David Latour

David Latour is Executive Vice-President and Chief Risk Officer. In this role, he is responsible for ensuring sound management of the risks related to our investment strategies and operations. His duties include developing investment policies as well as risk management frameworks and risk measurement, quantitative analyses and modelling, portfolio and transaction analyses, cross-functional risk assessments, including technological and geopolitical risks, and implementing a strong risk management culture. He sits on the Executive Committee, co-chairs the Investment-Risk Committee and chairs the Operational Risk Committee. 

Mr. Latour has nearly 20 years of experience in risk management and investing across various asset classes in both public and private markets. Prior to his current position, he was Managing Director, Strategy and Investment, Capital Solutions, where he helped develop a portfolio of private financing products enabling CDPQ to enter new niche markets around the world.

Since joining CDPQ in 2009, he has held various credit, liquidity and counterparty risk management positions. From 2016 to 2020, he oversaw risk management for the Rates and Credit portfolios, which included portfolio construction and transaction analysis activities, as well as representing Risk Management on investment committees. In this role, he also chaired CDPQ’s Credit Rating Committee. Before joining the organization, he worked at RBC Royal Bank and GE Capital Canada.

Mr. Latour obtained a Master’s in Finance from HEC Montréal, holds the FRM certification and is a CFA charterholder. 

Connections

He sits on the Board of Directors of the YMCAs of Québec Foundation. He also sits on the Steering Committee of the Jacques-Parizeau Research Chair in Economic Policy at HEC Montréal.