The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has promoted Jo Taylor to senior managing director, international, effective Jan. 1, 2017. Taylor, who joined Ontario Teachers’ in 2012, is currently regional managing director, Europe, Middle East and Africa and is head of the London, England office. In his new role he will have oversight responsibility for Ontario Teachers’ […]
Duane Green will become president and chief executive officer of Franklin Templeton Investments Corp. upon the retirement of Don Reed on Jan. 31, 2017. In addition to the new titles, Green will continue as managing director for Canada. He has been in a number of different roles at Franklin Templeton since 2004, including vice-president of […]
Telus Corp. Inc. has appointed Shane Sabatino as president of its sourcing solutions business, which delivers human resources, payroll, wellness and employee contact centre technology solutions to the organization’s business customers. Sabatino has nearly 25 years of experience in human resources, including 10 years in leadership roles within Telus. He rejoins the organization from The […]
John Salmond has been appointed president and chief executive officer of Group Medical Services and GMS Insurance Inc., effective Nov. 20, 2016. With nearly 30 years of senior sales and marketing experience, Salmond held a series of roles at Manulife Financial before joining GMS in August 2013 as vice-president of sales and marketing. The organization, […]
Accompass Inc. has appointed Anne Peiris as a vice-president in its compensation practice. With more than 15 years of experience in the industry, Peiris has held senior leadership roles at banks, insurance companies and human resources consulting firms, most recently with Mercer. “We really value Anne’s pragmatic approach to building compensation solutions,” said Sarah Beech, president of […]
Great-West Life Assurance Co. will restructure its Canadian operations around two business units, one focused on group customers and the other focused on individual customers. The organization has also appointed Jeff Macoun as executive vice-president of group customers. He has spent more than 30 years with Great-West Life and its companion company London Life, most […]
OPTrust has named Vicki Ringelberg to chair and Tim Hannah to vice-chair of its board of trustees. The roles, which alternate between government and the Ontario Public Service Employees Union appointees every two years, are effective November 2016. Read: OPSEU appoints pension analyst to OPTrust’s board Ringelberg joined the board in 2011 as a government […]
Mercer Canada has appointed Andrew Grubb as head of innovation. In the role he will focus on the trends that are shaping the future of human resources and which will transform the way employers manage their changing workplaces. Grubb joins Mercer with more than 10 years of experience in a diverse range of industries and […]
Mercer has appointed Jamie Farrell as a principal in its Toronto health and benefits practice. Farrell previously spent nearly eight years at Rogers Communications, most recently as director of benefit and investment programs. Read: Rogers wins benefits communication award by practising what it preaches Prior to joining Rogers, he was director of benefits at Loblaw […]
Professional advisory firm Stem Capital Inc. has appointed Joseph Chan vice-president in its benefits and total rewards practice. Chan has worked in the industry for 18 years in both Canada and Asia. He joined Walmart Canada in 2011 as senior manager of benefits and moved up to director of total rewards before leaving the company […]