Bob Ashley

Bio

Bob Ashley is Chair of the Board of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and also a director of the Bank of Montreal, where he chairs the Human Resources Committee. He has served on several boards in the not-for-loss sector, including serving as Chair of the Board at Wilfrid Laurier University and the K-W Symphony,  and has served on the boards of public companies Clarica, Sun Life Financial, CI Funds, Perigee Inc and Electrohome. He is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of Clarica Life Insurance Company and former President of Sun Life Financial Canada, comprising the Canadian life and health insurance and wealth management operations of Sun Life Financial Inc. In 1999, as President and Chief Executive Officer of Mutual Life of Canada, he led the organization and its stakeholders through demutualization, an initial public offering and a corporate name change to Clarica Life Insurance Company.