François Boudreault

Mr. Boudreault has been investing in private equity for over 20 years. Mr. Boudreault was until August 2022 Managing Director and Deputy Head of Private Equity at CDPQ, where he co-head a global team of investment professionals with a mandate to build and manage a direct private equity portfolio of diversified investments in North America, Latin America, Europe, and Asia. He has invested more than C$5 billion in multiple sectors and served on several boards of portfolio companies during his tenure of 21 years at CDPQ.

He began his career at GE Capital – Commercial Equipment Finance in 2000. Mr. Boudreault holds a Master of Science in Administration (M.Sc.) in Finance from HEC Montréal, as well as a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation. Mr. Boudreault is a member of the Montreal Society of Financial Analysts.