The government has appointed Janice Fukakusa as the inaugural chair of the board of the Canada Infrastructure Bank. Fukakusa is a corporate director and former chief administrative officer and chief financial officer of Royal Bank of Canada, from which she retired in January 2017. She currently serves on the boards of a number of corporate […]
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has made a number of senior executive changes and appointments. Neil Beaumont will join the pension fund as senior managing director and chief financial and risk officer, effective July 24. He has worked at BHP Billiton Ltd. since 2011, most recently as a vice-president. Beaumont will replace Benita Warmbold, who […]
Stephen Frank is the new president and chief executive officer of the Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association. Frank, who until recently was the association’s senior vice-president of policy, replaces Frank Swedlove in the role. Frank joined the organization in 2010 after working in the banking sector. As for Swedlove, he has retired after 10 […]
Ontario has announced the board of directors for the new financial services regulator it announced in last year’s fiscal update. Bryan Davies, Kathryn Bouey and Judith Robertson will supervise the Financial Services Regulatory Authority and develop a detailed transition plan for it to eventually replace the Financial Services Commission of Ontario. Davies will act as chair of […]
Calvin Jordan is joining Mercer as a partner and senior investment consultant following his recent retirement as chief executive officer of the Nova Scotia Health Employees’ Pension Plan. Based at the Vancouver office, Jordan will work as a senior investment consultant at Mercer. He returns to the firm following a previous 12-year stint before taking the role at […]
OPSEU Pension Trust president and chief executive officer Hugh O’Reilly has joined the board of directors of the Canadian Coalition for Good Governance. The coalition’s members include pension funds, mutual funds, third-party money managers and other institutional investors that invest in publicly listed Canadian companies. Together, members manage about $3 trillion in assets. OPTrust’s executive members have been […]
Mercer Canada has appointed Julie Duchesne as Canadian health business leader. Prior to the new role, Duchesne was leading the global consultancy firm’s health business in Quebec. She has extensive experience in group benefits consulting and has worked at Mercer for 20 years. Read: New principal at Mercer “Julie has already made a significant contribution […]
The Alberta Investment Management Corp. has appointed Richard Bird as chair of the board of directors, effective Oct. 21, 2017. Bird succeeds Mac Van Wielingen, who has served as chair since December 2014 and will have served his maximum allowable term on the board. Bird served as executive vice-president, chief financial officer and corporate development at Enbridge […]
The chief executive officer of the Halifax Regional Municipality Pension Plan is retiring, effective October 2017. Terri Troy has led the plan since 2006, and through her tenure, she doubled the plan’s assets from $921 million to $1.8 billion today. She has also saved the plan $28 million in operating expenses during her 11 years on the […]
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has appointed Beth Tyndall as chief people officer. Tyndall joins Ontario Teachers’ after more than a decade at Deloitte, where she was most recently associate partner and national talent leader for the organization’s audit and consulting businesses. Prior to that role, she was national talent leader for Deloitte’s tax business. […]