John Valentini
President and Chief Executive Officer, Fiera Private Alternative Investments
John is President and Chief Executive Officer, Fiera Private Alternative Investments.
In his role, he oversees Fiera Capital’s alternative strategies platform, which includes real estate core and value-add, real estate financing, infrastructure, agriculture, private equity and private debt.
John has over 20 years of experience as a senior executive in managing both public and private organisations, including in the area of investment management. Prior to joining Fiera Capital, he held the positions of Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at PSP Investment Inc., Chief Financial Officer at BCE Emergis and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Cognicase Inc., as well as senior positions in Corporate Finance at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Caisse de depot and placement du Quebec and Ernst & Young.
John holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Great Distinction) and Graduate Diploma in Public Accountancy from McGill University and is an Advanced Management Program Graduate of Wharton, University of Pennsylvania. He also holds the following professional designations: Chartered Professional Accountant, Chartered Business Valuator, and Accredited Senior Appraiser. He is also a graduate of the Institute of Corporate Directors.
Charles was appointed Fiera’s Head of European Real Estate in 2022. He has responsibility for managing the European Real Estate team and the successful execution of its business strategy. As part of this remit, Charles’ team manages both Real Estate Equity strategies across Core, Value Add and Opportunistic, as well as Debt strategies, including Senior and Mezzanine. He is a global board member at Fiera Real Estate and also chairs Fiera Real Estate’s European Investment Committee. In addition, he sits on the board for nine individual leading UK property development companies, providing strategic expertise and executive management to the growing businesses.
Charles joined Fiera in 2013. Prior to this, he worked in the Corporate Finance team at Ernst & Young, covering M&A, restructuring and capital raising. He also has experience at BNP Paribas Real Estate.
Charles holds an MA from the University of Edinburgh and an MSC from Oxford Brookes. He is a Qualified Chartered Surveyor.
Ray has specialised in development and investment for 50 years. He became the Chief Executive of Lambert Smith Hampton in his early 20s and remained in this position until 1992 when he established Fiera Real Estate (formerly known as Palmer Capital). Ray is the chairman of all of the property companies in which Fiera Real Estate has a shareholding, and takes particular responsibility for Fiera Real Estate’s balance sheet investments. He is a Board Director and member of the Investment Committee.