GPFA welcomes Lesaux and Taylor as co-leads for Canada
23 October 2025 Canada
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The Global Peer Financing Association (GPFA) has announced Charles Lesaux and Ivoneke Taylor as co-leads for Canada.
Volunteering for the position, Lesaux and Taylor will play a key role in strengthening engagement and collaboration among Canadian members, while ensuring alignment with the global GPFA community.
According to the association, Canada currently makes up nearly 50 per cent of GPFA’s membership base.
Lesaux is managing director of Funding Capital Markets & Credit Investments at British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI).
He brings 20 years of experience across capital markets’ funding businesses to the new position.
Prior to joining BCI, Lesaux spent 19 years at RBC Capital Markets, where he was most recently managing director of fixed income repo.
As the current principal for global trading at Ontario Teachers'​ Pension Plan (OTPP) — with a focus on repo and money market trading — Taylor brings more than 20 years of financial services experience.
Previously, she spent an 11-year tenure with Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS) Capital Markets, where she managed the firm’s liquidity portfolio.
GPFA is a volunteer-led, non-profit association for beneficial owners, by beneficial owners.
Founded by four North American pension funds, GPFA has rapidly expanded to include many of the world’s largest institutional investors.
Volunteering for the position, Lesaux and Taylor will play a key role in strengthening engagement and collaboration among Canadian members, while ensuring alignment with the global GPFA community.
According to the association, Canada currently makes up nearly 50 per cent of GPFA’s membership base.
Lesaux is managing director of Funding Capital Markets & Credit Investments at British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI).
He brings 20 years of experience across capital markets’ funding businesses to the new position.
Prior to joining BCI, Lesaux spent 19 years at RBC Capital Markets, where he was most recently managing director of fixed income repo.
As the current principal for global trading at Ontario Teachers'​ Pension Plan (OTPP) — with a focus on repo and money market trading — Taylor brings more than 20 years of financial services experience.
Previously, she spent an 11-year tenure with Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS) Capital Markets, where she managed the firm’s liquidity portfolio.
GPFA is a volunteer-led, non-profit association for beneficial owners, by beneficial owners.
Founded by four North American pension funds, GPFA has rapidly expanded to include many of the world’s largest institutional investors.
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