Eric Wetlaufer

Once a prominent money manager in the tight-knit Boston investment community. Wetlaufer is the former husband of Suzy (Wetlaufer) Welch, the journalist and business consultant now married to former General Electric (GE.N) Chief Executive Jack Welch. Eric M. Wetlaufer was named senior vice president, heading CPP Investment Board’s public market investments division in June 2011. Prior to joining CPPIB this June, he was the group chief investment officer of the international division at Fidelity Management and Research in Boston. Previously, he was a chief investment officer at Putnam Investments, and a managing director at Cadence Capital Management. At Wesleyan, he earned his bachelor’s degree with a major in earth science. He is a chartered financial analyst.