The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions’ office of the chief actuary has appointed Assia Billig as chief actuary, effective April 15, 2019. She will succeed Jean-Claude Ménard, who will retire in mid-April after 20 years as chief actuary. Billig has worked in the office of the chief actuary for more than a decade, specializing in actuarial […]
Art Babcock is retiring after more than 40 years in the Canadian group benefits industry. In 1974, he started his career at the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. of Canada. After six years in personal insurance, he moved over to group benefits as manager of group insurance and pensions at MetLife. In 1989, Babcock joined the Alexander Consulting Group, which […]
Sun Life Financial Canada is making adjustments to its leadership teams. Heading up the newly created client experience office, Eric Monteiro, senior vice-president and chief client experience officer, will head up his own team. Monteiro joined Sun Life in 2016 as chief analytics and engineering officer for individual insurance and wealth. Before that, he was chief strategy […]
British Columbia’s College Pension Plan board of trustees selection panel has appointed Bita Jenab as its director of research and analysis for the college and public service pension plans. Jenab has more than 30 years of consulting experience and extensive experience as a consulting actuary working with jointly sponsored pension boards. She will provide the board with strategic […]
Financial Horizons Group Inc. is changing up its broader leadership team. The firm is appointing David Stewart, who previously focused on the firm’s Atlantic Canada business, as its chief operations officer. Stewart will work closely with Chris Valardo on distribution, Mike Donati on dealership and Heidi MacDonald on operations, according to a press release. Cathy Hiscott […]
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. is appointing Melanie Jeannotte as the national president of its benefits services group in Canada. Prior to the new role, Jeannotte was area president of Western Canada for Gallagher’s benefits and human resources consulting practice. She also spent eight years as a managing partner at Vital Benefits Inc. in Calgary. […]
Russell Investments is appointing Peter Gunning as its global chief investment officer. Gunning had assumed the role on an interim basis when Jeff Hussey left the firm in October 2018. With 23 years of experience at Russell Investments, Gunning joined the Sydney office in 1996. He served as global chief investment officer in the U.S. headquarters in 2008 and then took on the […]
Accompass Inc., a division of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., is appointing Sherry Shaw as a vice-president in its benefits and health practice. With 26 years of experience in the group benefits industry, Shaw was previously vice-president and local practice lead for health and benefits in Toronto at Aon. She was also an account executive at Sun Life Financial […]
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is appointing two executives to its global strategy team. Martin Coiteux will be chief economist and Charles Émond will take on the role of executive vice-president of Quebec and global strategic planning. “Mr. Coiteux and Mr.Émond have a deep understanding of Quebec and global markets,” said Michael Sabia, president and chief […]
Mercer Canada has appointed Carole Field as wealth business leader in Calgary. In the new role, she will focus on identifying and executing improvements to pension and other human resources programs in the province. Field joins Mercer from ATCO Group, where she was most recently vice-president of HR. Over a decade at the utilities company, she also held […]