Chris Couture, FCPA, to the Board of Directors, The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance CompanySupplied
The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company (Wawanesa) is pleased to announce that Chris Couture, FCPA, has been appointed to the Board of Directors, effective August 25, 2022.
Ms. Couture is a recognized leader in the Canadian financial sector. During her 37-year career at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), she served as PwC National Insurance Leader, where she led the Canadian insurance practice for the firm, as well as was Lead Audit Partner on multiple Canadian and international financial services firms. As Co-Chair of the Global Public Policy Committee - Insurance Working Group, she led a multi-firm global committee on the role of audit firms in identifying and addressing key risks facing the insurance industry.
Ms. Couture’s governance experience is also extensive. She has served as Chair of the PwC Canadian Partnership Board and Chair of the Partner Affairs Committee and Senior Management Evaluation Committee of the PwC Board. Her governance experience also extends to the non-profit sector, including as a member of the Board of the Toronto Arts Foundation, Chair of the Manitoba Chapter of the Institute of Corporate Directors, and Chair of the Winnipeg Grace General Hospital. In 2020, she was the recipient of the University of Manitoba Distinguished Alumni Award for Professional Achievement.
About Wawanesa
The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company, founded in 1896, is one of Canada’s largest mutual insurers, with over $4 billion in annual revenue and assets of $12 billion.
Wawanesa Mutual, with executive offices in Winnipeg, is the parent company of Wawanesa General, which offers property and casualty insurance in California and Oregon; Wawanesa Life, which provides life insurance products and services throughout Canada; and Western Financial Group, which distributes personal and business insurance across Western Canada. Wawanesa proudly serves more than two million policyholders in Canada and the United States.
Wawanesa actively gives back to organizations that strengthen communities where it operates, donating well above internationally recognized benchmarks for excellence in corporate philanthropy. Learn more at wawanesa.com
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