Board Composition

View the current members of the Board of Trustees.

In November 1993, the Settlors of the Hospitals of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP) Trust signed HOOPP’s Agreement & Declaration of Trust (ADT), continuing the pension plan as a jointly-trusteed pension plan administered by a Board of Trustees. The Settlors of the Trust are the Ontario Hospital Association (OHA) and these four unions:

• Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA)
• Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE)
• Ontario Public Service Employees’ Union (OPSEU)
• Service Employees International Union (SEIU)

(From 1960 until the signing of the ADT, HOOPP was administered by the OHA.)

The ADT, as amended from time to time, establishes the basis for HOOPP’s governance.

HOOPP’s Board has 16 Trustees. Half of the Trustees are appointed by the OHA and the other half by the four Settlor unions, with each union nominating two Trustees.

Two additional Board members may be appointed to represent pensioners. These members do not have voting rights, but rather are observers of the proceedings of the Board and can voice the views of pensioners. One pensioner observer may be appointed by the OHA and one by the Settlor unions.

Every two years, the Board selects its Chair and a Vice-Chair – one, a union-appointed Trustee, and, the other, an OHA-appointed Trustee. After a year in their respective roles, the Chair and Vice-Chair change positions for the second year of their term.

There is no limit on how long a Trustee may serve, and the Chair and Vice-Chair appointments may be renewed at the end of the two-year term.