Mercer Canada has appointed Suzanne Nagy as drug consulting leader in its health team. Nagy joins Mercer with more than 25 years of leadership experience in the specialty pharmacy sector, most recently with Bayshore Healthcare where she helped establish the organization’s specialty drug patient support programs and pharmacy business. Read: Mercer Canada appoints new total […]
Morneau Shepell Ltd.’s president and chief executive officer Alan Torrie will retire May 5, 2017 and Stephen Liptrap, the current chief operating officer, will step into the role. Torrie has been with the company for 12 years and, according to chair of the board Jill Denham, has produced strong revenues while expanding Morneau Shepell’s presence […]
Rayne Capital Management Inc. has appointed two senior partners to its executive and portfolio management team. Mitchell Molloy will join as managing partner and David Szybunka will become lead portfolio manager for Rayne Energy LP. Both will oversee the Rayne Energy LP mandate, a long/short absolute return-focused strategy that leverages the firm’s local presence in […]
The Ontario Pension Board has appointed Geri Markvoort as chair of its board of directors. Patricia Croft, who was the acting chair until a permanent chair was appointed, will remain on the board as vice-chair and chair of the investments committee. With more than 40 years of experience as a human resources executive and director […]
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has promoted Mary Cover to managing director of pension strategy and enterprise risk and Marc Dupont to managing director of government and public affairs. In the new role, Cover will work closely with the fund’s plan sponsors and many external groups to help ensure the pension plan’s sustainability. She is […]
The federal government has appointed Ashleigh Everett and John Montalbano to the board of directors of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. The appointments are for three years. Everett is currently the president, corporate secretary and director of Royal Canadian Securities Ltd., a real estate developer in Winnipeg. She also serves on the board of […]
British Columbia’s college, public service and teachers’ pension plans have appointed Claude Marchessault as executive director, effective Mar. 1, 2017. A pension lawyer with experience in pension plan design, governance and fiduciary issues, Marchessault most recently practised with Dentons Canada LLP’s pension, benefits and executive compensation group in Vancouver. He was also a faculty member […]
Global asset manager Aviva Investors is growing its presence in Canada with two new appointments. Tyler McGraw has been named managing director and president of Aviva Investors Canada Inc. In the role, he will be responsible for the day-to-day operation of the firm’s Canadian business. McGraw has been with Aviva Investors since 2011 as an […]
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has promoted three members of its investment management team. Gillian Brown has been appointed to managing director, credit, insurance linked securities and equity products. With more than 20 years of experience in equity and derivatives investment management, she joined Ontario Teachers’ in 1995 as an equity trader. The pension fund […]
The Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System Sponsors Corp. has appointed Paul Harrietha as chief executive officer. In the new role, Harrietha is responsible for providing executive leadership and direction to the employees of the OMERS SC, as well as helping the SC board deliver on its responsibilities to plan design, contributions, stabilization reserves, sponsor and […]