Sun Life Financial has appointed Marilee Mark as vice-president, product and integrated health solutions and Wayne Millar as vice-president, marketing and digital solutions. Both appointments are in the organization’s group benefits team. Mark joined Sun Life as vice-president of market development in 2013. She was responsible for the company’s group benefits market strategies, including communications. […]
Mercer has named René Beaudoin global health delivery leader, part of its retirement, health and benefits leadership teams. He will be based in the Toronto office. Beaudoin has 25 years of business leadership experience with knowledge of various plans, including defined benefit, defined contribution, health and welfare, disability and employee assistance programs. Read: Mercer appoints […]
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has appointed Nicole Musicco senior vice-president of public equities, effective Jan. 1. She is replacing Wayne Kozen, who is leaving the organization. Musicco has been with Ontario Teachers’ since 2002. According to a press release, she was instrumental in establishing the pension fund’s Asia Pacific regional office in Hong Kong, which […]
Martin Laguerre, a senior principal at the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, is now focusing on investment opportunities in renewable energy. He joined CPPIB in April 2016, and has been working closely with the infrastructure and natural resources teams to examine lower-carbon investments. He previously served as managing director of General Electric’s global power and […]
Bruce Cooper has been appointed chief executive officer of TD Asset Management, effective Nov. 1. He will retain his current responsibilities as chief investment officer. Cooper has more than 20 years of asset management experience at TD. Cooper is replacing Tim Wiggan, who, effective Nov. 1, will lead the equities business at TD Securities Inc., where he previously […]
Ari Kaplan has launched Kaplan Law, Canada’s first law firm focusing on pension dispute mediation. With two decades of experience at Koskie Minsky, Kaplan has been counsel or co-counsel of some of the country’s most significant pension cases, including appearances at the Supreme Court of Canada and the Nortel insolvency allocation hearings. In 2014, he facilitated […]
The Nova Scotia Pension Services Corp. has appointed Doug Moodie as interim president and chief executive officer, effective Oct. 28. Steven Wolff, current president and chief executive officer, is leaving to join CIBC Mellon. Moodie is a member of the Pension Services Corp.’s board and a senior solicitor with the legal services division of the […]
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec has appointed Patrick De Roy senior vice-president, research, depositors and global portfolio. Read: Mercer appoints health and benefits consultant De Roy comes most recently worked as partner and risk and investment practice leader at Eckler. He has also worked as an institutional portfolio manager of fixed income at Fidelity […]
Mercer Canada has appointed Louis-Charles Godin as a health and benefits consultant. Among his new responsibilities, Godin will focus on business development for the Quebec City office and will also be in charge of the region’s group insurance clients. Godin began his career as a sales representative for SSQ Financial Group in October 2007. He […]
Fiera Properties Ltd., the real estate management investment firm and affiliate of Fiera Capital Corp., has appointed Peter Cuthbert, Blair McCreadie and William Secnik to its investment management team. Peter Cuthbert, who has been with Fiera Properties since 2012, has been appointed chief operating officer, expanding his responsibilities to include the enhancement of the firm’s […]