BGC Partners, Inc. Appoints Martin Laguerre to Serve as Member of the Board

BGC Partners, Inc. announced that on January 25, 2023, the Board of Directors of the Company appointed Martin Laguerre to serve as a member of the Board, effective January 25, 2023, for a term to expire at the 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company, or until his successor is duly elected and qualified. Mr. Laguerre was also appointed to the Audit, Compensation and Environmental, Social and Governance Committees of the Board. Mr. Laguerre, age 49, has broad experience in mergers and acquisitions, investment strategy, and finance.

From 2019 to 2022, Mr. Laguerre was Executive Vice-President and Global Head of Private Equity and Managing Director Capital Solutions at Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (“CDPQ”), a Canadian pension fund. From 2016 to 2019, Mr. Laguerre was a Senior Principal at CPP Investment Board (formerly CPPIB), a Canadian pension fund. From 2010 to 2016, Mr. Laguerre was Managing Director at General Electric Power & Water where he was involved in the firm's mergers and acquisitions and integration strategy for renewable energy.

Prior to joining General Electric, Mr. Laguerre held various corporate roles at IPG Photonics Corporation, a U.S. manufacturer of fiber lasers, and at DLJ, Credit Suisse, and Lehman Brothers Investment Banking in New York. Representing CDPQ, Mr. Laguerre previously served as a board member of Sagen MI Canada, a Canadian mortgage insurance provider. Representing CPP Investment Board, Mr. Laguerre previously served as a board member of Cordelio Power Inc., a North American renewable energy operating company, of Auren Energia SA (formerly Votorantim Energia), a Brazilian renewable energy holding company, and of a joint venture in select North American onshore renewable power assets of Enbridge Inc. Mr. Laguerre has been a CFA Charterholder from the CFA Institute since 2000.

Mr. Laguerre holds a Bachelor of Commerce from McGill University, and an MBA from the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business. He is a Desautels' Global Expert at McGill University's Desautels Faculty of Management.