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Managing Director, Head of Legal Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) Ryan is responsible for delivery of legal services globally; including enterprise and investment legal support across the organization through both internal and external counsel. Before joining CPP Investments, Ryan was general counsel of Turtle Creek Asset Management, a North American equity hedge fund business. He is also a prior managing director and head of multi-manager funds with The Carlyle Group, through its subsidiary Diversified Global Asset Management (DGAM), where he led management of global portfolios of hedge funds, credit funds, other private market funds and co-investments for institutional investors, including a substantial energy and commodities investment strategy. He also previously acted as DGAM’s general counsel, and began his career practicing corporate law at Torys LLP with emphasis on M&A and corporate finance, including significant experience in energy-related M&A. A member of the Law Society of Ontario, Ryan has Master of Finance and Law degrees from the University of Toronto and a Bachelor of Arts from Queen’s University.