Northleaf Capital Partners announced that Kathleen Ffrench has joined the firm as Vice President, Sales, based in Northleaf’s newly-established Montreal office. Building on Northleaf’s strong base of existing investors, Kathleen will contribute to growing and advancing Northleaf’s relationships with leading institutional investors, family offices and advisors in Eastern Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada.

“We are delighted to welcome Kathleen to the Northleaf team. She will play a key role in the continued growth of our global private markets investment programs,” said Stephen Foote, Global Head of Sales at Northleaf. “Kathleen’s experience is highly complementary to that of the current team and will enhance our ability to serve investors and their advisors in Quebec and Eastern Canada.”

Ffrench joins Northleaf from Sun Life Institutional Investments, where she was Head of Institutional Sales for Eastern Canada, responsible for developing and managing relationships with institutional investors and consultants. Previously, she worked at Standard Life Investments in sales and consultant relations roles. Ffrench began her career at Mercer, working in the firm’s investment consulting practice.  

“A Montreal office extends Northleaf’s global office network, allowing us to expand our capabilities to provide our investors in Quebec and Eastern Canada with access to highly differentiated investment strategies across private equity, infrastructure and private credit globally,” said Jeff Pentland, Managing Director of Northleaf. “The formal establishment of our Montreal office also reflects our ongoing commitment to and confidence in the private markets opportunities in the region and provides a local base from which to continue our longstanding and successful investment activities there.”