Robert Tangney

Mr. Tangney has over 30 years of experience in the pension and benefits industry. He served as director of compensation, pensions, benefits and human resources information systems at three organizations, the last being The Woodbridge Group, with operations in 22 countries. Prior to that, he worked with a regulator and consulting firms, performing actuarial valuations and administering multi-employer programs. Mr. Tangney sits on the Board of the Toronto ISCEBS Chapter. He holds the CEBS designation and is an ISCEBS Fellow.

Experience

Consultant

• Company Name Bushnell & Company
• Dates Employed 2014 – Present
• Employment Duration 5 yrs
• LocationToronto, Canada Area

Service Clients in Group Benefits, Retirement Savings and Compensation Programs.

Compensation, Pensions and Benefits Director

• Company Name The Woodbridge Group
• Dates EmployedSep 2005 – 2014
• Employment Duration 9 yrs
• Location Head Office in Mississauga, over 60 sites in 22 countries

Responsible for all total rewards programs and their administration in various countries, mainly western Hemisphere including HRIS/payroll.

Integrated and merged various group benefit and retirement savings arrangements aligning them with the company philosophy, greatly reducing the number of different programs at each site, reducing administration costs and improving communication and understanding of the programs.

Improved participation in Retirement Savings programs and Wellness initiatives to the benefit of both our teammates and the company

Introduced changes in pay processes and benefit to the organization and negotiated such within the unions at various sites in Canada and the US.

Manager, Compensation, Pensions and Benefits

• Company Name Sonoco
• Dates EmployedJan 2001 – 2005
• Employment Duration4 yrs

Responsible for compensation, pensions, benefits and HRIS for Canadian operations

Manager, Compensation and Benefits

• Company Name McMaster University
• Dates EmployedJan 1988 – Jan 2001
• Employment Duration13 yrs 1 mo
• included reponsibility for HRIS

Education

ISCEBS/Dalhousie Degree NameCEBS, Fellow ISCEBS Field Of StudyCompensation, Pensions and Benefits GradePassing grade > 70% each course Dates attended or expected graduation 1990

Professional certificate in employee benefits requiring the passing of 10 university level course in compensation, pensions and benefits as well as on-going fellowship exam .