{"id":300016,"date":"2007-03-14T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2007-03-14T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.investmentexecutive.com\/uncategorized\/vancity-ceo-moving-to-atb-financial\/"},"modified":"2019-04-03T00:41:32","modified_gmt":"2019-04-03T04:41:32","slug":"vancity-ceo-moving-to-atb-financial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmentexecutive.com\/news\/people\/vancity-ceo-moving-to-atb-financial\/","title":{"rendered":"Vancity CEO moving to ATB Financial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vancity today announced today that Dave Mowat, CEO, will be leaving the credit union on June 8.<BR><BR>Having served Vancity as CEO since 2000, Mowat has accepted the position of president and CEO of ATB Financial, a full service financial institution based in Edmonton.<BR><BR>\u201cDave has made a tremendous contribution and provided impressive leadership over the past seven years,\u201d said Elain Duvall, chairwoman of Vancity. <BR><BR>During Mowat\u2019s tenure, Vancity\u2019s assets have grown to more than $12 billion, it has provided record payouts &#8212; nearly $14 million in 2006 &#8212; to members and community through its Shared Success program, and continues to be named one of Canada\u2019s best places to work.<BR><BR>Mowat will remain CEO of Vancity until June, and will work with the board of directors and Vancity\u2019s leadership team to ensure a smooth transition. An executive search is underway.<BR><BR>\u201cI&#8217;m excited about the opportunities at ATB Financial,\u201d said Mowat. \u201cATB Financial has had a long history in Alberta, and with the province\u2019s thriving economy, the potential for growth is tremendous.&#8221;<BR><BR>\u201cDavid Mowat is an excellent fit for ATB Financial,\u201d said Bob Splane, chairman of the board for ATB Financial. \u201cWe are impressed not only with his extensive experience as a CEO in the financial services industry but also with his strong community connections and commitment to creating a positive working environment.\u201d<BR><BR>Vancity is Canada\u2019s largest credit union, with $12.3 billion in assets, more than 354,000 members, and 50 branches throughout Greater Vancouver, the Fraser Valley, Victoria and Squamish.<BR><BR>ATB Financial is the largest Alberta-based financial institution, providing Personal and Business Financial Services, Investor Services, and Corporate Financial Services to about 600,000 Albertans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mowat to make the switch in June<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2312,2354],"tags":[2333],"yst_prominent_words":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmentexecutive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300016"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmentexecutive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmentexecutive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmentexecutive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmentexecutive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=300016"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmentexecutive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300016\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":379442,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmentexecutive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300016\/revisions\/379442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmentexecutive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=300016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmentexecutive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=300016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmentexecutive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=300016"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmentexecutive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=300016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}