The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is making three changes to its team through internal promotions. Steve Saldanha will be managing director of portfolio management and asset allocation. He joined the pension fund in 2006 and was previously director of global tactical asset allocation for the capital markets team. Jacky Lee will be managing director of portfolio analytics and […]
Mercer is promoting Louis Gagnon, its chief executive officer for Canada, to U.S. and Canada region president, with Jaqui Parchment moving into his former role. “A thriving U.S. and Canada region is crucial to our overall performance as a firm, and Louis’s extensive experience makes him ideal for this position,” said Martine Ferland, Mercer’s group president, in […]
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has appointed Kelly Shen as senior managing director and chief technology and data officer. “Together with her team, Kelly will further develop CPPIB’s technology and data strategy, which will help us advance operational efficiency by streamlining processes and automation,” said Mark Machin, chief executive officer of the CPPIB, in a press […]
Three new senior appointments at the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan include new roles for Gillian Brown, Danilo Simonelli and Saurabh Rastogi. Brown will lead the pension fund’s capital markets group as senior managing director. The team manages total fund exposure to a number of asset classes, including equity, fixed income, credit and inflation sensitive. Since joining the Ontario Teachers’ in 1995, Brown has […]
Great-West Life Inc. has appointed Jeff Macoun as president and chief operating officer for Canada. Macoun is filling the role following the announcement that Stefan Kristjanson, the organization’s current president and chief operating officer for Canada, is retiring on Dec. 31, 2018. “On behalf of the board of directors and the entire organization, I want […]
Digital health benefits platform League Inc. has appointed Kim Tabac as its chief people officer. In the short term, Tabac will focus on scaling the company’s team in Canada and the United States, serve as chair of the company’s advisory council and work with clients on benefits strategies that include mental health, diversity and inclusion […]
The Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System has appointed Enrico Persicone as manager of pension policy. Previously, Persicone worked as a senior manager for BMO Canada’s pension program for it’s own employees, specializing in risk, policy, financial impacts and administration. He was also a senior tax associate in Ernst & Young’s talent and reward group. And he began his career in […]
Franklin Templeton Investments Corp. has appointed Shane Clifford as its new senior managing director of alternative strategies. Reporting directly to Mat Gulley, executive vice-president and head of alternatives, Clifford will be responsible for focusing on the global growth strategy and business development for the firm’s alternatives business. “We are excited to welcome someone of Shane’s calibre to the […]
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has named Steve Buck as its new managing director of technology infrastructure. In the role, Buck will be responsible for developing and implementing the strategy, operation and ongoing improvement of the pension fund’s technology infrastructure. With more than 25 years of experience, Buck was most recently vice-president of infrastructure operations at […]
Franklin Templeton Investments Corp. has appointed Sonal Desai as chief investment officer of its fixed income group, effective Dec. 31, 2018. With more than 10 years at the investment firm, Desai joined in 2009 as director of global macro research. Previously, she was an economist at Thames River Capital and director and senior economist at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein […]