Mercer has appointed Judy Butterworth as principal consultant in its executive rewards practice. Butterworth, who will be working in the organization’s Calgary office, joins Mercer with more than 20 years of experience in all areas of compensation, including executive and board compensation, equity compensation plan design and administration, benchmarking and best-practice compensation disclosure. Read: Mercer acquires CPSG Partners “[Butterworth] […]
Following the appointment of a new CIO in January and a reshuffling of its investment team last week, the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has made a number of additional changes. Read: Ontario Teachers’ appoints new CIO Dale Burgess, who joined OTPP in 1996, has been promoted to vice-president, Infrastructure Latin American. He leads the team, which […]
Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo) has appointed Remco van Eeuwijk as chief risk officer, effective May 2, 2016. With more than 15 years of experience, Van Eeuwijk is a seasoned investment risk management executive with deep knowledge of institutional asset management and global pension markets. Since 2008, he was UK managing director of MN, the third-largest […]
Following on from its appointment of a new chief investment officer, the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP) has made a series of appointments to its investment team. The appointments include: Andrew Claerhout to the expanded role of senior vice-president, Infrastructure & Natural Resources; Ziad Hindo to the newly created role of senior vice-president, Capital Markets; Wayne […]
The Ontario Retirement Pension Plan Administration Corporation (ORPP AC) has appointed Saäd Rafi as its first CEO. Rafi was most recently the CEO of the TO2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games Organizing Committee. He also has 25 years of experience as a leader in the public and private sectors, including serving as deputy minister in several […]
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has appointed Bjarne Graven Larsen as executive vice president and chief investment officer (CIO), effective February 1, 2016. Graven Larsen is the former CIO and executive board member of ATP, Denmark’s largest pension plan and the fourth largest in Europe. He was most recently the chief financial officer at Novo […]
Murray Gold, managing partner at Koskie Minsky LLP, has been appointed as a member of the initial board of directors for the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP) Administration Corporation. Gold is a leading expert in pensions and employee benefits and has advised boards and sponsors of major public and private sector multi-employer plans for more […]
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has appointed Mary Sullivan as senior managing director and chief talent officer. Sullivan has worked in human resources for 25 years with Canadian and global corporations. In her new role, she will lead the CPPIB’s global human resources team. She will also oversee talent acquisition, training and development, […]
Ray Desai has been appointed asset owner senior relationship manager for Canada with FTSE Russell.
Franklin Templeton Investments has named Patrick O’Connor as head of Global Exchange Traded Funds. O’Connor will help navigate the active and rules-based ETF landscape. He has more than 15 years of investment experience. He was previously at BlackRock, where he most recently served as managing director of iShares Product Canada, iShares Product Latin America and […]