Linda Dougherty

Linda Dougherty is Executive Vice-President, Chief Client and Strategy Officer at Sunlife. Linda is responsible for developing and executing the company’s growth strategy, our programmatic mergers and acquisitions, investments in our global partnerships, and finding new ways to serve Clients and deliver on our purpose and strategic priorities.

Linda joined Sunlife in 2015, bringing with her a unique blend of expertise in strategy, corporate development, client experience and analytics, investment banking, and private equity, along with experience in Canada and abroad.

Before joining Sunlife, Linda spent over 20 years with TD Bank Group, where she held senior roles responsible for strategy, corporate development, analytics, client experience and transformation in the banking and wealth management businesses. Prior to that, she worked in mergers and acquisitions and private equity in the bank's capital markets division. Before joining TD, she worked as an equity analyst in Singapore and as a management consultant in New York and London, England.

Linda holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Pennsylvania.