Koru
Thierry Bedard is an accomplished finance professional with extensive experience in investment management, particularly in infrastructure and natural resources. Currently serving as a Board Member at Koru since January 2024, Thierry has been a Managing Director at Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan from September 2001, overseeing private investments in agriculture and timberland. This role includes developing investment strategies, executing transactions, and managing assets, alongside representing OTPP on various boards. Thierry's career also includes portfolio management roles focusing on commodities and tactical asset allocation, as well as contributing to asset-liability modeling during earlier positions. Additionally, Thierry holds several board positions across multiple organizations, reflecting strong leadership in the industry. Educational qualifications include a Master’s Degree in Mathematics from the University of Ottawa and a Bachelor’s Degree in Actuarial Science from Université Laval.
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Koru is a captive venture studio backed by Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan. Founded in 2019, Koru exists to drive value creation and grow the overall enterprise value of OTPP’s portfolio companies by partnering with them to identify, validate, build and oversee new disruptive business opportunities that leverage unfair advantages. Ultimately, this is in service of providing the pensions of the teachers of Ontario. Since 2019, Koru has built and launched 9 new ventures across a variety of industries and geographies including child care, field safety, customer service innovation, financial services, e-commerce logistics, elder care and climate tech/energy transition.