iA Financial Group has appointed Mario Albert to the boards of directors of iA Financial Corporation, as well as Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services.

Albert has experience in the financial and information technologies industries. He was the former superintendent of distribution, and later president and CEO of the Autorité des marchés financiers – Quebec’s financial regulator. Albert has also held several senior management positions in private, public and parapublic organizations in Québec, such as La Capitale, the Ministère des Finances du Québec, Investissement Québec and Finances Montréal.

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