DIRECTOR
Jennie Moushos has spent the majority of her career in the financial and insurance sectors and has over 25 years’ experience in the insurance industry. Jennie is currently serving as Executive Vice President of Finance and Business Development for the conservation association Ocean Wise. Up until 2018 she was Senior Vice President, Western Division, Intact Insurance Company, overseeing the operations of $1.9 billion in written premiums with six branches and more than 1,000 employees across Western Canada. Starting her career with Zittrer Siblin Stein Levine Inc. (now Ernst & Young) in Montreal, Jennie moved on to become Senior Examiner at the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, and subsequently held executive positions with AXA Assurances in Quebec and the AXA Pacific Insurance Company in western Canada prior to its acquisition by Intact Insurance.
Jennie has always been committed to giving back, both to the industry and communities. For ten years prior to moving to BC, Jennie spent considerable time teaching at the Concordia University Department of Continuing Education. Following her move west, she was a co-founder of the Women in Insurance Cancer Crusade BC Chapter in 2002, and continued to ensure corporate financial support for this organization which has now raised more than $2 million for the Canadian Cancer Society. She is a past member of the Insurance Bureau of Canada Regulatory Committees, BC & Yukon and Alberta Divisions, helping to shape government policy in these provinces. In addition, she was a key member of an industry/professional association task force to promote and support a General Insurance and Risk Management Program at the BC Institute of Technology Advisory Committee, and has been a regular speaker at the annual FCI-CWI Women in Leadership Conferences which aims to instruct and mentor women of all ages and abilities in the achievement of their professional goals.
Jennie is a past Board Director for the SOS Children’s Villages, having chaired the Finance & Audit Committee from March 2014, before being appointed Deputy Board Chair in March 2015 and Board Chair in June 2016. SOS Children’s Villages Canada was established in 1949 and is part of the world’s largest charity working with orphaned and abandoned children.
Selected Achievements
- 2018 Salute Insurance Person of the Year.
Qualifications
- CPA, CA, CMA.
- Graduate degree in Public Accountancy, McGill University, 1985.
Industry Experience
- Executive Vice President of Finance and Business Development for Ocean Wise (2019 – present)
- Senior Vice President, Western Division, Intact Insurance Company (2011 – 2018)
- Executive Vice President and various roles at AXA Pacific Insurance Company (now Intact Insurance Company) (1995 – 2011)
- Senior Examiner, Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, Canada (1990-1995)
- Director Bridges to Community Canada (2017 – present)
- Director SOS Children’s Villages Canada (2013 – present)
- British Columbia Institute of Technology, Insurance Institute Advisory Committee (2008)
- Co-founder and co-chair Women in Insurance Cancer Crusade, BC Steering Committee (2002 – 2006)