Desjardins Credit Union has appointed Dr. Paul E. Garfinkel, to the position of interim chairman of the board and Heather A. Nicol to the position of interim vice chairwoman.

Garfinkel is currently president and CEO of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health as well as a professor at the University of Toronto’s department of psychiatry. He is a founding member of Desjardins Credit Union and has been a board member since its creation in 2003.

Nicol is the chief financial officer of the MaRS Discovery District, a role she has held since October 2006. She is also a founding member of Desjardins Credit Union and has been a board member since its creation.

These appointments follow the departure of Jean-Guy Langelier and Trung Huu Nguyen, who were respectively chairman of the board and secretary-treasurer of Desjardins Credit Union.