Summary
Jonathan Tétrault is a Managing Partner at Sagard, a global alternative asset management firm investing in Private Equity, Venture Capital, Private Credit and Real Estate. Jonathan is responsible for the development and scaling of the firm globally as well as for the development and coordination of its ecosystem of partners and investors. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the firm and is part of the Investment Committee of the Private Equity Fund.
Prior to this role, he was the President and Chief Operating Officer of Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group where he oversaw all the operations, business development and M&A activities of the group globally.
Prior to joining Cirque du Soleil, he was a senior partner at McKinsey & Company where he spent 14 years. During that period, he has served as Managing Partner of the Montreal office, Leader of the Canadian Banking Practice and Co-Leader of the Institutional Investor Practice globally. Over the years, he has advised institutional investors, private equity firms, asset management firms and banks on a broad range of strategic and investment matters, in more than 25 countries.
As a trained lawyer, he also practiced M&A law at Borden Ladner Gervais in Canada and Andersen in France.
Mr. Tétrault holds an MBA from Oxford University, an LL.B. (law degree) from the Université de Montréal and a CEP from the Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris. He is also a member of the Barreau du Québec and serves on several boards, including goeasy Ltd. (TSX:GSY), the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and the C.D. Howe Institute.