Nancy Russell

Nancy Russell is the Senior VP/Chief Internal Auditor, Canada Life Assurance Co. As the Chief Internal Auditor, Nancy provides direction to the Internal Audit function in assisting the Boards of Directors, through the Audit Committees, carry out their corporate governance responsibilities, as well as assisting members of Canada Life and its subsidiaries (the Companies) achieve their goals and objectives in a way that is adequately controlled and effectively managed. Nancy started her career with London Life as Manager of Internal Audit in 1999. Since that time, she has also held the roles of Senior Vice-President/Chief Compliance Officer, Great-West Lifeco; Senior Vice-President of New Business, Individual Insurance for London Life, Great-West Life and Canada Life; Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer for Quadrus Investment Services Ltd (a mutual fund dealer firm and subsidiary company of London Life and Great-West Life); Vice-President, Internal Audit, responsible for the audit of the companies’ European and Reinsurance operations; and Leader of New Business, Client Service and Claims in the Individual Life Operations area. Nancy obtained her Honours B.Comm. from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. She obtained her Chartered Accountant’s designation in 1991; Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) in 2015; and Certified Compliance & Ethics Professional (CCEP) in 2016.