Prior to her retirement, Ms. Forbes was the Global Chief Analytics Officer and interim Chief Marketing Officer for Manulife and a member of the Executive Leadership Team. She has spent over 35 years with Manulife including six years as Chief Actuary subsequent to holding senior finance roles in the company’s Asia, Reinsurance, Investment and U.S. divisions. As Chief Analytics Officer, she built Manulife’s global predictive modelling and machine learning function that successfully created value for the company’s operations. As interim Chief Marketing Officer, she laid the foundation for meaningful advances in sustainability reporting and carbon reduction targets.

She holds an Honours Bachelor of Mathematics degree from the University of Waterloo and the Institute of Corporate Directors designation (ICD.D). She is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries, and is Chair of the Risk Committee of Prosperity Life Assurance Limited (PLAL) and a Board Member of PLAL and Prosperity Group Holdings, LP; Chair of the Audit Committee of Munich Re of Canada and former Chairperson of the Board of Governors of the University of Waterloo.