iA Financial Corporation Inc. announced changes to its Executive Committee. First, two executives will leave iA for retirement in the coming months. Jacques Potvin, Executive Vice-President and Chief Actuary, will conclude his role as Chief Actuary with the disclosure of the Second Quarter financial results in August and will stay with iA Financial Group to assist in the transition and other strategic mandates until the end of the year.

Lilia Sham, Executive Vice-President, Corporate Strategy and Development, will leave her current role as Head of Corporate Strategy and Development in September and will remain with iA as Executive Vice-President and Strategic Advisor for the coming months. The following changes will come into effect on August 21: Following the retirement of Jacques Potvin, iA Financial Group announces the appointment of ric Jobin to the role of Executive Vice-President and Chief Actuary. Already a member of the Executive Committee, Mr. Jobin has been with iA for more than 29 years and is a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries (FCIA) and of the Society of Actuaries (FSA).

He has occupied roles of increasing responsibility over the years, including in corporate actuarial services, group benefits and retirement solutions and most recently for operational efficiency. In his new role, Mr. Jobin will continue to be responsible for the efficiency function. Pierre Miron, Executive Vice-President and Chief Transformation Officer, will become Executive Vice-President and Chief Growth Officer Canadian Operations.

Mr. Miron has successfully led iA's ambitious transformation program over the past years and he brings a deep business understanding of the financial sector and his vast experience in the service of this new mandate. In this role, he will oversee all Canadian lines of business and continue to build the capacity of the Global CX function. These changes will allow Mike Stickney to focus on iA's U.S. operations, which are important growth drivers for the future.

Mr. Stickney will become Executive Vice-President, Chief Growth Officer US Operations, Co-Head of Acquisitions. iA Financial Group also announces the appointment of Denis Berthiaume as Executive Vice-President, Strategy and Performance and Co-Head of Acquisitions. Mr. Berthiaume has more than 25 years' experience as an executive in the financial sector, in a wide range of specialties.

He has been Head of life insurance and wealth lines of business. He has also led various corporate functions including IT, corporate actuarial, client experience, employee experience, risk management and commercial, property and casualty and retail banking. Denis Berthiaume completed his actuarial studies at Laval University in 1985 and is a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries (FCIA) and of the Society of Actuaries (FSA).

In his new role, Mr. Berthiaume will have two main areas of responsibility. The first is to consolidate Strategy and Performance functions to maximise strategic and operational alignment. His second area of responsibility will focus on acquisitions, on which he will share the role of co-head with Mike Stickney.

The other members of the Executive Committee remain the same.