OPSEU Pension Trust president and chief executive officer Hugh O’Reilly has joined the board of directors of the Canadian Coalition for Good Governance. The coalition’s members include pension funds, mutual funds, third-party money managers and other institutional investors that invest in publicly listed Canadian companies. Together, members manage about $3 trillion in assets. OPTrust’s executive members have been […]
Mercer Canada has appointed Julie Duchesne as Canadian health business leader. Prior to the new role, Duchesne was leading the global consultancy firm’s health business in Quebec. She has extensive experience in group benefits consulting and has worked at Mercer for 20 years. Read: New principal at Mercer “Julie has already made a significant contribution […]
The Alberta Investment Management Corp. has appointed Richard Bird as chair of the board of directors, effective Oct. 21, 2017. Bird succeeds Mac Van Wielingen, who has served as chair since December 2014 and will have served his maximum allowable term on the board. Bird served as executive vice-president, chief financial officer and corporate development at Enbridge […]
The chief executive officer of the Halifax Regional Municipality Pension Plan is retiring, effective October 2017. Terri Troy has led the plan since 2006, and through her tenure, she doubled the plan’s assets from $921 million to $1.8 billion today. She has also saved the plan $28 million in operating expenses during her 11 years on the […]
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has appointed Beth Tyndall as chief people officer. Tyndall joins Ontario Teachers’ after more than a decade at Deloitte, where she was most recently associate partner and national talent leader for the organization’s audit and consulting businesses. Prior to that role, she was national talent leader for Deloitte’s tax business. […]
The C.D. Howe Institute is re-appointing Leo de Bever, former chief executive officer of the Alberta Investment Management Corp., as a senior fellow. De Bever is currently a chairman of Nauticol Energy Ltd. in Calgary and senior advisor at Mountain Pacific Group LLC, an investment management company in Bellevue, WA. He has also worked at […]
Brenda Prysko has joined Aon Hewitt as a partner at the firm’s Calgary office. Prysko, with more than 30 years of experience as a consultant and actuary, joins the firm as a partner in its retirement practice. Her experience includes significant work in the area of public sector pensions. “Throughout her career, Brenda has emerged as […]
Goldblatt Partners LLP has hired three lawyers to expand its pension practice. Susan Philpott, Simon Archer and Clio Godkewitsch, who were all previously practising at Koskie Minsky LLP, will join the firm’s Toronto office. “Landing these three top-notch pension lawyers enriches our overall labour and employment practice and adds significant depth and expertise to our […]
Manulife Financial Corp. president and chief executive officer Donald Guloien has announced a plan to retire as of Sept. 30. With the move to retire, Roy Gori, who will become Manulife’s president on June 5, will succeed Guloien as chief executive officer and join the company’s board of directors as of Oct. 1. “Donald has had a respected career at Manulife […]
Kevin Hendershot has joined Mercer as a principal at its Toronto office. Hendershot’s previous experience includes client management roles at Accenture, Allstream Inc. and Microsoft Corp. “Kevin is a recognized leader with a strong track record in driving business initiatives through highly engaged teams and trusted client connections,” said Jaqui Parchment, senior partner and Toronto office leader at […]