Key Takeaways
- • The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) appointed Dean Connor, a former Mercer partner and former Sun Life Financial CEO, to its board of directors.
- • CPP Investments also added Barry Perry, an energy sector veteran, as a board member in the same announcement.
- • Connor brings more than 40 years of experience in financial services and consulting, including 28 years at Mercer and roughly 15 years at Sun Life.
- • CPP Investments manages $497.2 billion in the CPP fund, and its board comprises 12 directors.
Summary
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has appointed Dean Connor to its board of directors, according to the organization's announcement as reported by Consulting.ca. Connor previously was a partner at HR and wealth management consultancy Mercer. CPP Investments also named Barry Perry, an energy sector veteran, as a board member in the same move.
Connor has more than 40 years of experience in financial services and consulting. He spent 28 years at Mercer, where he latterly served as president for the Americas, before joining Sun Life in 2006. At Sun Life, he held the roles of chief operating officer and head of Canadian operations before becoming chief executive officer, a post he held from 2011 to 2021. He is a trustee of the University Health Network in Toronto and a member of the Ivey School of Business advisory board. Harvard Business Review named him one of the Top CEOs in the World for 2019. He holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from Western University and is a fellow of the Society of Actuaries and the Canadian Institute of Actuaries.
Heather Munroe-Blum, chairperson of CPP Investments, said the organization is pleased to welcome Connor and Perry and that both share its commitment to global best-in-class standards of organizational investment capabilities, corporate governance, and diversity, commensurate with its public purpose. CPP Investments manages the $497.2 billion CPP fund. The Toronto-based organization is governed and managed independently of the CPP and at arm's length from the Canadian government, and its board is composed of 12 directors.
Connor has more than 40 years of experience in financial services and consulting. He spent 28 years at Mercer, where he latterly served as president for the Americas, before joining Sun Life in 2006. At Sun Life, he held the roles of chief operating officer and head of Canadian operations before becoming chief executive officer, a post he held from 2011 to 2021. He is a trustee of the University Health Network in Toronto and a member of the Ivey School of Business advisory board. Harvard Business Review named him one of the Top CEOs in the World for 2019. He holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from Western University and is a fellow of the Society of Actuaries and the Canadian Institute of Actuaries.
Heather Munroe-Blum, chairperson of CPP Investments, said the organization is pleased to welcome Connor and Perry and that both share its commitment to global best-in-class standards of organizational investment capabilities, corporate governance, and diversity, commensurate with its public purpose. CPP Investments manages the $497.2 billion CPP fund. The Toronto-based organization is governed and managed independently of the CPP and at arm's length from the Canadian government, and its board is composed of 12 directors.
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