola, an investment advisory firm in China, and the Canadian Embassy in Beijing.<\\\/p>\\n<p>He holds a Hons. BA (High Distinction) in International Relations from the University of Toronto.<\\\/p>\\n\"},{\"heading\":\"Sujeet Govindaraju\",\"subHeading\":\"Managing Director, PVC & India Office Head\",\"bioPic\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cppinvestments.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/Sujeet_Govindaraju-387x298-1.jpg\",\"content\":\"<p>Sujeet is responsible for PVC team\\u2019s India related activities. He works with our portfolio companies on value creation opportunities across functional topics and due diligence on our significant potential investments. Sujeet also provides regional leadership in India as the Office Head.<\\\/p>\\n<p>Prior to joining CPP Investments in 2018, Sujeet worked at McKinsey &amp; Company based in US and India with expertise in corporate strategy, capital productivity and organisational topics. Before that, Sujeet ran a Waste to Energy company with operations in four cities in India.<\\\/p>\\n<p>Sujeet received a BE (Computer Science) from Osmania University (India) and MBA from Harvard Business School.<\\\/p>\\n<p>Sujeet currently serves on the Board of CPPIB India Advisors.<\\\/p>\\n\"},{\"heading\":\"Tim Barlow\",\"subHeading\":\"Managing Director, Portfolio Value Creation\",\"bioPic\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cppinvestments.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/Tim-Barlow-Headshot-Q1F25-387x298-1.jpg\",\"content\":\"<p>Tim works on identifying and implementing value creation and preservation opportunities around the topic of sustainability. He acts as PVC\\u2019s lead for decarbonisation and climate across our Private Equity, Real Assets and Credit Investment groups.<\\\/p>\\n<p>Prior to 2022, Tim was a Managing Director in CPPIB\\u2019s real estate equity team, responsible for origination and portfolio management across Continental Europe (ex. Germany). Before CPPIB, Tim worked at Grosvenor, both on their London Estate and Fund Management businesses, based in Paris.<\\\/p>\\n<p>Tim holds a BSc (Hons) from Edinburgh University and a MSc in Real Estate Finance from the University of Reading.<\\\/p>\\n\"},{\"heading\":\"Katrina Beechey\",\"subHeading\":\"Managing Director, Portfolio Value Creation\",\"bioPic\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cppinvestments.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/Katrina_Beechey-387x298-1.jpg\",\"content\":\"<p>Katrina works with portfolio companies to identify and implement value-creation opportunities, and has led a number of value-creation initiatives across our private equity, real estate and infrastructure investments. Her areas of expertise include Transformation design and execution, organisational design and effectiveness, Cost structure optimisation and Retail. She acts as PVC\\u2019s lead for Human Capital across the Portfolio and as the lead for value creation across our Real Estate Group and is a Director on Trafford Centre Group UK Ltd.<\\\/p>\\n<p>Prior to joining CPP Investments in 2019, Katrina was SVP Transformation at Burberry where she worked closely with the management team to implement Brand, Cost, Operating Model and Channel strategies. Prior to this, Katrina was a Principal with Bain &amp; Co., in London where she advised clients in the consumer products, retail, telecommunications, and private equity sectors.<\\\/p>\\n<p>She holds a Hons. BA History of Art from University of Cambridge.<\\\/p>\\n\"},{\"heading\":\"Peter Busse\",\"subHeading\":\"Managing Director, Portfolio Value Creation\",\"bioPic\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cppinvestments.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/PeterBusse-Headshot-387x298-1.jpg\",\"content\":\"<p>Peter co-leads our portfolio value creation across the Direct Private Equity group. Peter is involved in identifying and implementing value-creation opportunities across our direct equity investments portfolio. He has led a range of efforts across the Fund\\u2019s private equity investments; as well as development of the cross-portfolio approach to Platforms. His areas of expertise include EBITDA improvements, carve-outs and post-merger integration, operational due diligence, corporate governance and management-incentive programs. Peter is on the boards of Cordelio Power and Ascot Group, and previously served on the Board of Wilton Re<\\\/p>\\n<p>Prior to joining CPP Investments in 2014, he was most recently a Director with AlixPartners LLP, where he advised clients on a range of operational efficiency and organizational effectiveness topics.<\\\/p>\\n<p>He holds a BSc (First Class Hons) from Queen\\u2019s University in Kingston, Ont., and an MBA from the Ivey Business School at Western University.<\\\/p>\\n\"},{\"heading\":\"James Down\",\"subHeading\":\"Managing Director, Portfolio Value Creation\",\"bioPic\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cppinvestments.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/James-Down-Headshot-Q1F25-387x298-1.jpg\",\"content\":\"<p>James co-leads our portfolio value creation across the Direct Private Equity group. James works with portfolio company management teams to identify and implement value creation opportunities. He has led a range of initiatives, primarily across our private equity and real assets investments. His areas of expertise include digital transformation, growth strategy and organizational design.<\\\/p>\\n<p>Prior to joining CPP investments in 2020, James was Chief Strategy Officer at the Guardian Media Group, where he led the successful transformation of the business and first return to profitability in 20 years. Before the Guardian he worked at Bain and Company in their London and Los Angeles offices, advising clients across the media, technology and financial services sectors.<\\\/p>\\n<p>James holds a BA in History from the University of Bristol.<\\\/p>\\n\"},{\"heading\":\"Michael Hall\",\"subHeading\":\"Managing Director, Portfolio Value Creation\",\"bioPic\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cppinvestments.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/Michael-Hall-387x298-1.jpg\",\"content\":\"<p>Michael works with portfolio companies to identify and deliver sustainability value across CPP Investments private markets. With 20 years across various sustainability roles, Michael has a cross-sector, cross-industry experience in sustainability strategy and implementation.<\\\/p>\\n<p>Prior to joining CPP Investments in 2022, Michael was head of ESG and Impact at DPI, an emerging markets private equity firm where he developed the GP\\u2019s ESG and Impact Management system and worked with portfolio companies to establish their sustainability practices. Before that, he worked in the mergers and acquisitions team at ERM carrying out due diligence and impact assessments predominantly for the extractives industry. Michael also held environmental and community relations roles at Bechtel based on site in Iceland, Trinidad and Guinea.<\\\/p>\\n<p>Michael holds an MSc with distinction in Environmental Technology from Imperial College, London and a BSc in Zoology from James Cook University, Australia.<\\\/p>\\n\"},{\"heading\":\"Jan Heydolph\",\"subHeading\":\"Managing Director, Portfolio Value Creation\",\"bioPic\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cppinvestments.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/JanHeydolph-Headshot-387x298-1.jpg\",\"content\":\"<p>Jan is responsible for spearheading value-creation initiatives across our portfolio companies in the Asia Pacific region. He specializes in transformation, enhancing operational and commercial performance, and the integration of digital technologies. Jan currently serves as a director on the board of Langdi Pharmaceuticals.<\\\/p>\\n<p>Prior to joining CPP Investments in 2018, Jan previously served as the Head of Corporate Strategy and Head of Business Development for Volkswagen Group in China. His extensive expertise in corporate strategy is further backed by working as a management consultant and corporate advisor in China, ASEAN, and Germany, amongst others as Senior Project Manager at Roland Berger Strategy Consultants in both Munich and Shanghai.<\\\/p>\\n<p>Jan holds a Master of Laws (LLM) degree from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit\\u00e4t in Munich.<\\\/p>\\n\"},{\"heading\":\"Stephen Huntley\",\"subHeading\":\"Managing Director, Portfolio Value Creation\",\"bioPic\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cppinvestments.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/Stephen_Huntley-387x298-1.jpg\",\"content\":\"<p>Stephen is involved with helping our portfolio companies identify and realize value-creation opportunities. He developed and scaled the Fund\\u2019s approach to direct asset onboarding and his areas of expertise include large-scale transformational change programs, PMI, organizational and operational improvement and ESG. He is a director on the Board of HBX Group and previously served on the board of Interparking.<\\\/p>\\n<p>Prior to joining CPP Investments in 2012, Stephen was a Principal at Boston Consulting Group, spending 10 years in the industrial goods, consumer\\\/retail and private equity sectors, and helped lead the Organization and Operations practices in Australia and the U.K. He spent the first decade of his career with Siemens in various operational roles across the U.S., Germany and China.<\\\/p>\\n<p>Stephen holds an MSc in Engineering and Management from the University of Birmingham, and an MBA from INSEAD (Paris).<\\\/p>\\n\"},{\"heading\":\"David Plante\",\"subHeading\":\"Managing Director, Portfolio Value Creation\",\"bioPic\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cppinvestments.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/David_Plante-387x298-1.jpg\",\"content\":\"<p>David works with portfolio company management teams to identify and implement value creation opportunities, having led a range of initiatives across our Infrastructure, Sustainable Energies Group and Direct Private Equity investments. His areas of expertise include organizational design and effectiveness, and cost structure optimization. David also leads the team\\u2019s governance capability that drives best practice across investments, and is a Director on Nephin Energy Limited.<\\\/p>\\n<p>Prior to joining CPP Investments in 2020, David was a Principal at Bain &amp; Co. in London, where he advised a broad range of clients with a primary focus on the private equity sector. Before that, he worked as a commercial litigator in New York.<\\\/p>\\n<p>David holds a BA from Florida State University and a JD from the University of Virginia.<\\\/p>\\n\"},{\"heading\":\"Elisabeth Rehder\",\"subHeading\":\"Managing Director, Portfolio Value Creation\",\"bioPic\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cppinvestments.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/Elisabeth-Rehder-Headshot-Q1F25-387x298-1.jpg\",\"content\":\"<p>Elisabeth is involved with helping our portfolio companies identify and implement value creation opportunities. She also leads PVC\\u2019s team of data scientists and engineers which collaborates with portfolio companies to solve business challenges using advanced analytics solutions including AI\\\/ML. Her areas of expertise include strategy development, transformation, commercial excellence, and analytics.<\\\/p>\\n<p>Prior to joining CPP Investments in 2017, Elisabeth was a Project Leader at Boston Consulting Group in London, where she advised a broad range of clients with a focus in the industrial goods, consumer, and private equity sectors.\\u00a0 Before that, she worked in strategy and business development at Anglo American and as a management consultant for Marakon.<\\\/p>\\n<p>Elisabeth holds a BA from Northwestern University and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.<\\\/p>\\n\"},{\"heading\":\"Valeria Rosati\",\"subHeading\":\"Managing Director, Portfolio Value Creation\",\"bioPic\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cppinvestments.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/Valeria-Rosati-387x298-1.jpg\",\"content\":\"<p>Valeria works with portfolio companies and the Infrastructure team to identify and implement value-maximization and risk management opportunities. She is a sector expert in infrastructure, with over two and a half decade of track record in the sector across the asset management value chain, in portfolio management and ESG. She acts as PVC\\u2019s lead for value creation across our Infrastructure Group and is a broad Director of Associated British Ports.<\\\/p>\\n<p>Prior to joining CPP Investments in 2023, Valeria was a Senior Partner at Vantage Infrastructure, where she led Equity asset management and was the portfolio manager of the firm\\u2019s main infrastructure equity mandate. She was Chair of the Equity Investment Committee, member the Executive Committee and the firm\\u2019s ESG Champion. Valeria gained extensive governance experience as board director of several infrastructure companies, and has a track record of investments, disposals and mergers.<\\\/p>\\n<p>Before that, Valeria executed and advised on transactions at Gleacher Shacklock, Merrill Lynch and Lehman Brothers.<\\\/p>\\n<p>She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Business from the University L.U.I.S.S. Guido Carli.<\\\/p>\\n\"},{\"heading\":\"Markus Schoefert\",\"subHeading\":\"Managing Director, Portfolio Value Creation\",\"bioPic\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cppinvestments.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/Markus-Headshot-Q1F25-387x298-1.jpg\",\"content\":\"<p>Markus helps lead our portfolio value creation in Latin America, where he works with portfolio companies to identify and implement value-creation opportunities across our private equity and infrastructure investments. \\u00a0His areas of expertise include growth strategy, cost structure optimization and organizational design and effectiveness.<\\\/p>\\n<p>Prior to joining CPP Investments in 2021, Markus was an Associate Partner at Bain &amp; Co., working across their London, Toronto and Bogot\\u00e1 offices, where he advised a broad range of clients with a focus on the private equity, retail and telecommunications sectors.<\\\/p>\\n<p>He holds a B.Comm. from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec and an MBA from Columbia Business School.<\\\/p>\\n\"},{\"heading\":\"Jinzi Zheng\",\"subHeading\":\"Managing Director, Portfolio Value Creation\",\"bioPic\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cppinvestments.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/Jinzi-Zheng-Headshot-Q1F25-387x298-1.jpg\",\"content\":\"<p>Jinzi partners with portfolio companies to implement transformational value creation programs that drive sustainable impact. She has successfully led efforts across a number of our investments in infrastructure and direct private equity, globally. She is also currently acting as the PVC team\\u2019s value creation initiative lead and serves on the board of Tecgas, the strategic operator of Peru\\u2019s largest natural gas pipeline.<\\\/p>\\n<p>Prior to joining CPP Investments in 2019, Jinzi was a management consultant with Boston Consulting Group, where she advised clients across Private Equity, Financial Services, Industrials Goods and Healthcare clients. Before that, she was an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto\\u2019s Biomedical Engineering Department and a Research Scientist at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto.<\\\/p>\\n<p>Jinzi holds an MBA from the Rotman School of Management, a PhD from the University of Toronto, and an ICD.D Director designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors.<\\\/p>\\n\"},{\"heading\":\"Cesare Ruggiero\",\"subHeading\":\"Managing Director, Head of Portfolio Value Creation\",\"bioPic\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cppinvestments.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/Cesare-Ruggiero-Headshot-Q1F25-387x298-1.jpg\",\"content\":\"<p>Cesare leads the global Portfolio Value Creation team. He works with portfolio companies to achieve full value potential across private equity, infrastructure, sustainable energies and real estate investments. He serves on the Private Equity Investment Committee, and previously served Real Assets Investment Committee. He currently serves on the boards of Informatica, Ports America Inc, and Mytheresa. He previously served on the board of Neiman Marcus Group.<\\\/p>\\n<p>Prior to joining CPP Investments in 2014, Cesare was a management consultant with Boston Consulting Group in Toronto, where he advised clients in consumer, technology, life sciences and industrial goods sectors. Before that, he was with Capgemini Consulting in the Los Angeles and Shanghai offices, and was co-chair of the global M&amp;A practice. Cesare has also held roles with Motorola, an investment advisory firm in China, and the Canadian Embassy in Beijing.<\\\/p>\\n<p>He holds a Hons. BA (High Distinction) in International Relations from the University of Toronto.<\\\/p>\\n\"},{\"heading\":\"Peter Busse\",\"subHeading\":\"Managing Director, Portfolio Value Creation\",\"bioPic\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cppinvestments.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/PeterBusse-Headshot-387x298-1.jpg\",\"content\":\"<p>Peter co-leads our portfolio value creation across the Direct Private Equity group. Peter is involved in identifying and implementing value-creation opportunities across our direct equity investments portfolio. He has led a range of efforts across the Fund\\u2019s private equity investments; as well as development of the cross-portfolio approach to Platforms. His areas of expertise include EBITDA improvements, carve-outs and post-merger integration, operational due diligence, corporate governance and management-incentive programs. Peter is on the boards of Cordelio Power and Ascot Group, and previously served on the Board of Wilton Re<\\\/p>\\n<p>Prior to joining CPP Investments in 2014, he was most recently a Director with AlixPartners LLP, where he advised clients on a range of operational efficiency and organizational effectiveness topics.<\\\/p>\\n<p>He holds a BSc (First Class Hons) from Queen\\u2019s University in Kingston, Ont., and an MBA from the Ivey Business School at Western University.<\\\/p>\\n\"},{\"heading\":\"Jinzi Zheng\",\"subHeading\":\"Managing Director, Portfolio Value Creation\",\"bioPic\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cppinvestments.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/Jinzi-Zheng-Headshot-Q1F25-387x298-1.jpg\",\"content\":\"<p>Jinzi partners with portfolio companies to implement transformational value creation programs that drive sustainable impact. She has successfully led efforts across a number of our investments in infrastructure and direct private equity, globally. She is also currently acting as the PVC team\\u2019s value creation initiative lead and serves on the board of Tecgas, the strategic operator of Peru\\u2019s largest natural gas pipeline.<\\\/p>\\n<p>Prior to joining CPP Investments in 2019, Jinzi was a management consultant with Boston Consulting Group, where she advised clients across Private Equity, Financial Services, Industrials Goods and Healthcare clients. Before that, she was an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto\\u2019s Biomedical Engineering Department and a Research Scientist at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto.<\\\/p>\\n<p>Jinzi holds an MBA from the Rotman School of Management, a PhD from the University of Toronto, and an ICD.D Director designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors.<\\\/p>\\n\"},{\"heading\":\"Tim Barlow\",\"subHeading\":\"Managing Director, Portfolio Value Creation\",\"bioPic\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cppinvestments.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/Tim-Barlow-Headshot-Q1F25-387x298-1.jpg\",\"content\":\"<p>Tim works on identifying and implementing value creation and preservation opportunities around the topic of sustainability. He acts as PVC\\u2019s lead for decarbonisation and climate across our Private Equity, Real Assets and Credit Investment groups.<\\\/p>\\n<p>Prior to 2022, Tim was a Managing Director in CPPIB\\u2019s real estate equity team, responsible for origination and portfolio management across Continental Europe (ex. Germany). Before CPPIB, Tim worked at Grosvenor, both on their London Estate and Fund Management businesses, based in Paris.<\\\/p>\\n<p>Tim holds a BSc (Hons) from Edinburgh University and a MSc in Real Estate Finance from the University of Reading.<\\\/p>\\n\"},{\"heading\":\"Katrina Beechey\",\"subHeading\":\"Managing Director, Portfolio Value Creation\",\"bioPic\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cppinvestments.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/Katrina_Beechey-387x298-1.jpg\",\"content\":\"<p>Katrina works with portfolio companies to identify and implement value-creation opportunities, and has led a number of value-creation initiatives across our private equity, real estate and infrastructure investments. Her areas of expertise include Transformation design and execution, organisational design and effectiveness, Cost structure optimisation and Retail. She acts as PVC\\u2019s lead for Human Capital across the Portfolio and as the lead for value creation across our Real Estate Group and is a Director on Trafford Centre Group UK Ltd.<\\\/p>\\n<p>Prior to joining CPP Investments in 2019, Katrina was SVP Transformation at Burberry where she worked closely with the management team to implement Brand, Cost, Operating Model and Channel strategies. Prior to this, Katrina was a Principal with Bain &amp; Co., in London where she advised clients in the consumer products, retail, telecommunications, and private equity sectors.<\\\/p>\\n<p>She holds a Hons. BA History of Art from University of Cambridge.<\\\/p>\\n\"},{\"heading\":\"James Down\",\"subHeading\":\"Managing Director, Portfolio Value Creation\",\"bioPic\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cppinvestments.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/James-Down-Headshot-Q1F25-387x298-1.jpg\",\"content\":\"<p>James co-leads our portfolio value creation across the Direct Private Equity group. James works with portfolio company management teams to identify and implement value creation opportunities. He has led a range of initiatives, primarily across our private equity and real assets investments. His areas of expertise include digital transformation, growth strategy and organizational design.<\\\/p>\\n<p>Prior to joining CPP investments in 2020, James was Chief Strategy Officer at the Guardian Media Group, where he led the successful transformation of the business and first return to profitability in 20 years. Before the Guardian he worked at Bain and Company in their London and Los Angeles offices, advising clients across the media, technology and financial services sectors.<\\\/p>\\n<p>James holds a BA in History from the University of Bristol.<\\\/p>\\n\"},{\"heading\":\"Michael Hall\",\"subHeading\":\"Managing Director, Portfolio Value Creation\",\"bioPic\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cppinvestments.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/Michael-Hall-387x298-1.jpg\",\"content\":\"<p>Michael works with portfolio companies to identify and deliver sustainability value across CPP Investments private markets. With 20 years across various sustainability roles, Michael has a cross-sector, cross-industry experience in sustainability strategy and implementation.<\\\/p>\\n<p>Prior to joining CPP Investments in 2022, Michael was head of ESG and Impact at DPI, an emerging markets private equity firm where he developed the GP\\u2019s ESG and Impact Management system and worked with portfolio companies to establish their sustainability practices. Before that, he worked in the mergers and acquisitions team at ERM carrying out due diligence and impact assessments predominantly for the extractives industry. Michael also held environmental and community relations roles at Bechtel based on site in Iceland, Trinidad and Guinea.<\\\/p>\\n<p>Michael holds an MSc with distinction in Environmental Technology from Imperial College, London and a BSc in Zoology from James Cook University, Australia.<\\\/p>\\n\"},{\"heading\":\"Stephen Huntley\",\"subHeading\":\"Managing Director, Portfolio Value Creation\",\"bioPic\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cppinvestments.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/Stephen_Huntley-387x298-1.jpg\",\"content\":\"<p>Stephen is involved with helping our portfolio companies identify and realize value-creation opportunities. He developed and scaled the Fund\\u2019s approach to direct asset onboarding and his areas of expertise include large-scale transformational change programs, PMI, organizational and operational improvement and ESG. He is a director on the Board of HBX Group and previously served on the board of Interparking.<\\\/p>\\n<p>Prior to joining CPP Investments in 2012, Stephen was a Principal at Boston Consulting Group, spending 10 years in the industrial goods, consumer\\\/retail and private equity sectors, and helped lead the Organization and Operations practices in Australia and the U.K. He spent the first decade of his career with Siemens in various operational roles across the U.S., Germany and China.<\\\/p>\\n<p>Stephen holds an MSc in Engineering and Management from the University of Birmingham, and an MBA from INSEAD (Paris).<\\\/p>\\n\"},{\"heading\":\"David Plante\",\"subHeading\":\"Managing Director, Portfolio Value Creation\",\"bioPic\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cppinvestments.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/David_Plante-387x298-1.jpg\",\"content\":\"<p>David works with portfolio company management teams to identify and implement value creation opportunities, having led a range of initiatives across our Infrastructure, Sustainable Energies Group and Direct Private Equity investments. His areas of expertise include organizational design and effectiveness, and cost structure optimization. David also leads the team\\u2019s governance capability that drives best practice across investments, and is a Director on Nephin Energy Limited.<\\\/p>\\n<p>Prior to joining CPP Investments in 2020, David was a Principal at Bain &amp; Co. in London, where he advised a broad range of clients with a primary focus on the private equity sector. Before that, he worked as a commercial litigator in New York.<\\\/p>\\n<p>David holds a BA from Florida State University and a JD from the University of Virginia.<\\\/p>\\n\"},{\"heading\":\"Valeria Rosati\",\"subHeading\":\"Managing Director, Portfolio Value Creation\",\"bioPic\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cppinvestments.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/Valeria-Rosati-387x298-1.jpg\",\"content\":\"<p>Valeria works with portfolio companies and the Infrastructure team to identify and implement value-maximization and risk management opportunities. She is a sector expert in infrastructure, with over two and a half decade of track record in the sector across the asset management value chain, in portfolio management and ESG. She acts as PVC\\u2019s lead for value creation across our Infrastructure Group and is a broad Director of Associated British Ports.<\\\/p>\\n<p>Prior to joining CPP Investments in 2023, Valeria was a Senior Partner at Vantage Infrastructure, where she led Equity asset management and was the portfolio manager of the firm\\u2019s main infrastructure equity mandate. She was Chair of the Equity Investment Committee, member the Executive Committee and the firm\\u2019s ESG Champion. Valeria gained extensive governance experience as board director of several infrastructure companies, and has a track record of investments, disposals and mergers.<\\\/p>\\n<p>Before that, Valeria executed and advised on transactions at Gleacher Shacklock, Merrill Lynch and Lehman Brothers.<\\\/p>\\n<p>She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Business from the University L.U.I.S.S. Guido Carli.<\\\/p>\\n\"},{\"heading\":\"Jan Heydolph\",\"subHeading\":\"Managing Director, Portfolio Value Creation\",\"bioPic\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cppinvestments.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/JanHeydolph-Headshot-387x298-1.jpg\",\"content\":\"<p>Jan is responsible for spearheading value-creation initiatives across our portfolio companies in the Asia Pacific region. He specializes in transformation, enhancing operational and commercial performance, and the integration of digital technologies. Jan currently serves as a director on the board of Langdi Pharmaceuticals.<\\\/p>\\n<p>Prior to joining CPP Investments in 2018, Jan previously served as the Head of Corporate Strategy and Head of Business Development for Volkswagen Group in China. His extensive expertise in corporate strategy is further backed by working as a management consultant and corporate advisor in China, ASEAN, and Germany, amongst others as Senior Project Manager at Roland Berger Strategy Consultants in both Munich and Shanghai.<\\\/p>\\n<p>Jan holds a Master of Laws (LLM) degree from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit\\u00e4t in Munich.<\\\/p>\\n\"},{\"heading\":\"Sujeet Govindaraju\",\"subHeading\":\"Managing Director, PVC & India Office Head\",\"bioPic\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cppinvestments.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/Sujeet_Govindaraju-387x298-1.jpg\",\"content\":\"<p>Sujeet is responsible for PVC team\\u2019s India related activities. He works with our portfolio companies on value creation opportunities across functional topics and due diligence on our significant potential investments. Sujeet also provides regional leadership in India as the Office Head.<\\\/p>\\n<p>Prior to joining CPP Investments in 2018, Sujeet worked at McKinsey &amp; Company based in US and India with expertise in corporate strategy, capital productivity and organisational topics. Before that, Sujeet ran a Waste to Energy company with operations in four cities in India.<\\\/p>\\n<p>Sujeet received a BE (Computer Science) from Osmania University (India) and MBA from Harvard Business School.<\\\/p>\\n<p>Sujeet currently serves on the Board of CPPIB India Advisors.<\\\/p>\\n\"},{\"heading\":\"Elisabeth Rehder\",\"subHeading\":\"Managing Director, Portfolio Value Creation\",\"bioPic\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cppinvestments.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/Elisabeth-Rehder-Headshot-Q1F25-387x298-1.jpg\",\"content\":\"<p>Elisabeth is involved with helping our portfolio companies identify and implement value creation opportunities. She also leads PVC\\u2019s team of data scientists and engineers which collaborates with portfolio companies to solve business challenges using advanced analytics solutions including AI\\\/ML. Her areas of expertise include strategy development, transformation, commercial excellence, and analytics.<\\\/p>\\n<p>Prior to joining CPP Investments in 2017, Elisabeth was a Project Leader at Boston Consulting Group in London, where she advised a broad range of clients with a focus in the industrial goods, consumer, and private equity sectors.\\u00a0 Before that, she worked in strategy and business development at Anglo American and as a management consultant for Marakon.<\\\/p>\\n<p>Elisabeth holds a BA from Northwestern University and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.<\\\/p>\\n\"},{\"heading\":\"Markus Schoefert\",\"subHeading\":\"Managing Director, Portfolio Value Creation\",\"bioPic\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cppinvestments.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/Markus-Headshot-Q1F25-387x298-1.jpg\",\"content\":\"<p>Markus helps lead our portfolio value creation in Latin America, where he works with portfolio companies to identify and implement value-creation opportunities across our private equity and infrastructure investments. \\u00a0His areas of expertise include growth strategy, cost structure optimization and organizational design and effectiveness.<\\\/p>\\n<p>Prior to joining CPP Investments in 2021, Markus was an Associate Partner at Bain &amp; Co., working across their London, Toronto and Bogot\\u00e1 offices, where he advised a broad range of clients with a focus on the private equity, retail and telecommunications sectors.<\\\/p>\\n<p>He holds a B.Comm. from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec and an MBA from Columbia Business School.<\\\/p>\\n\"}]"