The Financial Institutions Commission of British Columbia has appointed Michael Peters as acting superintendent of pensions as part of an interim leadership team. The regulatory body is working with the province’s Ministry of Finance to fill key leadership roles as it develops a new operating structure for real estate regulation in the province, according to […]
Fiera Capital Corp. has appointed Julie Lalonde as executive vice-president, retail markets and strategic investment partnerships in its Canadian division. In the new role, which is effective Sept. 1, 2016, Lalonde will head the firm’s overall retail markets business in Canada and continue to lead the strategic investment partnerships team, which works closely with major Canadian financial institutions, […]
RBC Investor and Treasury Services has appointed David Linds as managing director and head of asset servicing Canada. Based in Toronto, Linds will be responsible for sales and client coverage activities. He will report to James Rausch, head of Canadian client coverage. Most recently, Linds worked as senior vice-president, business development and relationship management at […]
The real estate arm of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec has appointed Nidae Abbas as its vice-president of global retail and business development. Abbas will be working from London, England, for Ivanhoé Cambridge in the newly created position. She brings 20 years of experience in the industry and has most recently served […]
Canadian technology startup League has hired industry veteran Lori Casselman as its chief health officer. The Sun Life Financial Inc. executive will fill a new role created at League to advance its employee benefits program. Besides her work in group benefits at Sun Life, Casselman has held positions on several health advisory boards and has worked at […]
OPSEU has appointed Giulia Volpe to OPTrust’s board of trustees. Volpe is a pension analyst with the Ontario Pension Board in Toronto. She has more than a decade of experience in public sector pension plan administration, primarily providing front-line client service to OPB’s members and pensioners. Read: Alan Hibben named to OPTrust’s board of […]
Sun Life Financial has appointed Brigitte Parent as senior vice-president of group benefits. Parent joined the organization in 1995 and has extensive experience on the Canadian and international executive teams, including leading individual insurance and wealth, client solutions and group benefits. In the new role, according to Sun Life, Parent will continue to drive innovation and growth within […]
Willis Towers Watson has appointed Michael Thompson to its executive compensation team as a director in the Toronto office. Thompson has worked in both Canada and the United States in a variety of roles and has consulted to boards and executive management of some of the largest firms across North America. His client base has […]
Manulife Financial has appointed Donna Carbell as senior vice-president of its group benefits team and Brett Marchand as senior vice-president of its group retirement solutions team. With several years of experience on Manulife’s group benefits team, Carbell’s previous roles include assistant vice-president of health and dental operations; vice-president of life, disability and absence management; and […]
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has announced a series of new appointments. Alain Carrier has been appointed senior managing director, head of international. With more than 23 years of experience in the financial industry, he has been with the pension fund since 2008, most recently as managing director, head of Europe. In the new […]