Managing Director, Credit Restructuring in Toronto

Joining CPP Investments means joining one of the world’s most admired and respected institutional investors to drive a single mandate: to deliver strong, sustainable returns for generations of Canadians. With a long-term horizon and global reach, we deploy capital at scale across public and private markets. Our size, stability, and disciplined investment philosophy allow us to pursue complex opportunities and build enduring partnerships worldwide.

The Role

Credit Investments (CI) is seeking an experienced restructuring professional to strengthen its capability to manage underperforming, stressed and distressed credit investments as the portfolio grows in scale and complexity. The Managing Director, Restructuring will provide dedicated senior creditor-side expertise across workouts, liability management exercises (LMEs), restructurings, liquidity solutions and other stressed situations. The role will partner with CI investment teams to preserve investment value, maximize recoveries and support effective positioning ahead of key events.

The Team

Credit Investments currently manages assets in excess of $80.5 billion; investment deal sizes range from $50M to over $1B. The Credit Investments team has over 147 investment professionals across North America, Europe and Asia. Reporting to the Head of Credit Strategy, the role will work closely with CI investment teams, Legal, Portfolio Management and senior leadership, and will contribute to broader CPP Investments matters where restructuring expertise can add value. The role is expected to be based in Toronto or New York.

Accountabilities

• Lead Restructuring Strategy and Execution
• Provide Senior Commercial Judgment
• Partner with Deal Teams and Legal
• Strengthen CI's Restructuring Platform
• Broader Contribution

What You Bring

• Significant restructuring experience gained as a banker or adviser at a leading restructuring advisory firm, or investment bank.
• Senior-level experience (approximately 15 years) consistent with a Managing Director appointment, with a demonstrated ability to lead complex restructuring processes and advise sophisticated institutional clients.
• Deep creditor-side experience representing lenders, bondholders, creditor groups and/or institutional investors.
• Extensive experience with LMEs, complex out-of-court restructurings and formal restructuring processes.
• Strong expertise in liquidity analysis, capital structures, valuation, recovery analysis, financing alternatives and transaction execution.
• Demonstrated experience negotiating with sponsors, companies, creditor groups and advisers in high-stakes situations.
• Strong knowledge of restructuring market conventions, precedents and creditor dynamics.
• Meaningful familiarity with restructuring documentation and legal concepts, and the ability to work effectively with counsel.
• Strong executive presence and judgment, with the ability to influence senior investment professionals while operating in a collaborative, advisory capacity.
• Ability to move between detailed transaction execution and broader strategic judgment, with a collaborative mindset suited to CI's deal-team ownership model.

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