Board of Directors

Andrew Moor has been President and CEO of the Company since March 2007. Prior to joining Equitable, he served as the President and CEO of Invis Inc. from 2002-2007.  Andrew is Chairman of The Trust Companies Association of Canada and a member of the Executive Committee of the Canadian Bankers Association. He serves as a Director and Chair of the Audit Committee of Sleep Country Canada Inc.  Mr. Moor holds an MBA from the University of British Columbia, a B.Sc (Eng.) from the University of London and is a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors with the ICD.D designation. 

Mr. Emory is President and Chief Executive Officer and a trustee of Allied Properties REIT, a role he has held since 2003. He has also served as President and Chief Executive Officer and a director of Allied Canadian Development Corporation since 1988. Prior to 1988, Mr. Emory was a partner with the law firm of Aird & Berlis LLP, specializing in corporate and real estate finance. He currently serves as a director of Real Property Association of Canada. Mr. Emory received his Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree from Queen's University and his J.D. from the University of Toronto. He became a director of the Bank in May 2014. 

Rowan Saunders is President & Chief Executive Officer of Economical Mutual Insurance Company. Previously he was President & Chief Executive Officer of Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Company of Canada (RSA Canada) for over 12 years. He serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) and was the IBC’s past Chair. Mr. Saunders received a Bachelor of Arts degree from York University, holds the Canadian Risk Management designation and is a Fellow of the Insurance Institute of Canada. He joined the Board in May 2013.

David LeGresley is Chair of the Board of both the Company and the Bank. He is also a Corporate Director and has over 30 years of experience in the financial services industry. Mr. LeGresley is a former executive of National Bank Financial holding positions in the area of corporate and investment banking and most recently serving as Vice Chairman from 2006 to 2008. He currently serves as a Director and Chair of the Audit Committee of Pembina Pipeline Corporation. Mr. LeGresley received a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Engineering from the University of Toronto and a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard Business School. He is a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors with the ICD.D designation.

Lynn McDonald, a Corporate Director, is a former Managing Director at CIBC World Markets and a former deputy minister in the Ontario Government. She is the Chair and an independent trustee of Greystone Health Trust, an Ontario Hospital Association trust fund. Ms. McDonald is a former Chair of the Board of Frontier College, a national literacy organization and remains a member of the College’s Finance and Audit Committee. She is also a former director of Bridgepoint Active Care Foundation where she was Chair of the Finance and Audit Committee, and a former Governor of Trent University where she was Chair of the Investment and Audit Committee. Ms. McDonald earned a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree in Economics from the University of Waterloo and is a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors.

Mr. Stramaglia is President and Founder of Matrics Advisory Group, a risk management consulting firm. He is currently Executive in Residence at the Global Risk Institute and serves on the boards of the Economical Insurance Group and Foresters Financial, Munich Reinsurance Company of Canada and Temple Insurance Company. Mr. Stramaglia has over 30 years of financial services experience, including prior executive leadership roles where he served as Executive Vice-President and Chief Risk Officer for Sun Life Financial, Executive Vice-President and Chief Investment Officer for Clarica and as President and CEO for the Zurich Life Insurance Company of Canada. He is a qualified actuary and Chartered Enterprise Risk Analyst. He holds an Honours Bachelor of Mathematics degree from the University of Waterloo and the ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors.

Kish Kapoor currently serves on the Board of Directors and Audit Committees of GMP Capital Inc., Richardson Financial Group Limited and also serves on the Board of Morneau Shepell Inc. From May 2006 to March 2017 he served on the Board of Directors of Manitoba Telecom Services Inc. and Chaired its Audit Committee. Until 2011 he was President of Wellington West Holdings Inc., a company providing full service brokerage, capital markets, asset management and financial planning services. From November 2003 to June 2005, Mr. Kapoor was Executive Vice-President Corporate Development of Loring Ward International Ltd., a public company formed to hold the U.S. operations of Assante Corporation, a company which provided family office, wealth and asset management services to, amongst others, ultra-high net worth professional sports and entertainment clientele in the United States. As one of the founders of Assante Corporation, Mr. Kapoor was its Executive Vice President Corporate Development from March 1994 to November 2003. Mr. Kapoor has a Bachelor of Science from the University of Manitoba and is a Chartered Professional Accountant and former tax partner with KPMG LLP. 

Vincenza Sera is a Corporate Director. She is Chair of the Ontario Pension Board and Chair of the Board of DREAM Industrial REIT. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Ontario Financing Authority and DREAM Unlimited Corp. Ms. Sera was previously Managing Director in Investment Banking with National Bank Financial and served as a Vice-President with Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. She has more than 25 years of experience in capital markets, corporate finance and corporate governance including eight years lending to real estate projects and companies. Ms. Sera received her Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Toronto. She is a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors with the ICD.D designation.

Mr. Beutel has been a Director of the Bank since 1994. He is Vice-President of Oakwest Corporation Limited, a private investment holding company. He also serves as a director of Intouch Insight Ltd. and CHAR Technologies Ltd. Mr. Beutel holds an MBA from the University of Ottawa.

Susan Ericksen is an expert in the design, development, implementation and management of innovative, large-scale technologies and technology workforces. Ms. Ericksen has had a distinguished 35-year career with Fortune 500 companies, serving as a Chief Technology Officer for Fiserv, Inc., and most recently as a Managing Director, Global Technology Operations, at The Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta. Ms. Ericksen's financial services experience is extensive. She served as a Chief Information Officer or Chief Technology Officer at New York Life, Merrill Lynch Bank and Trust, Merrill Lynch Bank USA, CitiFinancial, and Citi Cards. Ms. Ericksen holds a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of Colorado and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration from Mount St. Mary's College, Los Angeles. She joined the Board in November 2018.