Daniel Labonté Email & Phone Number

Ottawa, On, Ca

Gatineau, Quebec, Canada

The Medicus Pension Plan™ (the Plan)is a multi-employer pension plan that’s the first and only plan of its kind designed exclusively for incorporated physicians. The plan is overseen by an administrative board composed of four member representative and 4 sponsor representative. Find out more at https://www.medicuspensionplan.com/en/home.html

Ottawa, Canada Area

At MD Financial Management, we believe that health and wellness are life’s most valuable assets. For over 50 years, we’ve dedicated our business to you, Canada’s physicians and your families, with the understanding that financial well-being plays a lead role in building healthier lives. We help take care of your financial health, so you’re able to enjoy all of life’s possibilities.

Ottawa, Ontario

Leading MD Financial Management’s team of highly committed individuals/people who are focused on creating and delivering a first-class experience to our clients—made up of a national team of skilled advisors and support staff across all our lines of business, marketing & communications professionals and partnerships and client experience experts.

Ottawa, Ontario

Lead a multi-functional team that took accountability for:• The continuing strategic evolution / development and the overall practice of the MD Financial Services offering (across all lines of business) • Monitoring, analyzing, planning and tracking results, as well as promoting the value proposition of each line of business and more importantly, integrating these lines of business into an optimal value adding offering to clients• The development of learning/training programs to support all MD front line advisors• The establishment of proper risk management practices across all lines of business

Ottawa, Ontario

RESPONSIBILITIES:• Lead the organization through a cultural transformation towards an ongoing journey to be a learning organization • Lead a new corporate growth strategy designed to integrate all the enterprise lines of business into an integrated offering for the province of Quebec• Lead the development and implementation of an enterprise-wide Talent Management StrategyRESULTS:• Successfully delivered Evolution MD, an enterprise based project designed to build the foundations required to move to a learning organization. This included the introduction of an enterprise wide coaching program, the launch of a learning management system and an Enterprise Content Management infrastructure and strategy. More importantly, it set the wheel in motion for a cultural shift that sees the overall organization embrace learning as fundamental to the way work gets done at MD• Development of an Enterprise Talent Management Strategy (including revised core values and culture definition) that has become the main driving force for all Talent oriented programs across the organization• Successfully launched Team Quebec, a virtual cross functional team that lead the way as the enterprise headed down its new integrated, client centric strategy.• Raised the bar on our relationship with the QMA such that insurance alliance discussions could be initiated and closed

Ottawa, Ontario

RESPONSIBILITIES:• Lead the creation and launch of a new line of business that leveraged corporate core competencies to a new market• Project Manager role for the Initial Public Offering (IPO) of Saxon Financial Inc. (2005)RESULTS:• Successful creation of Stratos Wealth Management, a new division of MD Management, which was started as a pilot and became a thriving new business with triple digit growth in the first two years (2006-2008)• Successful IPO in the summer of 2005, in a highly aggressive time frame (7 months) which generated a triple digit ROI for our parent company

Ottawa, Ontario

RESPONSIBILITIES:• Rotational assignment as part of management succession plan, manage an IT application development group of 20 individuals • Main focus of activities on Customer Relationship Management System, Data Warehouse and customer facing financial planning tools RESULTS:• Integration of three working groups into a single unit that lead to increased efficiencies of 35%• Successful turn-around and launch of the main in-house financial planning tool (MD Connections)• Successful roll-out of a business intelligence program and integration of the Customer Relationship Management System and data warehouse applications

Ottawa, Ontario

RESPONSIBILITIES:• Management and development of the marketing/communication function with an emphasis on brand management, product/services marketing and sales force support• Team leadership for the Marketing/Communication team (20 staff) RESULTS:• Re-organisation of the team through the creation of an internal service agency model. Shift from an externally sourced operation to an internal operation. Growth from 7 full time employees to 20 in a 12 month period. Cost reduction of 25%• Record year achievement with the 2000 RSP Campaign (previous record exceeded by 20%)• Introduction of operating processes and ongoing metrics to ensure ongoing monitoring of performances

Ottawa, Ontario

RESPONSIBILITIES:• Management and development of the marketing function with an emphasis on membership, market research and corporate partnerships• Team Leader for the Information Technology functionRESULTS:• Team leader in the development of an integrated marketing, membership and communications plan, which resulted in the successful launch of a new corporate image, new membership recruitment tools and the achievement of the membership growth objectives• Introduction of a renewed and revamped website that became the primary service delivery channel• Corporate partnerships’ revenues that exceeded the objectives by 50%• Successful transition from an in-house IT team to a fully outsourced solution

Advanced Management Program, Business Administration And Management, General

Post Graduate Certificate, Executive Coaching

Masters Degree, Business Administration

Certificate, Education

Specialized Bachelor Degree (B Sc.), Physical Education