Mathieu Desforges is a Partner at Fiera Comox. In this role, he leads the Private Credit strategy focusing in the United States and Europe. He is also a member of the firm’s Investment Committee overseeing Fiera Comox’s three strategies: Private Agriculture, Private Equity and Private Credit.
Prior to joining Fiera Comox in 2019, Mathieu spent seven years with CDPQ, where he was Head of Junior & Opportunistic Credit. He launched the Junior & Opportunistic Credit strategy in 2013 and grew it to US$2.5B. In this role, Mathieu was responsible for investing globally in private credit instruments (subordinated debt, mezzanine and PIK instruments) as well as in opportunistic credit and distressed debt. Mathieu ran direct investments, co-investments and fund investments. He was a Board member of three CDPQ investee companies and he was also a member of CDPQ’s Relationship Investing Investment Committee.
Mathieu also spent 10 years at Lehman Brothers in London in the Investment Banking & Fixed Income groups, investing Lehman Brothers’ balance sheet and managing distressed debt & special situations across Europe. Mathieu started his career as a corporate lawyer in Montreal at Fasken and then in Paris at BBLP Moquet Borde. Mathieu holds an MBA from London Business School and a law degree (LL.B) from the Université de Montréal.