Jonathan Belair is the Managing Partner of Power Sustainable Lios, a specialized North American agri-food private equity firm. Lios invests in mid-market companies across the food value chain, aiming to build and support a more resilient and sustainable food ecosystem. Jonathan has 20 years of investing and operating experience with a focus in food, agriculture, and sustainability. Previously, he spent 5 years as a senior executive at McCain Foods, a global food processing and agriculture company with $14 billion in revenues. During this time, Jonathan led global investing, strategy, and venture, as well as the company's Global Sustainability/ESG function. He has led investments across the food value chain, including agriculture production, food processing, and distribution, control environment agriculture, equipment and data analytics. Before McCain Foods, Jonathan was a senior member of the direct private equity team at OMERS Private Equity ($25B AUM). He also serves as a board member for several portfolio companies. Before OMERS, Jonathan was part of the investment banking group at Scotiabank.
Jonathan holds an MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario (2007).
Jonathan Belair
Managing Partner, Power Sustainable Lios