Helios Fairfax Partners Corporation (TSX: HFPC.U) has announced that Vitali Harwardt will join the company on November 3, 2025, and assume the role of Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of both Helios Fairfax Partners and its investment manager, Helios Investment Partners (HIP), effective January 1, 2026. Interim CFO Michael Corcoran will continue overseeing the finance function until the end of 2025, ensuring a smooth leadership transition.
Harwardt brings nearly two decades of experience across private equity, public companies, and global operations, with deep expertise in capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, tax, and strategic finance across multiple jurisdictions.
Most recently, he served as Managing Director & CFO at EMH Partners, a European private equity firm managing $1.8 billion in assets, where he led finance, accounting, valuation, tax, and risk functions. He previously held senior finance roles at Pictus Capital, Scout24 AG, and ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE, and began his career with Deloitte and KPMG, managing large-scale finance transformations and M&A transactions. Harwardt holds an MBA from Freie Universität Berlin and is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Tax Advisor.
“We are thrilled to welcome Vitali as our new CFO,” said Co-CEOs Tope Lawani and Babatunde Soyoye. “His extensive expertise in private equity, public markets, and international finance, coupled with his operational leadership, makes him exceptionally well-suited to advance HFP and HIP.”
The company emphasized the planned two-month overlap with Interim CFO Corcoran to ensure a seamless transition, reflecting Helios Fairfax’s focus on continuity and operational excellence.
