Cycle Capital Management has promoted Pascal Drouin to partner, Natalya Novikov to partner and CFO, and Catherine Bérubé to vice president, sustainability, investor relations and public affairs.
Drouin, formerly a junior partner, joined Cycle in 2013. He previously served as a risk modeling leader at GE Capital.
Novikov, formerly vice president, finance and administration, also joined in 2013. Before then, she was an accountant with MNP.
Bérubé, formerly head of communications and public relations, came on board in 2014 following a career in public and governmental relations.
Cycle is a Montréal-based clean technology venture capital firm. It oversees assets of $355 million.
Photo: Pascal Drouin, partner, Cycle Capital Management.
PRESS RELEASE
Cycle Capital announces the appointment of two partners and a Vice President
Junior Partner Pascal Drouin and VP Finance & Administration Natalya Novikov become partners, while the head of Communications and Public relations Catherine Bérubé becomes VP
Monday, December 17th, 2018 – Andrée-Lise Méthot, Founder and Managing Partner of Cycle Capital Management – Canada’s most important cleantech venture capital investment platform – is pleased to announce the appointment of Junior Partner Pascal Drouin as partner, of Vice President Finance & Administration Natalya Novikov as CFO and partner and of the Head of Communications and Public Relations Catherine Bérubé as Vice President, Sustainability, Investor Relations and Public Affairs.
“Claude and I are proud to announce these new appointments which demonstrate the vitality, development and future of our firm. They reward the thorough expertise of Pascal, Natalya and Catherine – already valuable assets to our team. Claude joins me in congratulating them for these well-deserved promotions,” said Andrée-Lise Méthot, Founder and Managing Partner.
Pascal Drouin originally joined Cycle Capital in 2013 and became Junior Partner earlier this year. He has over ten years of experience in various roles, including portfolio and risk management. Before joining Cycle Capital, Pascal worked at Multiple Capital and GE Capital. Pascal graduated from HEC Montreal with a bachelor’s in business administration and a Master of Science (M.Sc.) in management.
Natalya joined Cycle Capital in 2013 and is responsible for accounting, compliance, production and disclosure of financial information and administrative procedures for a total of 4 funds as well as the Ecofuel Accelerator. In addition, she lectures levels I, II and III of the CFA curriculum and is a member on the CVCA CFO Task Force. She previously worked at the Canada Revenue Agency, Statistics Canada and MNP. Natalya holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation (CFA), is a Chartered Accountant (CPA, CA) and is also a Certified Public Accountant (CPA, New Hampshire).
As for Catherine, she joined Cycle Capital in 2014 as Head of Communications and Public Relations. She he is responsible for Cycle Capital’s “impact investing” reporting. Catherine is the Vice Chair of Écotech Québec and Co-Chair of SWITCH Alliance and has over ten years of experience in public and governmental relations.
About Cycle Capital Management
Cycle Capital Management (CCM) is an impact investor and the most active cleantech venture capital firm in Canada with AUM (assets under management) of $355M. With offices in Montreal, Toronto and Qingdao, and a presence in New York and Seattle, CCM invests in companies at the development and growth stages that commercializes clean technologies striving to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, optimizing resource use and improving process efficiency throughout North America. CCM is also the Founder of the Ecofuel Accelerator and the Co-Founder of the Ecofuel Fund.
CCM regroups seasoned investment professionals, strategic advisors and industrial partners with in-depth knowledge of the sector. The firm has a special relationship with its strategic partners – Brookfield Renewable Energy, Rio Tinto, Cascades, Group M3, Lonza, Énergir, Systemex Énergies, Aluminerie Alouette and Hydro-Québec. For more information on Cycle Capital Management, visit: cyclecapital.com.
Catherine Bérubé
Vice President, Sustainability, Public & Governmental Affairs
cberube@cyclecapital.com +1 514 629-1022