Martin Laguerre joined Warburg Pincus as a senior advisor working with its Capital Solutions, Financial Services and Business Services groups.
Officials said Laguerre will support the $85 billion firm in identifying and evaluating new investment opportunities, while leveraging his knowledge of the Canadian markets as well as his sector expertise and decades of leadership experience.
Laguerre left Canadian pension plan Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) late last year after joining the pension fund in 2019 as executive vice president and global head of private equity and managing director of capital solutions. From 2019 to 2019, he was a senior principal at CPP Investment Board and prior to that was managing director at General Electric Power & Water, where he was involved in the firm’s mergers and acquisitions and integration strategy for renewable energy.
“Martin’s deep industry expertise, coupled with his relationships and diverse skill set, will be uniquely valuable to Warburg Pincus. Our current and prospective portfolio companies will benefit greatly from his many years of experience across all stages of investing,” said Dan Zilberman, global head of Capital Solutions and member of Warburg Pincus’ Executive Management Group. “We look forward to welcoming Martin to the team and working with him to pursue opportunities that will further enhance and grow our platform.”
Laguerre currently serves as an independent director of BGC Partners Inc., a leading global brokerage company servicing the financial markets. In addition, representing CDPQ, Mr. Laguerre previously served as a Board Member of Sagen MI Canada, a Canadian mortgage insurance provider. Representing CPP Investment Board, Mr. Laguerre previously served as a board member of Cordelio Power Inc., a North American renewable energy operating company, of Auren Energia SA (formerly Votorantim Energia), a Brazilian renewable energy holding company, and of a joint venture in select North American onshore renewable power assets of Enbridge Inc.
Warburg Pincus has raised 21 private equity and 2 real estate funds, which have invested more than $108 billion in over 1,055 companies in more than 40 countries. The firm is headquartered in New York with offices in Amsterdam, Beijing, Berlin, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Luxembourg, Mumbai, Mauritius, San Francisco, São Paulo, Shanghai, and Singapore.
“Warburg Pincus and I share a commitment to growth investing and building sustainable businesses. I am excited to work with this talented group of investment and operating professionals to build trusted partnerships, while further strengthening and adding value to new and existing relationships with the firm,” said Laguerre.
