Ryan is Head of Enterprise Risk at CPP Investments, with responsibility for delivery of legal services globally, including enterprise and investment legal support across the organization through both internal and external counsel. He also chairs CPP Investments’ Pension Committee and is a member of the Investment Risk Committee.
Before joining CPP Investments, Ryan was general counsel of Turtle Creek Asset Management, a North American equity hedge fund business. He is also a prior managing director and head of multi-manager funds with The Carlyle Group, through its subsidiary Diversified Global Asset Management (DGAM), where he led management of global portfolios of hedge funds, credit funds, other private market funds and co-investments for institutional investors. He also previously acted as DGAM’s general counsel, and began his career practicing corporate law at Torys LLP with emphasis on M&A and corporate finance.
A member of the Law Society of Ontario, Ryan has Master of Finance and Law degrees from the University of Toronto and a Bachelor of Arts from Queen’s University.
Andrew Alley
Board Member
Andrew is Managing Director, Head of Infrastructure, North America & Australasia at CPP Investments. He has served in senior roles in Infrastructure in CPP Investment’s Hong Kong, Sydney, London and Toronto offices.
Prior to joining CPP Investments in 2007, Andrew worked in the Energy Investment Banking group at RBC Capital Markets in Calgary, Alberta and in the Business Development group at Pengrowth Energy Trust.
Andrew holds a BA, Finance from Michigan State University, and an MBA from the University of Western Ontario. He is a CFA charterholder.
Brenda J. Eprile
Board Member
Brenda is a seasoned corporate director. She has chaired Audit, Governance and Human Resources and Compensation Committees and been Board Chair of two public companies. Currently, Brenda is Board Chair of Global Container Terminals GCT Inc. and she chairs the Audit Committees of Westport Fuel Systems Inc. and Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure plc, both public companies listed on NASDAQ. She also chairs the Audit Committee for Canary Medical Inc.
Brenda led mortgage lender Home Capital Group’s Board in responding to a severe liquidity and regulatory crisis in April 2017. She was involved in securing the support of Berkshire Hathaway as a strategic sponsor and in settling major regulatory and class action litigation, as well as overseeing a revamping of the Board and the hiring of a new CFO and CEO.
Brenda’s past roles also include running the risk consulting practice for PwC Canada and building their national regulatory consulting practice assisting financial services firms, public companies, and regulators. Prior to her twenty-year consulting career, Brenda was a senior member of the Ontario Securities Commission as Chief of Staff (Executive Director), capping twelve years as a Securities Regulator.
Pamela Hughes
Board Member
Pamela Hughes is a retired partner of Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP. Pam’s practice in the securities law group of Blakes’ Toronto office focussed on international corporate finance, capital markets regulation, structured finance and corporate governance.
Before joining Blakes, Pam was Director of the Capital Markets/International Markets Branch of the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) and the primary negotiator of the multi-jurisdictional disclosure system between Canada and the U.S. on behalf of the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA). She was also the OSC representative on the International Organization of Securities Commissions working groups on secondary markets, international equity offers and collective investment schemes.
Pam has undertaken capital market regulatory reform work on behalf of the CSA, World Bank, Asian Development Bank and the Canadian government. She was formerly a member of the Federal Securities Regulation and Mergers, Acquisitions and Control Contests committees of the New York City Bar Association.
Pam obtained an LLM from University of Toronto Law School, an LLB from University of McGill Law School and a BA from McGill University.
Sami Zahur
Chief Executive Officer
Sami has 20 years of experience in the investment and financial services industries. Prior to One Queen Capital, Sami spent over a decade at Brookfield Asset Management, most recently as Senior Vice President at Brookfield Renewable, where he was responsible for managing the integration of new portfolio acquisitions and guiding various growth, risk management and asset recycling initiatives. Prior to that role Sami was in Brookfield’s global advisory practice where he advised several energy and infrastructure companies in strategic and financing alternatives, including debt and equity financings, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate finance matters. Prior to joining Brookfield, Sami worked at a large Canadian investment bank in various capital markets roles.
Sami is a graduate of Queen’s University where he earned a Master of Business Administration, and a graduate of McMaster University where he earned an Honours Bachelor of Commerce Degree.
Ryan Greaves
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer
Ryan has more than 20 years of experience in the investment and financial services industries. Prior to joining One Queen Capital, he spent nine years with the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, where he led the team responsible for private asset finance and accounting, as well as accounting policy, internal controls, and corporate finance for the entire plan. Before that, Ryan worked at Manulife, overseeing finance and accounting for its real estate portfolio. He also served at John Laing, an infrastructure developer, where he led the finance function in North America. Ryan began his career at EY, working in the Toronto and Sydney, Australia offices, where he earned his CA-CPA designation. He holds a Master of Business Administration and an Honours Bachelor of Commerce degree from Queen’s University.
Matthew Slahta
Board Member
Christopher Shaw
Managing Director
Christopher has 15 years of experience in the investment and financial services industries. Prior to One Queen Capital, Christopher spent seven years at Scotiabank, most recently as a Director in their Global Investment Banking practice. Prior to that role, Christopher worked at Axium Infrastructure where he executed on the acquisition of various infrastructure assets across North America. Prior to joining Axium Infrastructure, Christopher worked at Deloitte in various advisory roles.
Christopher is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) and a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and has a Bachelor of Commerce (High Distinction) from the University of Toronto.
Derek Wan
Principal
Derek has over 8 years of experience in the investment and financial services industries. Most recently, Derek worked at CIBC in their Global Investment Banking practice covering a broad range of sectors where he executed on various mergers and acquisitions, and capital markets transactions. Prior to that, Derek worked in the corporate development team of Enercare, a Brookfield Infrastructure portfolio company.
Derek holds a Bachelor of Accounting and Financial Management from the University of Waterloo.
Alec Taschereau
Principal
Alec has over 8 years experience in the financial services industry. Prior to joining One Queen Capital, Alec worked at BMO Capital Markets in their Investment Banking practice covering a broad range of sectors where he executed on various mergers and acquisitions and capital markets transactions. Prior to that, Alec worked at Brookfield’s global advisory practice where he executed on a variety of real estate transactions.
Alec is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Calgary.
Connor Lorenz
Senior Analyst
Connor began his career at KPMG in 2019, joining the audit practice in Toronto. He specialized in working with companies in the real estate sector. In 2022, he transferred internally to the Transaction Services team, where he performed financial due diligence for clients in various industries.
Connor holds a Bachelor of Commerce with a specialization in Accounting from MacMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, and is a Chartered Professional Accountant (Ontario).
Stella Li
Analyst
Stella started her career as a co-op student in PwC Toronto’s assurance practice with a focus on financial services and asset management clients. She then moved to PwC’s Capital Markets & Accounting Advisory Services (CMAAS) group where she worked on complex accounting issues and prospectus preparation.
Stella holds a Bachelor of Accounting and Financial Management and a Master of Accounting from the University of Waterloo and is a Chartered Professional Accountant (Ontario).
Jennifer Johnson
Director, Operations
Jennifer started her career in 2012 and has a breadth of experience in office operations and administration. Before joining OQC as one of the initial employees, Jennifer oversaw the office operations and administrative services at the newly established Canadian headquarters of Landesbank Baden-Württemberg, one of Germany’s largest banks. Before moving to Toronto in 2018, Jennifer held the role of Executive Assistant at the ZDHC Foundation in Amsterdam, Netherlands, in which she provided administrative assistance to the Executive Director and worked closely with the Operations Director to grow the company. Prior to that, Jennifer lived in Vienna, Austria, where she worked in the Environmental Matters Unit at the OPEC headquarters.
Jennifer received an MA (Hons.) from the University of Edinburgh.
Rebecca Fernandes
Senior Manager
Rebecca began her career at Deloitte in 2019 for the audit practices in Southwestern Ontario and Toronto. She worked primarily with financial service firms, industrial equipment wholesalers and technology companies. She also briefly worked at Kensington Capital Partners Limited in 2021, an alternative investment firm, where she handled monthly accounting, treasury, and compliance duties.
Rebecca is a Chartered Professional Accountant (Ontario) and graduated with a Bachelor of Accounting and Masters of Accountancy from Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario.
Chelsa Dai
Financial Analyst
Chelsa started her career at EY in 2019 where she completed her co-op placements in the Toronto Audit Group (TAG) and Financial Services Organization (FSO) divisions of the assurance practice. She began her full-time experience in 2022 where she worked primarily on asset management clients.
Chelsa is a Chartered Professional Accountant (Ontario) and graduated with a Bachelor of Accounting and Financial Management and Master of Accounting from the University of Waterloo.
Michael C. Bernasiewicz, CFA
Consultant
Michael is a Special Advisor nominated by Intoll Toronto Roads Ltd. to the Board of 407 International Inc. He acts as Chair of the Executive Committee and serves as a member of the Audit, Corporate Governance, Health & Safety and Environmental committees. With 25 years of experience, Michael has served on multiple boards of key infrastructure assets in North America. He has served as transactional lead, senior asset manager and/or board member for notable assets, including Skyway Concession Company, LLC. (Chicago Skyway), Statewide Mobility Partners, LLC. (Indiana Toll Road), Sea to Sky Highway and AltaLink Investment Management Ltd. on behalf of Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (“MIRA”) entities.
Michael is the President of Northface Infrastructure Management Ltd., providing advisory and consulting services to investors and investment managers in the areas of P3 and infrastructure due diligence, asset management and transactional execution. His most recent activities were in the International Toll Road and Canadian Broadband sectors. Prior to that, Michael was a Managing Director and the Head of North American Toll Roads for MIRA, Vice President with Brookfield Financial Real Estate Group and a Partner with RBC Capital Partners’ Mezzanine Fund. His responsibilities included sourcing, analyzing, structuring and syndicating investments.
Michael is a CFA charter holder and earned an MBA and undergraduate degrees from the University of Ottawa with a focus on International Management, Public Policy and Public Management.
