Cleo Cheung Goodman

Cleo Cheung Goodman is a managing director in the private equity team at Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board, where she leads European financial services private equity investing. She partners with founders, management teams, and co-investors to build resilient, growth-oriented businesses across the region.

Cleo currently serves on the boards of HomeEquity Bank (largest equity release bank in Canada), Max Matthiessen (pan-Nordic pension and risk insurance brokerage), and 7IM (financial planning and investment management). She has originated, executed, and led high-conviction control and co-control transactions including 7IM, Max Matthiessen, and Diot-Siaci, alongside successful exits such as the sale of Burton’s Biscuits to Ferrero and Helly Hansen to Canadian Tire.

She joined Ontario Teachers’ in 2011 and has been London-based since 2013. Earlier in her career, Cleo worked in mergers and acquisitions at CIBC Capital Markets in Toronto. She was previously a member of the Future Leaders Committee at Level 20, an industry body for women in private equity, focused on increasing representation of senior women in the sector.