The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is appointing Jenny Hammarlund as executive managing director of real estate, effective Jan. 5. Hammarlund will be based in London and is responsible with guiding the real estate team’s strategy, portfolio and asset management activities globally, according to a press release. She’ll report to Gillian Brown, chief investment officer of […]
Mark Wiseman, former president and chief executive officer of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, will become the next Ambassador of Canada to the U.S., effective Feb. 15, 2026. Wiseman, who succeeds Kirsten Hillman in the role, has a background in law, business and finance. In addition to his role at the CPPIB, Wiseman was […]
Cascades Inc. is appointing Emmanuelle Migneault as its chief human resources officer, effective Jan. 5, 2026. Migneault currently serves as vice-president of excellence and has been with Cascades since 2001, holding senior human resources leadership roles across business sectors and at the corporate level. She’ll succeed Maryse Fernet, who will retire in February after more […]
The Alberta Investment Management Corp. is permanently appointing Ray Gilmour as the organization’s chief executive officer, a role he has held on an interim basis since Nov. 8, 2024. Gilmour was appointed to the role after former CEO Evan Siddall and the AIMCo’s board of directors were fired by Alberta Finance Minister Nate Horner, who […]
The International Centre for Pension Management is making two new appointments to its management team, effective immediately. Adrian Trollor will move into the role of managing director. Most recently, he was head of portfolio delivery at NSW Treasury Corporation, where he oversaw the investment of roughly US$80 billion worth of client portfolios within a $110 […]
An article on the federal government’s notification to public employees on early retirement options was the most-read story on BenefitsCanada.com this past week. Here are the top five human resources, benefits, pension and investment stories of the last week: 1. Government sending early retirement info to nearly 70,000 public employees 2. CIBC appointing Yvonne Dimitroff […]
The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce is appointing Yvonne Dimitroff as executive vice-president and chief human resources officer, effective Jan. 1, 2026. In the role, she’ll be responsible for leading the bank’s HR functions and fostering workplace culture, according to a press release. Since 2014, Dimitroff has held several HR leadership roles at CIBC across […]
Evan Siddall, the former chief executive officer of the Alberta Investment Management Corp., has been appointed vice-chair capital markets division at the Bank of Montreal, according to a report by the Financial Post. It noted Siddall will guide the bank’s industry coverage teams across geographies in an advisory capacity. Read: Leadership changes at the AIMCo […]
The Royal Bank of Canada is appointing Rosemary Hatnay as vice-president of total rewards delivery. She previously worked at Scotiabank, where she held a series of roles including, most recently, vice-president of global payroll and total rewards solutions. Prior to that, she was Scotiabank’s vice-president of global total rewards solutions and operational effectiveness and director […]
The Ontario Pension Board is appointing Joanna Carson as chief financial officer, effective Nov. 10. In the role, she’ll oversee the OPB’s corporate finance, procurement, enterprise risk management and pension payroll functions. Carson will take over the role from Armand de Kemp, who’s retiring this year. Read: OPB appointing Andrew Tambone as CIO She previously […]