Members and Biographies of the Pension Advisory Council Updated: November 2015 The Pension Advisory Council consists of 17 members Five members represent Canada Post Four members are elected Eight members represent the unions and associations Five members represent Canada Post Douglas Greaves HBA, CFA, ICD.D Toronto, Ontario Chairperson of the Pension Advisory Council Member since: July 2001 Member of the Investment Advisory Committee Doug Greaves, Vice-President Pension Fund and Chief Investment Officer, has extensive investment management experience. Doug joined Canada Post at the inception of its Pension Plan in 2000, and was responsible for establishing the Plan s investment strategy and investment operations. Today, Doug continues to be responsible for managing all pension investment activities of the Plan. Doug has broad investment experience managing Canadian and U.S. equity and bond portfolios as well as private equity and real estate investments. Prior to joining Canada Post, he held senior investment positions with Workers Compensation Board, Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement Board and North American Life Assurance Company. Doug received his Honours in Business Administration (HBA) from the University of Western Ontario. He is a member of the CFA Institute, the Institute of Corporate Directors, the Pension Investment Association of Canada, and the Canadian Coalition of Good Governance. Doug is a member of the Pension Board of Directors, United Church of Canada Pension Fund, and is a member of the Investment Committee of the University of Western Ontario Endowment Fund. Steven Galezowski MBA, CPA, CA, CBV, CFA Member since: March 2011 Steven Galezowski joined Canada Post Corporation as Corporate Treasurer in February 2009, assuming responsibility for cash management, investments, financing, hedging and corporate risk management. Before joining Canada Post, he was Assistant Treasurer of Quebecor World Inc., a global printing company, from 2005 to 2009. At Quebecor World he was a designated management representative on the Board of Directors Pension Committee and was responsible for investment management of over $1 billion of Canadian and U.S. pension plan assets. Prior to that, he held a series of increasingly responsible financial management positions with major corporations such as Bell Canada Enterprises (BCE) Inc. and RBC Royal Bank, over a 20-year period. Steven graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Windsor and an MBA from the University of Western Ontario s Richard Ivey School of Business. He holds designations as a Chartered Accountant, Chartered Professional Accountant, Chartered Financial Analyst, and Chartered Business Valuator. Lou Greco MBA, CPA, CMA Lou Greco joined Canada Post in 2005 and is currently the Director, Pension Services Finance. Other roles he has held at Canada Post were Director, Market and CRM Finance and Director, Corporate Planning and Product Revenue Measurement. Prior to joining Canada Post, Lou worked in the high tech sector for companies such as Siemens, Hewlett Packard and JDS Uniphase in the areas of finance, customer operations and contract management. Lou has an engineering degree from Queen s University, an MBA from McMaster University and a holds a CPA, CMA designation.
Kateri Saumure Member since: August 2015 Kateri Saumure is Director of Language Services and leads a team responsible for quality and consistency of writing and translation in both official languages. She joined Canada Post in September 2000 as a Communications Officer and has held various manager roles before becoming director, including Manager, Online Presidential and Employee Communications and Senior Editor responsible for the establishment and application of high-level corporate writing standards in both English and French. Prior to joining Canada Post, Kateri had a 14-year career as a news and current affairs reporter at Radio-Canada in Montréal, Winnipeg and Ottawa. Kateri earned a Bachelor s degree in Communications from Université du Québec à Montréal. Kateri will play an active role in ensuring that pension messages are communicated to the appropriate audiences in a timely fashion. Brad Smith EMBA, CEBS, H.R.C.C.C. Member since: January 2004 Brad Smith is the General Manager of Total Compensation and Pay at Canada Post. He currently leads a professional team responsible for the overall design, operation and communication of all salary, incentive, benefit, disability management and pension programs including payroll and HR Shared Services. Brad has 20 years of management experience across a range of industries. Prior to joining Canada Post, he worked for a major Canadian insurance company and has extensive experience in transformation and change leadership. Brad is also Co-Chair of the Compensation Research Centre of the Conference Board of Canada. He earned an Executive MBA from the Ottawa University, a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Manitoba, the Certified Employee Benefits Specialist (CEBS) designation from Dalhousie University and the designation of HRCCC (Human Resources and Compensation Committee Certified) from McMaster University s Directors College. Brad was a 2010 nominee for the Hicks Morley Vision Award for Strategic Goals Champion. Four members are elected Mary Bishop CPA, CA, CEBS Representative of the retired members Member since: October 2011 Mary retired from Canada Post Corporation (CPC) in 2010 after a 25-year career holding numerous positions in Finance, Real Estate and Operations. Mary was a member of the CPC project team that implemented the CPC pension plan and was also part of the Pension Services team during the last 10 years of her career at CPC. Mary received a BA from the University of Toronto, and holds chartered professional accountant (CPA) and certified employee benefits specialist (CEBS) designations. Nelson Chan MBA CPA CMA Representative of active members not represented by a bargaining agent Member since: June 2015 Nelson Chan is currently the Director of Finance, CPC 2.0 at Head Office. As a Canada Post employee and plan member since 2004, he s had the opportunity to gain experience across the country in a number of areas including operations, collective bargaining, and two major transformation projects. Consistent through all business units of the corporation are the committed, hardworking employees dedicated to making this organization succeed. With a deep understanding of the challenges facing the pension plan and the commitment made to employees, Nelson is not afraid to ask difficult questions, challenge plan administrators, and represent the member s earned benefit.
Angelo Colacci Maple, Ontario Representative of all active members of the Plan Angelo Colacci has been an employee of Canada Post Corporation and plan member of the Superannuation Branch of Canada / Canada Post Pension Plan since September 21, 1981. He has been an elected full-time officer of the CUPW Scarborough Local since October 1987, trained and co-facilitated countless CUPW seminars regarding member s benefits, pension and retirement planning. Angelo has an excellent working knowledge of the Pension Plan from (Treasury Board / Superannuation) to the current Canada Post Pension Plan / PAC. William (Bill) R. Price Representative of the retired members Member since: June 2001 Bill retired from Canada Post Corporation (CPC) in 2003 after a 30-year career holding numerous executive positions in Finance (i.e. Chief Economist, Pricing, Product Costing, Regulatory Affairs and Corporate Planning). Bill also was a member of the CPC team that negotiated the terms of transfer of the pension plan from the Public Service Superannuation Act to CPC. After Bill s retirement, he became a private consultant. Bill received his BA and MA in Economics from Simon Fraser University and is currently a member of Heritage Ottawa s Executive and Board of Directors. Bill has served on the Pension Advisory Council for over 13 years with terms as the Representative of CPC retired and all active members. His academic and work experience in economics and finance and knowledge of CPC s financial challenges and legal framework permit him to ask the right questions to help ensure the security of the pension plan. Eight members represent the unions and associations Daryl Bean Lanark, Ontario PSAC/UPCE Representative Member since: July 2001 Daryl retired as National President of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) in May 2000. Daryl has extensive pension plan experience as he served on the Public Service Superannuation Pension Plan Advisory Committee from 1983 to 2000. He was responsible for administration of the PSAC Staff Pension Plan from 1985-2000. He has also provided advice and guidance to other unions on their pension plans. Daryl believes that a well-funded pension plan is essential to workers so that they can have an enjoyable retired life. Madeleine Cleroux CUPW representative Member since: October 2008 Madeleine Cleroux has been a postal worker for 25 years and was elected to a full-time union position for the Canadian Union of Postal Workers in 2008. Her duties as a union representative include answering Canada Post pension plan members pension-related questions as well as facilitating pension education seminars. This is Madeleine s second term sitting on the Pension Advisory Council. When appointed to the Council, she received training on pension-related topics. She has also attended other seminars pertaining to pension. In her employment with Canada Post, she holds a position as a Letter Carrier in Ottawa. Her post-secondary education includes economics and accounting.
Beverly Collins Beverly Collins was elected National Secretary-Treasurer at the May 2015 CUPW National Convention. Prior to her election, she held the full-time position of Secretary-Treasurer of the CUPW Ottawa Local. She was also a member and subsequently President of the CUPW National Board of Trustees. Beverly has extensive knowledge of the collective agreement and in her responsibilities as Secretary- Treasurer, she provided clarification and support to the membership. She also facilitated pension courses. Beverly holds, for the past 30 years, a position of Letter Carrier in her employment with Canada Post. Dubois, Guy APOC Representative Guy Dubois has been the National President and Chief Executive Officer of the Association of Postal Officials of Canada (APOC) since June 2013. He was also employed at APOC as 1st National Vice-President from May 2011 to June 2013, 2nd National Vice-President from June 2010 to May 2011, National Officer from August 2009 to June 2010, and Divisional Vice-President in Montreal from June 2007 to July 2009. He also held a number of other functions at APOC. Guy was a Supervisor at Canada Post from 1995 to 2006, and a Superintendent, Local Area, from 2006 to 2007. Rona Eckert Biography coming soon. Sylvain Lapointe Montréal, Québec Sylvain Lapointe is CUPW National Director, Montréal Metropolitan Region, and is also Vice-President at the Bureau de la FTQ. He was recently named Chief Negotiator for the urban unit round of bargaining set to begin in fall 2015 with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW); he has participated in several previous rounds of negotiations. Sylvain began his career as a letter carrier in 1978 and then started as a despatch shipper in 1981. He became involved with the Union as a steward in 1981 and became a member of the Montréal local executive in 1993. He then became a national union representative and then national director of grievances at head office in Ottawa. He was elected president of the CUPW Montréal local section in 2002, became regional director of grievances in 2008 and has been a national director since 2011.
Daniel Maheux CPAA Representative Member since: October 2007 Daniel joined Canada Post in 2004, and is currently Postmaster for the Peachland BC Post Office. He opted to take an active role with CPAA. His enthusiasm, problem solving abilities, dedication to the rights of workers, strong ethics and prior work expertise earned him the respect of the members, fellow board members and Canada Post representatives. Before joining Canada Post, Daniel earned his helicopter license and enjoyed a prominent 22-year career in the commercial air-transport industry; first with Canadian Airlines International and ultimately with Air Canada. Since being elected at the National Office of CPAA, Daniel has been the Chair and a member of various Committees. He is currently serving as Chair of the Negotiating Committee, Chair of the Communication Committee, Co-chair of the Labour Relations Committee, member of the Political Action Committee and the Job Evaluation Committee and member of the Pension Advisory Council for CPAA. Having been elected for three consecutive terms as National Officer, Daniel serves as National Vice-President. François Paradis Representative jointly selected by PSAC/UPCE, APOC, and CPAA Member since: April 2015 François Paradis graduated from a paramedic program in 2006. His substantive position at Canada Post is Supervisor in the Pension Center. François has a Human Resources Management Certificate, a Pension Plan Administration Certificate, and is a CLC Labour College graduate. He is the current UPCE National President, a previous President of Ottawa Local 70180, and was a member of the UPCE-PSAC Bargaining team for the 2012-14 round of negotiations. APOC CPAA CUPW PSAC UPCE Association of Postal Officials of Canada Canadian Postmasters and Assistants Association Canadian Union of Postal Workers Public Service Alliance of Canada Union of Postal Communication Employees