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Bernard Lord

Chief Executive Officer, Medavie


Bernard Lord became Chief Executive Officer of Medavie in September 2016 to provide strategic leadership to further the company’s mission to improve the wellbeing of Canadians. Prior to this role, he spent eight years on the Board of Medavie and was President and CEO of the Canadian Wireless Telecommunication Association of Canada. He sits on boards of several companies and organizations, including as Chair of Ontario Power Generation. Mr. Lord served as Premier of New Brunswick from 1999 to 2006.

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Increasing Access to Care: Case Studies
Top 10 Ways to Create an Inclusive Workplace
Top Takeaways from the 2024 Benefits Canada Healthcare Survey
Supporting Employees with ADHD: A Guide for Employers
Cybersecurity Strategies: Protecting Benefit Plans
An Employer’s Guide to Menopause: Supporting Women at Work
Thriving through Transition: Empowering Women at Midlife
How AI has the Power to Transform Health Care and Health Benefits
Ensuring Sustainable Drug Coverage for Your Workforce
How Employers Can Empower Employees to Take Charge of their Health
Impact of Sleep on the Workplace
Top 5 Reasons to Add Virtual Care to Benefit Plans
Ask our Expert — How can plan sponsors prevent health insurance fraud?
Top Benefit Trend Insights for Data-Driven Group Plans
The Business Case for Preventing and Managing Chronic Disease
Presenting Medavie Benefits+
2023 in Review
Pharmacogenetic Testing
Mental Wellbeing of Working Canadians
Diabetes Prevention & Management
Role in Disability Management
Drive your Benefit Decisions with Claims Data
Diabetes and Weight Loss
DEI survey at Benefits Together
Words to Lead By 2023
How-to Guide to Fighting Benefits Fraud
Go Far with Travel Insurance
Chronic Disease Epidemic
2023 Forecast
Striking the Right Balance
2022 in Review
Small business health benefits
Historic number of Canadians receive health benefits
Group Insurance Plan Flexibility
2022 Benefits Canada Healthcare Survey
The Value of Versatility
Employee Health in their Hands
Retain Employees with Health Benefits
Help employees build resilience
Introducing Text Therapy
Give your business a boost with employee vacation
How to keep employees healthy, safe and on the job
How employers can support stressed employees
Drive your Plan with Data Webinar: Part 2
Benefits plans to boost mental resilience
Drive your Plan with Data Webinar: Part 1
Disability Disrupted Webinar: Part 2
Disability Disrupted Webinar: Part 1
Rethinking Recruitment for Small Businesses
Responding to the “great resignation”
Benefits Plans Fraud Prevention
Canada’s Life and Health Insurer of Year Award
Virtual Care Benefits and Advantages
2022 Forecast
2021 in Review
Best Health Insurance Provider
Labour shortage with health benefits for small business
Understanding Canadians financial worries
Benefits Together Conference
Modernizing our benefit offering to be more inclusive
Time to do things differently in the workplace
Benefits Canada Healthcare Survey Findings
CLHIA Report Findings
Pandemic takes cybercrime to a new level
Research brings workplace mental health crisis sharp focus
Insurance Business Awards
Helping employees overcome re-entry anxiety
How flexible benefits can protect mental health
Protecting benefit plans from fraud
Health benefits for all sized businesses
Benefit Plans Flexibility and Choice
Medavie Blue Cross Optional Benefits
Modernize benefits to support employee mental health
Designing benefit plans to reflect today’s realities
Flexing your benefits
Why digital health is here to stay
Canadians and mental health care
Choice in Benefit Plans
Working Canadians and financial anxiety
Introducing a New Diabetes Care Program
Connecting Chronic Disease and Mental Health
Leading Forward
Employers and Mental Health
Readers’ Choice Winner
2021 Forecast
The Pandemic and Employees
Choose to Challenge
Optional Benefits: Toward individualization
Employee mental health during COVID-19
Pandemic relief & community wellbeing
Lessons learned from the pandemic
Ways to protect employees mental health