Gaurav Upadhya is Board Director and Audit Committee Chair of American Express (AMEX) Bank of Canada, Board Director of Primerica Life Insurance Company of Canada, and is Chair of the Canadian Business Disability Inclusion Network, a non-profit organization launched in late 2023.

Gaurav was previously Global Chief Actuary and Chief Risk Officer for Foresters Financial, a 150 year old fraternal Canadian life insurance company operating in Canada, US and UK serving over 2.5 million members.

He has broad experience in the financial services sector, previously working as Managing Director, Actuarial Services with PricewaterhouseCoopers. He also held a succession of leadership positions over 19 years with Manulife John Hancock, including Senior Vice President, Product and Insurance Risk Management, and Vice President, U.S. Risk and Capital Management.

He is a Fellow in the Society of Actuaries (FSA), Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries (FCIA), Chartered Enterprise Risk Analyst (CERA) and a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder. Gaurav has a Masters of Mathematics (Actuarial Science) from the University of Waterloo and a Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) from Queen’s University.

Gaurav is a past member of the Board of Canadian Club Toronto, Board of Ascend Canada, and Advisory Boards at University of Waterloo and University of Toronto.