George Zakem
Investment Committee Member at Northleaf Capital Partners Ltd.
Profile
George serves as an Executive Operating Partner with Northleaf’s infrastructure investment program and is a member of the Infrastructure Investment Committee.
George is primarily responsible for transaction origination, execution, due diligence and asset management of Northleaf’s infrastructure investments, with a focus on the transportation sector.
George acts as the Asset Manager for a number of Northleaf’s infrastructure investments and serves as a director on several asset-level boards.
George is also a member of Northleaf’s ESG Committee and leads the Infrastructure ESG Sub-committee.
Prior to joining Northleaf in 2011, George spent a decade at the Macquarie Group, most recently as a Managing Director and head of the Public-Private Partnerships (“PPP”) group in Toronto, where he led numerous greenfield PPP bids, M&A transactions and capital raising initiatives.
Previously, he was a Vice President in the Government and Infrastructure Projects Group at TD Securities.
Prior to TD Securities, George worked as a project management engineer in the international development field on projects located throughout Asia, South America, the Caribbean, Africa and the Middle East.
George received a B.Sc.
in Engineering (Mechanical) from the University of New Brunswick and an M.B.A.
from Dalhousie University.
He is a registered Professional Engineer in Ontario.
George Zakem active positions
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Northleaf Capital Partners Ltd.
Northleaf Capital Partners Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Northleaf Capital Partners Ltd. (Northleaf Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2005. The firm is headquartered in Toronto with an additional office in Montreal. | Investment Committee Member | 01/01/2011 |
Former positions of George Zakem
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Macquarie Bank Ltd. (South Korea)
Macquarie Bank Ltd. (South Korea) Regional BanksFinance Part of Macquarie Group Ltd., Macquarie Bank Ltd. (South Korea) is a South Korean banking company that provides banking services. The company is based in Seoul, South Korea. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 31/12/2010 |
TD Securities, Inc.
TD Securities, Inc. Investment Banks/BrokersFinance TD Securities, Inc. is a Canadian broker/dealer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm is a subsidiary of The Toronto-Dominion Bank (NYSE, TSE: TD). TD Securities provides a wide range of capital market products and services to corporate, government and institutional clients. Their services also include the underwriting and distribution of new debt and equity issues, providing advice on strategic acquisitions and divestitures and executing daily trading and investment needs. The firm’s equity group provides research coverage of various sectors. Their fixed-income group provides a full range of underwriting sales and trading products for Canadian, US and European debt issuers and investors. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Training of George Zakem
University of New Brunswick | Undergraduate Degree |
Dalhousie University | Masters Business Admin |
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Northleaf Capital Partners Ltd.
Northleaf Capital Partners Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Northleaf Capital Partners Ltd. (Northleaf Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2005. The firm is headquartered in Toronto with an additional office in Montreal. | Finance |
Macquarie Bank Ltd. (South Korea)
Macquarie Bank Ltd. (South Korea) Regional BanksFinance Part of Macquarie Group Ltd., Macquarie Bank Ltd. (South Korea) is a South Korean banking company that provides banking services. The company is based in Seoul, South Korea. | Finance |
TD Securities, Inc.
TD Securities, Inc. Investment Banks/BrokersFinance TD Securities, Inc. is a Canadian broker/dealer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm is a subsidiary of The Toronto-Dominion Bank (NYSE, TSE: TD). TD Securities provides a wide range of capital market products and services to corporate, government and institutional clients. Their services also include the underwriting and distribution of new debt and equity issues, providing advice on strategic acquisitions and divestitures and executing daily trading and investment needs. The firm’s equity group provides research coverage of various sectors. Their fixed-income group provides a full range of underwriting sales and trading products for Canadian, US and European debt issuers and investors. | Finance |
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