Biographical Notes – Dean Connor

Mr. Dean A. Connor has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) since August 2021.

From 2011 to 2021, Mr. Connor was the President & Chief Executive Officer of Sun Life Financial, and was a member of the company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Connor joined Sun Life in 2006 and held a series of roles, including head of Sun Life’s Canadian Operations, and Chief Operating Officer. He joined Sun Life following 28 years at Mercer Human Resource Consulting, where he rose to be President for the Americas.

Mr. Connor serves as Chair of the Board for the University Health Network in Toronto and as a member of the Ivey Advisory Board. He previously served on the Board of the Business Council of Canada, and the Asia Business Leaders Advisory Council. He also chaired the 2017 United Way campaign for Toronto and York Region, and the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute’s ‘Making Incredible Happen’ campaign.

Mr. Connor is qualified as a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and the Canadian Institute of Actuaries. He holds an Honours Business Administration (HBA) from the Ivey School of Business at Western University. He was named Canada’s Outstanding CEO of the Year for 2017, Ivey’s Business Leader of the Year for 2018, and one of the Top 100 CEOs in the World for 2019 by the Harvard Business Review.