Great-West Lifeco's CEO is David Harney, appointed in Jul 2025, has a tenure of 1.08 years. total yearly compensation is CA$8.24M, comprised of 12.4% salary and 87.6% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0% of the company’s shares, worth $124.30K. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 2.5 years and 11.8 years respectively.
Key information
David Harney
Chief executive officer
CA$8.2m
Total compensation
CEO salary percentage
12.43%
CEO tenure
1.1yrs
CEO ownership
0.0002%
Management average tenure
2.5yrs
Board average tenure
11.8yrs
Recent management updates
Recent updates
CEO Compensation Analysis
How has David Harney's remuneration changed compared to Great-West Lifeco's earnings?
Date
Total Compensation
Salary
Company Earnings
Jun 30 2026
n/a
n/a
CA$4b
Mar 31 2026
n/a
n/a
CA$4b
Dec 31 2025
CA$8m
CA$1m
CA$4b
Sep 30 2025
n/a
n/a
CA$4b
Jun 30 2025
n/a
n/a
CA$4b
Mar 31 2025
n/a
n/a
CA$4b
Dec 31 2024
CA$4m
CA$815k
CA$4b
Sep 30 2024
n/a
n/a
CA$4b
Jun 30 2024
n/a
n/a
CA$4b
Mar 31 2024
n/a
n/a
CA$3b
Dec 31 2023
CA$3m
CA$774k
CA$3b
Sep 30 2023
n/a
n/a
CA$3b
Jun 30 2023
n/a
n/a
CA$3b
Mar 31 2023
n/a
n/a
CA$3b
Dec 31 2022
CA$3m
CA$705k
CA$4b
Compensation vs Market: David's total compensation ($USD5.87M) is below average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD14.63M).
Compensation vs Earnings: David's compensation has increased by more than 20% in the past year.
CEO
David Harney (57 yo)
1.1yrs
Tenure
CA$8,240,170
Compensation
Mr. David M. Harney is CEO, President and Director of Great-West Lifeco Inc. from July 1, 2025. Mr. Harney serves as President and Chief Operating Officer of Europe at The Canada Life Assurance Company and...
Leadership Team
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
David Harney
President
1.1yrs
CA$8.24m
0.00021% $ 124.3k
Jon Nielsen
EVP & CFO
2.5yrs
CA$6.78m
no data
John Melvin
Executive VP & Chief Investment Officer
less than a year
CA$8.33m
no data
Dervla Tomlin
Executive VP & Chief Risk Officer
3.5yrs
CA$4.24m
0% $ 0
Edmund Murphy
President & CEO of Empower
11.9yrs
CA$25.01m
0.00098% $ 580.1k
Andrew Conrad
Senior Vice President of Corporate Finance & Treasury
no data
no data
no data
Michael Dibden
Executive VP & Chief Information Officer
2.6yrs
no data
0.00014% $ 82.9k
Shubha Khan
SVP & Head of Investor Relations
2.2yrs
no data
no data
Sharon Geraghty
Executive VP & General Counsel
8.6yrs
CA$3.51m
0.00022% $ 130.2k
Amy Metzger
Senior VP & Chief Compliance Officer
2.5yrs
no data
no data
David Simmonds
Senior VP and Chief Marketing & Communications Officer
4.6yrs
no data
no data
Teresa Kilmartin
Chief Human Resources Officer
less than a year
no data
no data
2.5yrs
Average Tenure
57yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: GWLI.F's management team is considered experienced (2.5 years average tenure).
Board Members
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
David Harney
President
1.1yrs
CA$8.24m
0.00021% $ 124.3k
Robert Reynolds
President & CEO of Putnam Investments LLC and Chair of Great West Lifeco U.S. LLC
7.4yrs
no data
no data
Marcel Coutu
Independent Director
19.3yrs
CA$487.50k
0.0011% $ 662.9k
Andre Desmarais
Director
34.3yrs
CA$487.50k
0.039% $ 23.2m
Siim Vanaselja
Independent Director
12.3yrs
CA$426.74k
0.0028% $ 1.7m
Brian Walsh
Independent Director
17.3yrs
CA$742.84k
no data
Paul Desmarais
Director
40.3yrs
CA$255.00k
0.011% $ 6.6m
James O'Sullivan
Director
2.3yrs
CA$470.00k
no data
Robert Orr
Chairman of the Board
24.1yrs
CA$602.50k
0.0022% $ 1.3m
Claude Généreux
Director
11.3yrs
CA$510.00k
0.00013% $ 76.9k
Jake Lawrence
Director
2.3yrs
CA$511.45k
no data
Paula Madoff
Independent Director
8.3yrs
CA$711.45k
no data
11.8yrs
Average Tenure
68yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: GWLI.F's board of directors are seasoned and experienced ( 11.8 years average tenure).
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
Data
Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis
2026/08/04 15:08
End of Day Share Price
2026/08/03 00:00
Earnings
2026/06/30
Annual Earnings
2025/12/31
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Analyst Sources
Great-West Lifeco Inc. is covered by 18 analysts. 8 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.