The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec’s executive vice-president of Quebec, Christian Dubé, is leaving the pension fund to run for the Coalition Avenir Quebec. The provincial political party confirmed to The Canadian Press that Dubé will run in the Montreal-area riding of La Prairie. He previously represented the Levis riding in the legislature between 2012 and […]
Cigna Corp. has appointed Gina Papush to the newly created role of global chief data and analytics officer. “As our industry evolves, embedding insights and analytics across the enterprise will enhance Cigna’s ability to more rapidly deliver simplified, affordable, personalized and integrated experiences for our customers and clients,” said Chris Hocevar, president of strategy, segments […]
Pacific Blue Cross has appointed John Crawford as its president and chief executive officer. Crawford took over as interim president and chief executive officer in November 2017 upon the retirement of Jan Grude. Since joining Pacific Blue Cross in 1989, Crawford has been a vice-president, senior vice-president and chief financial officer. Prior to that, he was a senior […]
Mercer Canada has appointed Virginie Gosselin as principal consultant on its total health management team. With more than 15 years of benefits consulting experience, Gosselin has led the development and implementation of workplace health and wellness programs, helping organizations of all sizes foster healthy workplaces that enhanced employee engagement, health and well-being. Previous roles include: health consultant at Normandin Beaudry; principal consultant, […]
T. Rowe Price Group Inc. has appointed Lauren Bloom as head of defined contribution sales and intermediaries in Canada. Based out of Toronto, Bloom will lead sales and services for the company’s Canadian defined contribution and intermediary channels, promoting its investment offerings. Prior to this position, Bloom held a number of roles at CI Investments Inc., including vice-president […]
Accompass Inc. has appointed Chris Raposo as a consultant in its benefits and health practice. He joins the firm with 13 years of group benefits experience at Great-West Life Assurance Co. in a variety of roles, including senior client relations specialist, service leader and senior specialist in group benefits. Throughout his career, Raposo has held roles working […]
SEI Investments Canada Co. has appointed Lucy Paglione as senior client portfolio manager. In the new role, Paglione will be responsible for managing relationships with the firm’s Canadian defined benefit pension and non-profit employer clients. Her focus will be on the firm’s outsourced chief investment officer services, building custom investment strategies for those clients. Read: Assets managed by U.S. […]
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec has appointed Alexandre Synnett as its new executive vice-president of digital technology and operations. With eight years of experience at the pension fund, Synnett was previously senior vice-president of operations; vice-president of operations for private equity, infrastructure and data management; vice-president of data management; and associate vice-president of the […]
Aurora Cannabis Inc. has promoted Debra Wilson to chief human resources officer, effective immediately. Since joining the company in June 2017, Wilson was previously Aurora Cannabis’ vice-president and senior vice-president of HR. Before that, she was director of HR at Universal Rail Systems Ltd., vice-president of HR and organizational development at Alberta Pensions Services Corp., senior director of HR and administration […]
Great-West Life Assurance Co. has made three appointments to its executive team. Karrina Dusablon has joined the company as vice-president of national accounts for its plan sponsor services division. Issa Guindo has been appointed assistant vice-president of group customer data and analytics. And Derrick March has been named vice-president of business development for the group customer practice, […]