Investment consultancy bfinance has appointed Philip Coté as director of client consulting in Canada. With more than 16 years of experience in financial services, investment consulting, product development and manager research, Coté was previously a director at Pavilion Alternatives Group. In the new role at bfinance, he’ll be supporting major Canadian public and private pension funds, insurers, family offices, endowments and foundations. […]
The C.D. Howe Institute is appointing Hugh O’Reilly as a senior fellow. Formerly the president and chief executive officer of the OPSEU Pension Trust, O’Reilly stepped down last month. Read: Hugh O’Reilly stepping down from OPTrust “Hugh combines impressive wisdom and experience in pensions with broad interest in many policy areas affecting prosperity and Canadians’ incomes,” […]
FTSE International Ltd. is appointing Paul Bowes in the newly created role of Canadian country head. In the position, Bowes will oversee the Toronto team and report to Waqas Samud, the organization’s chief executive officer, who is also the group director for information services at the London Stock Exchange Group. “I’m excited to have Paul join […]
Express Scripts Canada is appointing Michael Roszak as chief operating officer. Roszak will oversee operations, customer services, marketing, sales and clinical services. Since 2008, he was vice-president of business development for the public sector at Telus Health. “Mike is the right person to lead ESC’s operations into the future,” said Dr. Dorian Lo, president for Express Scripts Canada, in a […]
Foyston, Gordon & Payne Inc. is making changes to its global equity team. The organization has appointed John Di Re as associate portfolio manager. With 17 years of investment experience, Di Re was most recently a senior principal with sector expertise in health care and industrials at the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan. He also had a key role managing […]
Mercer Canada has re-appointed Rose Kwan as a partner in its health team. With nearly 30 years of experience in benefits consulting in both Canada and Asia, Rose brings experience in employee benefits, employee engagement, wellness and human resources strategies. After starting her career at Confederation Life Insurance Co., she joined Mercer in 2007. In her previous roles at the […]
Jim Keohane is retiring from his role as president and chief executive officer of the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan in March 2020. “Jim is well-respected around the world for his pension advocacy, investment strategy and leadership,” said Adrian Foster, chair of the HOOPP board of trustees, in a press release. “Under his leadership, he and […]
The Ontario Pension Board has appointed Chris Kautzky as its new chief investment officer. Set to start May 1, 2019, Kautzky will succeed Ken Lusk who’s retiring this year. For the past seven years, Kautzky has been a managing director at Aon Hewitt Investment Management Inc. Prior to that role, he was a partner at the […]
Hugh O’Reilly has resigned as president and chief executive officer of the OPSEU Pension Trust, effective immediately. According to a release from the pension fund, O’Reilly is leaving to pursue other interests after leading the OPTrust for four years. During his tenure, he helped implement member-driven investing, as well as supervising the launch of OPTrust […]
The Investment Management Corp. of Ontario is appointing Christian Hensley as the new senior managing director of public equities and credit, effective April 9, 2019. His previous experience includes several senior roles at the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, including managing director and head of relationship investments. Before he joined the CPPIB, Hensley worked in private equity and growth […]