Willis Towers Watson is appointing Ofelia Isabel as its new market leader for Toronto. In her new role, Isabel will be responsible for the company’s brand in the Greater Toronto Area, delivering client solutions and managing business operations and talent development. “We’re very pleased to appoint Ofelia to this leadership role as we continue to […]
Aon is appointing Brad Lorimer as executive vice-president and health leader in Canada. Since Lorimer joined the consultancy 13 years ago, he led several national practice groups across Canada, including the financial services group and cyber solutions. Prior to joining Aon, he worked at Chubb Insurance and and Scotiabank. “Brad has a deep knowledge of […]
SEI Investments Canada Co. is appointing Kendra Kaake as director of investment strategy for its institutional group in Canada. With more than 20 years of investment industry experience, Kaake joins SEI from Russell Investments Canada Ltd. where she was director for non-profit outsourced chief investment officer solutions and director of client strategy and research. Read: SEI […]
Canadian-based health-care provider INLIV is appointing Lori Casselman as president and chief revenue officer of Wello, its virtual care platform and telemedicine business. In the new role, Casselman will focus on leading Wello’s growth strategy, client experience, as well as its product and service offerings. “As we continue to expand our business to build for the future, we are thrilled […]
Willis Towers Watson has promoted Wendy Poirier to the role of global well-being leader. With the consulting firm since 2005, Poirier’s previous roles include innovation leader, growth leader and region leader in health and benefits for Canada. She also spent 10 years as a managing principal at Towers Perrin before it became Willis Towers Watson. At the beginning […]
The Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System is naming Annesley Wallace as its new chief pension officer. Wallace has been with the OMERS pension services team for about two years, before which she was a managing director at OMERS Infrastructure. She also currently sits on the boards of Infrastructure Ontario, Bruce Power and Alectra Utilities. Read: OMERS […]
Ron Mock, who recently retired as the president and chief executive officer of the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, has been appointed a senior fellow of the C.D. Howe Institute. “Ron has had an extraordinary career, culminating in his leadership of one of Canada’s standout pension successes,” said William Robson, president and CEO of C.D. Howe, in […]
In the investment space, readers were focused on the moves of the big public pension funds and real estate investment in 2019, with the top three most-read stories tackling those topics. Benefits Canada rounds up the industry’s favourite investment stories of the year: 1. Canadian DB plans return median 1.7 per cent in Q3 2. Hugh O’Reilly stepping down from OPTrust 3. OPTrust partners […]
The Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System is appointing Blake Hutcheson as its new chief executive officer, effective June 1, 2020. Hutcheson, who is currently OMERS’ president and chief pension officer, will succeed current CEO Michael Latimer, who is retiring after two decades at the pension fund and six years at its helm. Read: Michael Sabia to step down as […]
OMERS Ventures, the venture capital investing arm of the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System, has hired former Uber Technologies Inc. executive Jambu Palaniappan to join its London office as a managing partner. Palaniappan joined Uber in 2012 and led its expansion into the Europe, Middle East and Africa regions before being named the general manager […]