CPPIB Welcomes New Member on its Board of Directors

TORONTO, ON (May 13, 2019): Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is pleased to welcome Mark Evans to its Board of Directors. Mark Evans is a technology investor. Until 1999, Mr. Evans was a member of the Management Committee at Goldman Sachs, during a 15-year career working in Europe, Asia and the U.S. He went on to join Benchmark Capital’s Entrepreneur in Residence program in Silicon Valley, before becoming a General Partner at Benchmark Europe/Balderton Capital from 2002 through 2015 and co-founding TrustBridge Partners in China (2006) and Kindred Capital in Europe (2016).Mr. Evans currently works with several early stage technology companies including Animal Dynamics, Digital Surgery, DisplayLink, Five.AI, Headspace, myTomorrows, Oak North, Oxford Nano Imaging (ONI) and The Hut Group. He holds a Master’s degree (MLitt) in Economics from The University of Oxford and a B.A. in Economics from Queen’s University.About Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) is a professional investment management organization that invests the funds not needed by the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) to pay current benefits in the best interest of 20 million contributors and beneficiaries. In order to build a diversified portfolio of CPP assets, CPPIB invests in public equities, private equities, real estate, infrastructure and fixed income instruments. Headquartered in Toronto, with offices in Hong Kong, London, Luxembourg, Mumbai, New York City, São Paulo and Sydney, CPPIB is governed and managed independently of the Canada Pension Plan and at arm's length from governments. At December 31, 2018, the CPP Fund totalled C$368.5 billion. For more information about CPPIB, please visit www.cppib.com or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook or Twitter.