Shane oversees all aspects of Northleaf’s secondaries program and actively participates in investment activities across Northleaf’s broader private equity program. In addition, he is involved in Northleaf’s investor relations and business development activities.
Prior to joining Northleaf in 2021, Shane was Senior Managing Director & Global Head of Private Equity at CPP Investments where he led the teams responsible for direct private equity, Asia private equity, private equity funds and secondaries investments. Under his leadership, CPP Investments’ private equity program assets under management grew by more than $70 billion. Shane joined CPP Investments in 2010 from Bridgepoint Capital Ltd. in London. Prior to Bridgepoint, he was a partner and founding member of Hermes Private Equity’s direct investing business, until its transition to Bridgepoint in 2009. Previously, he was an Associate Director at Morgan Grenfell Private Equity in London and also worked in investment banking at Deutsche Morgan Grenfell and CIBC Wood Gundy in Toronto. He has served as a director on numerous boards, including 99 Cents Only Stores, The Gates Corporation, Livingston International and Air Distribution Technologies.
Shane holds a M.B.A. from INSEAD and a B.A. (Economics) from Dartmouth College.