The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has re-appointed Bill Chinery and John Murray to its board for two-year terms commencing Jan. 1, 2017, as well as re-appointing Jean Turmel to another two-year term as the board’s chair. Murray has 35 years of experience as a global macro-economist and was the deputy governor of the Bank of […]
Aon Hewitt has made a number of additions to its Canadian investment consulting team. Calum Mackenzie, who will move over from Aon Hewitt’s office in Britain, will lead the organization’s central Canada investment consulting practice. He has worked for Aon since 2007 in a range of roles, including senior investment consultant, senior strategic consultant and […]
Mercer Canada has appointed Jane Emslie as officer leader, based in its Winnipeg office. Emslie has more than 20 years of experience in health and benefits, including consulting and plan design. She held the same role from 2004 to 2009, but left Mercer for Manitoba Blue Cross, where she was vice-president, group and individual, for […]
Mercer Canada has appointed Todd McLean as partner and office leader, based in its Vancouver office. McLean, who joins Mercer with more 25 years of consulting experience, has held a number of roles in the industry, including president at McLean Management Advisory Inc., regional vice-president for Sun Life Financial’s western region, principal at Eckler Ltd., […]
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has promoted Jo Taylor to senior managing director, international, effective Jan. 1, 2017. Taylor, who joined Ontario Teachers’ in 2012, is currently regional managing director, Europe, Middle East and Africa and is head of the London, England office. In his new role he will have oversight responsibility for Ontario Teachers’ […]
Duane Green will become president and chief executive officer of Franklin Templeton Investments Corp. upon the retirement of Don Reed on Jan. 31, 2017. In addition to the new titles, Green will continue as managing director for Canada. He has been in a number of different roles at Franklin Templeton since 2004, including vice-president of […]
Telus Corp. Inc. has appointed Shane Sabatino as president of its sourcing solutions business, which delivers human resources, payroll, wellness and employee contact centre technology solutions to the organization’s business customers. Sabatino has nearly 25 years of experience in human resources, including 10 years in leadership roles within Telus. He rejoins the organization from The […]
John Salmond has been appointed president and chief executive officer of Group Medical Services and GMS Insurance Inc., effective Nov. 20, 2016. With nearly 30 years of senior sales and marketing experience, Salmond held a series of roles at Manulife Financial before joining GMS in August 2013 as vice-president of sales and marketing. The organization, […]
Accompass Inc. has appointed Anne Peiris as a vice-president in its compensation practice. With more than 15 years of experience in the industry, Peiris has held senior leadership roles at banks, insurance companies and human resources consulting firms, most recently with Mercer. “We really value Anne’s pragmatic approach to building compensation solutions,” said Sarah Beech, president of […]
Great-West Life Assurance Co. will restructure its Canadian operations around two business units, one focused on group customers and the other focused on individual customers. The organization has also appointed Jeff Macoun as executive vice-president of group customers. He has spent more than 30 years with Great-West Life and its companion company London Life, most […]