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Natasha Monkman is a partner in Hicks Morley’s Pension Benefits and Executive Compensation practice group. She regularly advises private and public sector employers on a variety of plan administration, compliance and governance matters relating to their employee benefit plans and pension plans, including with respect to the administration of marriage breakdown and death benefit entitlements. She also regularly advises employers under going significant transactions and with respect to pension plan funding issues.

Matt Streeter is the Vice President of Defined Contribution & Retirement at Franklin Templeton. In this role Matthew works with pension plan sponsors, consultants, platforms and gatekeepers in optimizing their retirement investment strategy. Mr. Streeter received his bachelor of science in finance and economics from the University of Vermont.

He is a CFA charterholder and brings with him more than 19 years of institutional investment management and banking experience. Mr. Streeter has previously held senior positions at global banks, asset managers and financial technology companies and brings his deep expertise in quantitative product development, investment analysis and pension consulting. Mr. Streeter also brings experience in operations, sales and marketing.

Sukhvinder Dulay is a pension and benefits lawyer in Hicks Morley’s Toronto office. She assists clients with all aspects of pension and retirement plan administration, including design, governance, and member communications. She also has experience advising on tax issues related to compensation and benefits. Sukhvinder has advised multiple clients on the strategy and implementation of complex plan design changes for both provincially and federally regulated pension plans, including plan mergers and asset transfers. Sukhvinder also regularly assists clients with plan documentation, day-to-day pension plan administration for both defined benefit and defined contribution plans, and governance issues.

Sukhvinder’s advice on pensions, benefits and executive compensation is informed by her background in consulting and work experience in public sector human resources departments. She earned a Bachelor of Commerce and law degree from the University of Toronto and has previously worked at a large consulting firm and the Ontario public service.

Jason Vary, President of Actuarial Solutions Inc., has practiced in defined benefit pension and retiree health plans for over twenty years. He has experience with many plan designs including single-employer, multi-employer, jointly-sponsored, private sector, government, unionized, non-unionized, as well as registered and non-registered executive plans. He also provides clients with independent due diligence services with respect to mergers and acquisitions, and expert independent advice on matters before arbitrators and the courts. Jason is a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries and the Society of Actuaries and is also an active volunteer with in the actuarial profession, currently serving on the Board of Directors for Canadian Institute of Actuaries.

As a member of the Eckler’s investment consulting practice, Corinne serves as a lead and back-up consultant to clients with both defined contribution (DC) and defined benefit (DB) plans working with them in a variety of areas, ranging from governance, to investments, to record keeper selection and plan design. She also leads DC investment manager research and is a member of Eckler’s Investment Research Working Group. Before joining Eckler, Corinne was responsible for maintaining relationships with private and public plan sponsors, record keepers and consultants for an asset management firm. Prior to that, she spent the first decade of her career focusing on the creation and oversight of a global platform of investment products for a large insurance company, including oversight of their group retirement platform. Corinne graduated from York University with a Bachelor of Business Administration and is currently working towards the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Anastasia Soldatos is a pension and benefits lawyer and a Principal at Mercer (Canada) Limited in the Toronto office. Anastasia consults on all aspects of pension plan matters (DB and DC pension plans), including governance, pension plan mergers, pension plan design, ongoing pension plan administration, compliance issues and cross-Canada employee privacy issues. She is in fluent in French and has experience with Quebec pension plan matters. She also consults on capital accumulation plans. Anastasia is an executive member of the Ontario Bar Association, Pension and Benefits Law Section. She holds a Bachelor of Common Law and a Bachelor of Civil Law from McGill University and an MBA from the University of Guelph. Anastasia is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada, the Canadian Bar Association and the Ontario Bar Association.