Canada Pension Plan head joins Entertainment One board

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board’s Scott Lawrence has joined the board of Entertainment One as a non-executive director.

Lawrence is the managing director and head of relationship investments at the investment board, which holds a 19.8% stake in the company which produces Peppa Pig.

“[We] look forward to the valuable contribution that his business and investment experience will bring to the board, as eOne continues with its strategic ambition of doubling the size of the business by 2020," said chairman Allan Leighton.