Lobbying by Sarona Asset Management Inc.: its registrations, its lobbyists, the bills it has named and every meeting it has reported with federal office holders since November 2021.
Patrick Hergt · Partner, Head of Business Development
Serge LeVert-Chiasson · Managing Partner, CCO
Institutions they may lobby: Export Development Canada (EDC), Finance Canada (FIN), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), House of Commons
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Discussions regarding international development policy priorities, including innovative finance and climate finance initiatives, to support private capital mobilization, sustainable economic development, ecosystem strengthening, and resilient trade and investment partnerships in developing countries.
Exploring how Sarona could support Canada’s diversification, resilience, and economic statecraft objectives through scalable, impact-oriented investment platforms
Sarona presented two potential partnership pathways: (i) a separately managed account within FinDev Canada to deploy capital into priority regions and sectors, and (ii) a Global Affairs Canada–led blended finance program leveraging Saro-na’s execution capacity and pipeline-building expertise.
Discussing opportunities to strengthen whole-of-government alignment across Finance Canada, Global Affairs Canada, FinDev Canada, and Export Development Canada to enhance private capital mobilization and support resilient trade and investment partnerships.
Genevieve Brown · Director, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Andrew Hurst · Director, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Tom Bui · Director, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Discussions regarding international development policy priorities, including innovative finance and climate finance initiatives, to support private capital mobilization, sustainable economic development, ecosystem strengthening, and resilient trade and investment partnerships in developing countries.Read more
Discussing opportunities to strengthen whole-of-government alignment across Finance Canada, Global Affairs Canada, FinDev Canada, and Export Development Canada to enhance private capital mobilization and support resilient trade and investment partnerships.Read more
Neeraj Bhalla · Political staffer, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Exploring how Sarona could support Canada’s diversification, resilience, and economic statecraft objectives through scalable, impact-oriented investment platformsRead more
Discussing opportunities to strengthen whole-of-government alignment across Finance Canada, Global Affairs Canada, FinDev Canada, and Export Development Canada to enhance private capital mobilization and support resilient trade and investment partnerships.
Alison Nankivell · CEO, Export Development Canada (EDC)
Discussing opportunities to strengthen whole-of-government alignment across Finance Canada, Global Affairs Canada, FinDev Canada, and Export Development Canada to enhance private capital mobilization and support resilient trade and investment partnerships.Read more
Exploring how Sarona could support Canada’s diversification, resilience, and economic statecraft objectives through scalable, impact-oriented investment platforms
Christopher MacLennan · Deputy Minister, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Discussing opportunities to strengthen whole-of-government alignment across Finance Canada, Global Affairs Canada, FinDev Canada, and Export Development Canada to enhance private capital mobilization and support resilient trade and investment partnerships.Read more
Exploring how Sarona could support Canada’s diversification, resilience, and economic statecraft objectives through scalable, impact-oriented investment platforms
Sarona presented two potential partnership pathways: (i) a separately managed account within FinDev Canada to deploy capital into priority regions and sectors, and (ii) a Global Affairs Canada–led blended finance program leveraging Saro-na’s execution capacity and pipeline-building expertise.
From the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying's open data, published November 5, 2026.
Reports cover oral, arranged meetings with designated public office holders since November 22, 2021; lobbyists file them by the 15th of the following month.
Names of MPs are matched to the current House of Commons, and bills are linked when the lobbyist's own description makes clear which bill it means.
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