Retirement Reform - A Canadian Perspective

Bill Kyle, CEO Irish Life
Bill has been associated with Great-West Life and its subsidiaries for 34 years. He graduated from the University of Waterloo with a Bachelor of Science degree and joined London Life in 1979 in an employee benefits sales role.  Bill has strong leadership skills and extensive integration experience. Over the past two decades, he has led Great-West’s Group Retirement business as it has grown from C$3 billion to over C$35 billion in assets.   Bill has led the integration of Great-West’s group and individual wealth businesses, which now serve more than two million Canadian policyholders with over C$88 billion in assets. Bill has worked extensively with Canadian regulators over the years, including helping to draft the guidelines that govern the capital accumulation business in Canada.  He has also been a very active participant in the Canadian retirement reform debate.
Bill was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Irish Life Group in July 2013.


Madeleine Delaney
Madeleine is a solicitor and Deputy Head of Enforcement at the Pensions Board.  The Enforcement Unit oversees compliance by employers; trustees; administrators; and providers with the requirements of the Pensions Act.  It conducts compliance audits and on-site inspections and is also responsible for investigating suspected breaches of the Pensions Act.  Madeleine joined the Pensions Board in 2011 as Prosecutions and Compliance Solicitor and took up her current role in 2013.  Prior to joining the Pensions Board she worked as a solicitor in private practice specialising in  litigation and public and regulatory law.