Senior Managing Director, Greenfield Investments and Renewables
Chris Ireland is responsible for leading the Greenfield & Renewables investment mandate for Ontario Teachers' Infrastructure team. Chris was a lead on the acquisition of Cubico Sustainable Investments and serves as a board member and chair of its Investment Committee. Chris led and supported numerous investments into renewables, and other energy transition technologies. Chris helped shape the infrastructure team at OTPP over the past 20 years and provided asset management on many of our investments and has served on the board of Global Container Terminals, several airports and eight other portfolio companies.
Prior to joining Ontario Teachers', Chris worked in investment banking, developed power plants, and was an engineer for a large EPC company.
Chris earned a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering and an M.S.c. in Atmospheric Fluid Mechanics, both from the University of Waterloo. He also has an MBA from the Stern School of Business at New York University. He completed the ICD.D directors education at the University of Toronto and is a Professional Engineer.