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Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Ivanhoé Cambridge
Chairman, Otéra Capital
Profile
Daniel Fournier is Executive Vice-President, Real Estate, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec. In this capacity, he oversees the institution's real estate investments, including strategy development and portfolio management and growth. He sits on the Caisse’s Executive Committee. In addition, Mr. Fournier is the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Ivanhoé Cambridge, one of the 10 largest real estate companies in the world, with over $30 billion of assets in shopping centres, offices, and multi-residential buildings as at December 31, 2010.
He is also the Chairman of Otéra Capital, a company specialized in the underwriting, structuring, syndication and active management of commercial real estate loans, for a portfolio whose net asset value reached $8.6 billion as at December 31, 2010.
Background
Mr. Fournier has more than 30 years of experience in the business community and a solid background in the real estate industry.Prior to joining the Caisse, he was Chairman of the Board of the GENIVAR Income Fund and a director of Canadian Tire. He has also been a director of Summit REIT, a trustee of Standard Life - an insurance corporation active in the real estate sector, and Vice-Chairman of the Board of real estate broker CB Richard Ellis Canada. He previously served as a member of the Caisse's real estate team, acting as Executive Vice-President and Chief Investment Officer at subsidiary SITQ from 2008 to 2009.
Mr. Fournier holds a Bachelor of History from Princeton University and a Bachelor of Arts in Jurisprudence from Oxford University, where he was the recipient of a Rhodes Scholarship.Connections
Mr. Fournier is very involved in the community. He is a past President and Founder of NF Canada, an organization dedicated to helping people living with neurofibromatosis, and a past Chairman of the Board of the McCord Museum. Over the years, he has served as a director of Fondation Jean Lapointe, Sainte-Justine Hospital Foundation, YWCA and YMCA Foundations and Château Ramezay Museum Foundation.