Jasmine Tehara is the the Chief Operating Officer and Global Head of Retirement Operations, responsible for all day-to-day operational functions and the transformation strategy for Canada, U.S. and Hong Kong retirement operations. The retirement operations division has approximately 1800 employees across six countries. Manulife’s Group Pensions business contributed over 50% of Global Wealth and Asset Management’s operating earnings and is the 8th largest group retirement manager in the world. Jasmine’s expertise is in driving culture change while rebuilding businesses as an internal transformation expert leveraging data, digitization, and change management.
Prior to joining Manulife in 2016, Jasmine held progressively senior roles at TD in Canada and the U.S., spanning Personal Banking, Wealth, Asset Management, and Human Resources leading transformations and integration of acquired businesses.
Jasmine is actively involved in the community, currently as a Board member of the Ontario Hospital Association (OHA) and Chair of the Finance & Audit committee. Prior to that, she served for nine years on the Board of Directors at WoodGreen Community Services, with four years as Board Chair.