Bank of Nova Scotia’s new CEO, Brian Porter, has made a couple of appointments to his executive management team, tapping Barb Mason to head human resources for the bank, and James O’Sullivan to lead its global asset management business.
As chief human resources officer, a newly created role, Mason will report directly to Porter.
“Meeting the challenges of an evolving business environment will require that we have the right people in the right roles as we continue to develop our future leaders,” said Porter. “Effective human resources management will be a vital component in our success. Given the increasing complexity in this area, we are creating a new role that dedicates additional senior level talent to this priority.”
In this new role, all global human resources, communications and marketing functions across Scotiabank (TSX:BNS) will report to Mason, who was previouslyEVP global wealth management, responsible for the bank’s wealth businesses globally.
Additionally, O’Sullivan has been appointed executive vice president, global asset management, and will report to global wealth & insurance group head, Chris Hodgson. “This is a new role that brings additional focus to the growth opportunities in our wealth business,” it says.
O’Sullivan was previously senior vice president and CFO for global wealth & insurance.”James has a keen appreciation for the evolving market and needs of our wealth customers,” said Porter. “As our wealth business continues to grow, we look forward to his contribution in this dynamic and growing area of our business.”