The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is appointing Maximilian Biagosch as senior managing director and global head of real assets.
Biagosch joined the CPPIB in 2015 and most recently served as senior managing director and head of Europe and direct private equity. In his new role, he’ll continue to serve as the CPPIB’s head of Europe.
The CPPIB is also appointing Jon Webster as senior managing director and chief operating officer. In his new position, he’ll be responsible for the investment organization’s technology, data, investment operations, security and corporate services functions. Most recently, he was managing director, partner and member of the financial institutions and technology advantage practices at Boston Consulting Group.
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“We have valued Max’s experience, strong leadership and demonstrated performance on CPP Investments’ senior management team — all attributes that position him well to lead our global real assets program,” said John Graham, president and chief executive officer of the CPPIB, in a press releases. “In addition, Jon’s successful track record in operations and technology-enabled transformation with financial organizations makes him ideally suited to both take on the role of COO and contribute important insights to the organization.”
In other news, the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan is appointing Robert Goobie as senior managing director of balance sheet and liquidity management.
Goobie, who joined the organization in 2000 as director of investment finance, was most recently assistant to the HOOPP’s vice-president collateral management for fixed income and derivatives. Since 2020, he has also been the chair of the Global Peer Financing Association.
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