CPPIB Progression levels

Hi everyone,

Based on my research CPP IB progression is looking as follows.. but not totally sure.

Based on this, is Principal the equivalent to VP in most other organizations, and Senior Principal=Director?

Analyst
Associate
Senior Associate 
Principal (= VP?)
Senior Principal  (= Director?)
Managing Director

Would love to get some clarity on this from someone that knows / on the inside.

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This used to be correct but is out of date by a few months (see the edit below):

Analyst
Associate
Senior Associate 
Principal
Senior Principal --> MD
Managing Director --> Senior MD

 

Think it was changed after they looked at the market and took the internal belief that the new titles were more in alignment with their peers.

People's titles should have changed by now to reflect this change.

Hard to really peg to those titles, would say that Senior Associate is somewhere between Senior Associate and VP and Principal is somewhere between Principal and Director. 

 

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