Maximilian Biagosch has been appointed global head of real assets for Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments). Already a member of CPP Investment’s senior management team, he will continue to serve as the fund’s European head.

Biagosch joined CPP Investments in 2015 following senior roles at Permira Advisers LLP and tenure as an investment banker in the London offices of Deutsche Bank and BNP Paribas. He holds a Master of Laws from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat in Munich and serves on the boards of Petco and BAI Communications.

“We have valued Max’s experience, strong leadership and demonstrated performance on CPP Investments’ senior management team — all attributes that position him well to lead our global real assets program,” says John Graham, president and chief executive officer of CPP Investments.

As well, Jon Webster will be joining CPP Investments as chief operating officer, arriving from Boston Consulting’s financial institutions and technology group where he was managing director and partner. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Mathematics and a Ph.D. in Mathematics from Loughborough University in the United Kingdom, and will now oversee CPP Investments’ technology, data, investment operations, security and corporate services functions.

“Jon’s successful track record in operations and technology-enabled transformation with financial organizations makes him ideally suited to both take on the role of COO and contribute important insights to the organization,” Graham observes.