Mark Wiseman
Senior Advisor
Mark Wiseman is a Senior Advisor and Chairman of Lazard Canada. He is a Canadian investment manager, business executive and an industry-leading expert in alternatives and active equity investments.
Among his board and advisory roles with various organizations, Mr. Wiseman currently serves on the Board of Directors of Nova Chemicals and as a Senior Advisor to Boston Consulting Group. Mr. Wiseman recently served as the Chair of the Board of Directors of the Alberta Investment Management Corporation from 2020-2023.
Previously, he was a Senior Managing Director at BlackRock, Global Head of Active Equities, Chairman of its alternatives business, and Chairman of BlackRock's Global Investment Committee. He also served on BlackRock's Global Executive Committee.
Prior to joining BlackRock, Mr. Wiseman was the President & Chief Executive officer of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, where he first served as the organization’s Senior Vice-President, Private Investment and then as Executive Vice-President before becoming CEO.
Born in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Mr. Wiseman holds a BA from Queen's University and a law degree and MBA from the University of Toronto. He was also a Fulbright Scholar at Yale University, where he obtained a Master of Laws.
Mr. Wiseman serves on the board of several nonprofit organizations, including Alpine Canada Alpin, the Century Initiative, Sinai Health System, the Capital Markets Institute and the Dean's Advisory Board at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto.
Our offices in the United States
The United States has been Lazard’s home since the firm was incorporated in New Orleans in July 1848.
For more than 175 years, Lazard has been an integral part of the American business landscape, providing trusted advice to public and private companies, governments, partnerships and individuals in the United States and Canada.
In addition to our global headquarters in New York, Lazard has locations in eight cities across the United States, bringing invaluable local perspective to our work with clients around the nation and all over the world.
