Board of Directors

Mr. Nowak joined the Board in December 2019. Mr. Nowak is a Managing Partner in Brookfield’s Private Equity Group, responsible for investment origination, analysis and execution across North America. Mr. Nowak has deep experience in principal investing and the execution of mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Nowak holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Western Ontario and an MBA from Duke University where he graduated as a Fuqua Scholar.

Mr. Tomczyk has more than 35 years of experience in the financial services industry with extensive expertise in wealth management, banking and insurance. Mr. Tomczyk most recently held the role of President and Chief Executive Officer at TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation (“TD Ameritrade”), from October 2008 to October 2016. Prior to Mr. Tomczyk’s time at TD Ameritrade, he held executive leaderships positions with TD Bank Group, TD Canada Trust and London Life and London Insurance Group. Mr. Tomczyk received a bachelor’s degree in Applied Economics and Business Management from Cornell University and subsequently obtained his Chartered Accountant designation. In 2006, he was elected as a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario. Mr. Tomczyk currently serves on the board of the Chicago Board Options Exchange and the Athletic Alumni Advisory Council of Cornell University. He previously served on a number of boards in both Canada and the United States including London Life/London Insurance Group, Meloche Monnex, Knight Capital and TD Ameritrade.

Ms. Ades-Landy works in the Special Loan Group of the National Bank of Canada. Prior to this, Ms. Ades-Landy was the Chief Executive Officer of the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada (Quebec). Ms. Ades-Landy has more than 25 years of experience as an executive in the banking industry, including executive leadership positions at Scotiabank, Laurentian Bank and the National Bank of Canada. Ms. Ades-Landy holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Microbiology & Immunology from McGill University and a Master of Business Administration in Finance/Accounting from Concordia University. Ms. Ades-Landy was awarded the Top 100 Women in Canada in both 2007 and 2009. Ms. Ades-Landy is an experienced board director and graduate of the Institute of Corporate Directors ICD program. She currently serves on the boards of First Lion Holdings, Alithya Group Inc, Peak Fintech Group and Innovaderm. She was the Chair of the Audit Committee at Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation until August 2020.

Ms. Giffen has been a director of Sagen since July 2015. Ms. Giffen has spent her professional career in the life insurance business, holding several executive positions at The Independent Order of Foresters, including Chief Actuary, Chief Financial Officer, President of the Canadian Division and Chief Risk Officer. She also serves on the board of directors of Brookfield Annuity Company, Group Medical Services and Serenia Life Financial. Ms. Giffen is a past president of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries and previously served on the board of directors of the Society of Actuaries, RSA Canada and was the Chair of the board of Opera Atelier. Ms. Giffen is a graduate of the University of Waterloo, a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries, a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries and holds the ICD.D designation.

Ms. Hatlelid is Managing Director and General Counsel of Brookfield Reinsurance Partners. In this role, Ms. Hatlelid provides strategic and legal advice across Brookfield’s insurance and reinsurance business, and has oversight of legal, compliance and risk activities. Ms. Hatlelid was previously responsible for legal and transaction execution within Brookfield’s Private Equity Group. Prior to joining Brookfield in 2017, Ms. Hatlelid was a lawyer at a leading Toronto-based law firm, where her practice focused on corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and private equity. Ms. Hatlelid also serves on the board of directors of North End Re Ltd. and Brookfield Annuity Company. Ms. Hatlelid holds a Juris Doctor from Osgoode Hall Law School and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from Queen’s University.

Mr. Latour is Managing Director, Strategy and Investment, Capital Solutions, of CDPQ Capital Solutions. In this role, he is responsible for implementing and monitoring the strategic plan, portfolio construction and developing new specialty finance investment activities. The team he manages is responsible for initiating, executing and monitoring specialty finance, quasi-equity and opportunistic credit transactions globally. He chairs the capital solutions investment committee and also sits on the investment committees of the credit and equity markets portfolios. Mr. Latour has over 15 years of experience in investing, particularly in risk management. Since joining CDPQ in 2009, he has held various risk, liquidity and counterparty risk management positions. From 2016 to 2020, he was responsible for the risk management of the rates and credit portfolios. His responsibilities include portfolio construction, transactional analysis and representing the risk management team on investment committees. In this role, he also chaired the credit rating committee at CDPQ. Before joining the organization, he worked at RBC Royal Bank and GE Capital Canada. Mr. Latour obtained a Masters in Finance from HEC Montréal, holds the FRM certification and is a CFA charterholder. He sits on the Board of Directors of the YMCAs of Québec Foundation.

Mr. Levings assumed his current role as President and Chief Executive Officer in January 2015. Prior to that, Mr. Levings served in the roles of Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, as well as Senior Vice President, Chief Operations Officer and Senior Vice President, Chief Risk Officer. Mr. Levings joined Sagen MI Canada in July 2000 as the Financial Controller, and has also held positions in finance and product development, including five years as Chief Financial Officer. Before that, Mr. Levings spent seven years with Deloitte & Touche. Mr. Levings holds a CPA, CA professional designation with over 20 years of professional experience in a variety of industry sectors. Mr. Levings holds a Bachelor of Accounting Science degree from the University of South Africa and is a member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants.

Mr. Olivan joined the Board in June 2020. Mr. Olivan is a Managing Partner in Brookfield’s Private Equity Group, where his responsibilities include the origination, evaluation, execution, and monitoring of investments for Brookfield. Prior to joining Brookfield in 2010, Mr. Olivan was most recently with CIBC World Markets’ Investment Banking Group, where he was involved in a number of private and public financings and M&A advisory mandates. Mr. Olivan holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Honors) in Finance and Accounting from the University of British Columbia and is a CFA Charterholder.

Mr. Parkinson joined the Board in February 2017 and has been Chair of the Audit Committee since June 2017. Mr. Parkinson is a professional accountant and consultant with over 40 years of experience in the insurance and financial services field. He was a partner in KPMG from 1988 until his retirement in 2016 and was national leader of the firm’s Canadian insurance practice from 2004 to 2015. He was deputy chair of KPMG’s global insurance contracts accounting technical committee, chair of the Insurance Auditors Advisory Committee for the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada from 2009 to 2016, and a member of the Canadian Accounting Standards Board’s Insurance Accounting Task Force from 2006 to 2016. He is a graduate of the University of Waterloo, a Fellow of CPA Ontario (FCPA) and holds the ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors. He is also a member of the boards of directors of Equitable Life Insurance Company of Canada and Gore Mutual Insurance Company, and of the Actuarial Profession Oversight Board.

Mr. Planques was a Vice Chairman at PwC Canada until retiring June 30, 2021. He was the Canadian Leader of PwC One Analytics, focussed on using Data Analytics, Machine Learning and AI to solve complex business issues. Mr. Planques has been providing financial services expertise for over 35 years in multiple industries and countries. For the five previous years, Mr. Planques led PwC’s Canadian Deals Business, focusing on M&A, Crisis, and Value Creation. He represented PwC Deals on the Canadian Firm Leadership team. Currently he is a Managing Director at Revival Capital Partners, a special situations advisory firm. Mr. Planques graduated from University of Western Ontario and holds a Chartered Accountant (CA) and a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) designation.

Mr. Singh is a seasoned leader in global financial services with a deep background in enterprise risk management and analytics. He has held senior executive roles during his more than twenty-five years in the industry, including Chief Risk Officer at NewRez/Caliber, Genworth’s Global Mortgage Insurance, CitiMortgage, and GE Capital Americas. Mr. Singh also serves as director on the board of India Mortgage Guarantee Corporation and of Appalachian Trail Conservancy. He has previously served as director on the board of Genworth Australia and of Seguros de Credito a la Vivienda, Mexico. Mr. Singh has a Master of Business Administration in Finance from the University of Rochester’s Simon Business School, a Master of Science in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Rutgers University, and a Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.