Yann Robard

Private Equity Investor chez Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Private Investments

Profil

Yann Robard founded Whitehorse in 2015 and has over 19 years of private equity and investment banking experience.
Prior to Whitehorse, Yann spent a cumulative 13 years at CPPIB, most recently as Managing Director, Head of Secondaries and Co-Investments.
In this capacity, Yann was responsible for a team of 15 professionals investing in private equity secondaries and co-investments on a global basis.
During his 13 years at CPPIB, Yann held several roles and positions, all focused on private equity, namely in its private equity funds, secondaries and co-investments activities, including roles on several investment committees of the firm.
Yann joined CPPIB during the inception of its private equity investment program.
In 2007, Yann was mandated to establish a principal secondary program within CPPIB, which was later expanded to include co-investments.
Under Yann’s leadership, the Secondaries and Co-Investments program invested over C$7.5 billion in 49 transactions, generated 21.6% gross IRR and 1.7x gross MoC and recruited a team of 15 professionals in Toronto and London.
At the time of Yann’s departure in 2015, CPPIB had become a globally recognized market leader in the private equity secondary market.
While at CPPIB, Yann was a member of a number of investment committees which, at that time, oversaw all investments in private equity funds, secondaries and co-investments globally.
Yann first joined CPPIB in 2001 at which time CPPIB was still in its formative years.
During this time, the institution grew from 24 employees to over 1,200; from C$7 billion under management to over C$260 billion and from a single office in Toronto to six offices globally.
Prior to joining CPPIB, Yann spent time with Paul Capital as a Principal in its secondary fund, at JP Morgan in its credit operations and had an entrepreneurial experience building a retail store.
Yann holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Dalhousie University and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (“CFA”) Charterholder.

Postes actifs de Yann Robard

Sociétés	Poste	Début
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Private Investments	Private Equity Investor	-
Whitehorse Liquidity Partners, Inc.	Private Equity Investor	01/01/2015

Anciens postes connus de Yann Robard

Sociétés	Poste	Fin
CIBC World Markets, Inc.	Corporate Officer/Principal	-
JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA (Boston, Massachusetts)	Corporate Officer/Principal	-
Paul Capital Partners LP	Corporate Officer/Principal	-

Formation de Yann Robard

Dalhousie University

Undergraduate Degree