Neil Parkinson

Appointed to the Board of Directors in 2016 and appointed as Chair in 2021, Neil Parkinson is a Fellow of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario and a holder of the Institute of Corporate Directors’ Director designation. He has over 40 years of experience in the insurance and financial services industries, and has been a frequent writer and speaker on insurance, governance and regulatory issues. He was a partner in KPMG LLP from 1988 until his retirement in 2016, and was national leader of the firm’s insurance practice from 2004 to 2015. He also chaired the Insurance Auditors Advisory Committee to the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada. He holds a Bachelor of Mathematics from the University of Waterloo.