The former co-head of private equity at European buyout firm Doughty Hanson has joined the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, one of the world’s biggest investors in private equity.

Mark Corbidge, who left the London-based firm at the end of last year amid a shake-up of its leadership following founder Nigel Doughty's death, has joined CPPIB as a senior principal, according to two people familiar with the situation and his Linkedin page.