Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec has appointed Jean Michel as executive vice-president, advisory services to depositors and strategic analysis. Michel will start his new job on March 7, 2016. In his new role, Michel will manage the relationship with the Caisse’s clients and take part in overseeing investment strategies. Until recently, Michel was […]
Willis Towers Watson has appointed Scott MacDonald as a senior investment consultant. In the new role, he will consult with defined benefit and defined contribution pension fund clients on all aspects of their investments, including governance structure, investment objectives and policy development, asset allocation strategy, manager structure and selection, performance monitoring and delegated investment solutions. […]
Franklin Templeton has promoted three members of its Canadian defined contribution and retirement team. Matthew Williams (pictured) has been promoted to senior vice president, head of defined contribution and retirement in Canada, while Sonya Uppal and Vilashi Patel have both been promoted to vice presidents of the same team. Read: Franklin Templeton appoints global ETF head Since joining Franklin […]
Medavie has appointed Dr. Myrna Francis, president of Mfran Enterprises, to its board. Dr. Francis currently provides strategic advisory services regarding health and technology to the public sector and multi-national companies. She has held executive positions at several international companies, including CGI, CSC Healthcare, IBM, and was CEO of Canada Health Infoway during its startup […]
Mercer has appointed Judy Butterworth as principal consultant in its executive rewards practice. Butterworth, who will be working in the organization’s Calgary office, joins Mercer with more than 20 years of experience in all areas of compensation, including executive and board compensation, equity compensation plan design and administration, benchmarking and best-practice compensation disclosure. Read: Mercer acquires CPSG Partners “[Butterworth] […]
Following the appointment of a new CIO in January and a reshuffling of its investment team last week, the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has made a number of additional changes. Read: Ontario Teachers’ appoints new CIO Dale Burgess, who joined OTPP in 1996, has been promoted to vice-president, Infrastructure Latin American. He leads the team, which […]
Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo) has appointed Remco van Eeuwijk as chief risk officer, effective May 2, 2016. With more than 15 years of experience, Van Eeuwijk is a seasoned investment risk management executive with deep knowledge of institutional asset management and global pension markets. Since 2008, he was UK managing director of MN, the third-largest […]
Following on from its appointment of a new chief investment officer, the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP) has made a series of appointments to its investment team. The appointments include: Andrew Claerhout to the expanded role of senior vice-president, Infrastructure & Natural Resources; Ziad Hindo to the newly created role of senior vice-president, Capital Markets; Wayne […]
The Ontario Retirement Pension Plan Administration Corporation (ORPP AC) has appointed Saäd Rafi as its first CEO. Rafi was most recently the CEO of the TO2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games Organizing Committee. He also has 25 years of experience as a leader in the public and private sectors, including serving as deputy minister in several […]
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has appointed Bjarne Graven Larsen as executive vice president and chief investment officer (CIO), effective February 1, 2016. Graven Larsen is the former CIO and executive board member of ATP, Denmark’s largest pension plan and the fourth largest in Europe. He was most recently the chief financial officer at Novo […]