About us

Kathleen (Kathy) C. Bock is a Vanguard principal, managing director of Vanguard Investments Canada, and regional head of our Americas business. In this role, she is responsible for all aspects of Vanguard's business in the Americas outside the United States, including Canada and throughout Latin America.

Before her current role in the International division, Kathy held senior positions as Vanguard's chief audit executive and assistant treasurer of the U.S. funds. Before coming to Vanguard in 1997, she worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers and held numerous financial management positions in the United States and Europe.

Kathy holds Vanguard board positions in Canada (chair), Mexico (member), and the United Kingdom (member and committee chair). She is a member of the board of directors of the Securities and Investment Management Association (SIMA), formerly known as the Investment Funds Institute of Canada, and is chair of the board's ETF committee.

Kathy holds a B.B.A. in accounting from Temple University and is a graduate of Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Program.

Catherine M. Chamberlain is head of Legal and Compliance for the Americas region, where she is responsible for legal, compliance, and corporate governance activities in Canada and Latin America. Before joining Vanguard in 2011, she held senior positions at Bank of Montreal Financial Group (BMO).

Catherine is a graduate of Queen’s University, Kingston, and received a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of New Brunswick. She was admitted to the Ontario Bar in 2003 and has been a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada since 2003.

Lamiece Abdalla is a principal and head of human resources for Americas and Europe. In her current role, Lamiece leads the human resources functions and teams with oversight and influence over the delivery of talent strategies to enable the regions to achieve business priorities.  

Lamiece joined Vanguard in 2018 where she led the European HR Business Partner team, and in 2020 became the Sr HR Business Partner for the Investment Management Group working closely with the Chief Investment Officer and global leadership team. 

Prior to Vanguard, Lamiece held several senior HR roles in global financial services, with more than 16 years HR experience across multiple disciplines gained from her time at Merrill Lynch, Barclays Capital and Bank of America. 

Lamiece earned an LLB from University College London (UCL).

Mario Cianfarani is head of distribution for Vanguard Canada. Most recently, Mario was head of national accounts & institutional sales and was previously head of ETF capital markets. Before joining Vanguard in June 2015, he was a portfolio manager at First Asset Investment Management, responsible for domestic and global equity ETFs and sector-based, North American covered call ETFs. Mario has held senior sales and trading positions with a number of Canadian capital markets teams. His experience includes trading equity derivatives and marketing derivative-related risk management solutions to a broad range of clients.

Mario earned a BA in applied mathematics from York University and is a CFA® charterholder.

Sal D’Angelo is head of product for Vanguard Americas and head of marketing for Vanguard Canada. He is responsible for product strategy and management, along with advice activities in Canada and Latin America.

Sal joined Vanguard in 2018 and was previously responsible for Vanguard’s product activities in Latin America, including launching Vanguard’s first Mexico domiciled ETF (VMEX) and Vanguard’s first MXN-hedged ETF. Prior to Vanguard, he held progressively senior positions in Scotiabank’s International Wealth and Asset Management division focused on the Americas region.

Sal earned a Bachelor of International Business degree from Sprott School of Business at Carleton University and an M.B.A. from Schulich School of Business at York University. He is also a CFA® charterholder and holds the CFP® designation.

Mike Finnegan is chief financial officer for Vanguard Americas, where he is responsible for corporate financial services in Canada and Latin America. Mike is also Vanguard International’s head of strategy enablement, where he advises on Vanguard’s business investments outside the US.

Mike joined Vanguard in 2018 and previously served in strategy roles in the US, and as chief of staff to Vanguard International’s Managing Director.  Prior to Vanguard, he held roles ranging from strategy analysis to risk mitigation at Target Corporation and Independence Blue Cross.

Mike earned a B.A. in philosophy from the University of New Hampshire and an M.S. in Applied Intelligence from Mercyhurst University.

Tushar Mundada is head of IT for Vanguard Americas, where he is responsible for providing scalable technology solutions for our businesses in Canada and Latin America.

Tushar joined Vanguard in 2011 and previously served as a delivery manager for Vanguard’s advice offering in the UK. Prior to Vanguard, he worked as a research analyst for ATS Capital, working on the research desk for a few major currency pairs.

Tushar earned his undergraduate degree in business administration from Karnataka University’s Bharatesh School of Business Administration and an M.B.A. in finance and investments from City University of New York’s Baruch College, Zicklin School of Business.