Leadership team

The expert team working to ensure that your pension remains stable and secure

CAAT's leadership

To remain on track and focused on our goals, the Plan relies on the leadership of an accomplished team of professionals. With a mix of industry experience, education, and a commitment to our long-term objectives, we have a team with a wealth of expertise to meet future challenges.


Leadership team

Derek W. Dobson

Derek Dobson is CEO and Plan Manager of CAAT Pension Plan. A seasoned pension expert with over 30 years of industry experience, he has led the CAAT Plan to become one of Canada’s most sustainable...

Asif Haque

Asif Haque is the Chief Investment Officer at CAAT Pension Plan. He is a seasoned investment professional who leads a team that manages the Plan’s investment portfolio. The team’s objective is to...

Evan Howard

Evan Howard is the Chief Pension Officer at CAAT Pension Plan. He oversees a range of operational and strategic efforts with the Plan, including legal, public affairs, pension policy, service delivery...

Julie Giraldi

Julie Giraldi is an accomplished and dynamic senior executive with a career dedicated to positively transforming organizational cultures. As the Chief Human Resources Officer at CAAT Pension Plan, she...

Michael Dawson

Michael Dawson is the Chief Financial Officer at CAAT Pension Plan. He is an experienced financial professional with oversight in financial planning, analysis, modelling, strategy and information...

Jillian Kennedy

Jillian has over 25 years in the financial services industry, including 18 years at Mercer, where she focused on the Canadian DC strategy, retirement readiness research, thought leadership, and...

Graham Stone

Graham Stone is the Vice President of Pension Solutions (Acting) at CAAT Pension Plan. He has broad pension consulting experience and is focused on promoting DBplus, the Plan's modern defined benefit...

Kevin Fahey

Kevin Fahey is the Managing Director of Private Markets at CAAT Pension plan. He oversees the Plan's investments in private equity and real assets like infrastructure and real estate. Kevin sits on...

Marnie Niemi Hood

Marnie brings over 25 years of pension and benefits experience, and has a well-earned reputation for finding solutions that work for employers and members. She currently leads growth initiatives as...

Randy Haug

Randy Haug is the Senior Vice President of Technology and IT Services Management at CAAT Pension Plan. He has oversight into the continuous improvement of the Plan's digital transformation, technology...

David Gordon

David leads CAAT’s policy development and government and regulatory engagement, with 10 years of experience in stakeholder relations, pension and public policy. Previously, he provided strategic...

Sabeen Purewall

Sabeen Purewall is the Vice President of Solutions and Partnerships at CAAT Pension Plan. He promotes the Plan's modern DBplus design through relationship development and product/growth marketing by...

Tom Iannucci

Tom Iannucci is the Vice President of Governance and Strategy at CAAT Pension Plan. He has broad experience in advising public and private pension plans across North American and abroad in areas of...

Sonny Khindria

Sonny Khindria is the Vice President of Member Services at CAAT Pension Plan. He has deep pension administration experience and leads the Service Delivery and Member Experience teams. His focus is on...

Troy Whetstone

Troy Whetstone is the Vice President of Employer Services at CAAT Pension Plan. He has vast pension administration experience and leads the Service Delivery and Employer Experience teams. His focus is...

Heather Brady

Heather joined CAAT in 2014 and has over 10 years of progressive experience in policy analysis and development. As Vice President of Pension Policy, Heather leads an enthusiastic team of policy...

James Fera

James brings over a decade of experience practising pension and benefits law at both major consulting and law firms. As Vice President, Legal Affairs, James is responsible for pension legal and...

Laura Foster

Laura joined CAAT in September 2022, to build the newly created internal audit function. With over 25 years of executive leadership in internal audit, risk management, corporate compliance and CFO...