Canada’s Vancity credit union has appointed Wellington Holbrook as its new president and CEO, effective from 15 January 2024. Holbrook will take over from Nez Aquino, who has acted as interim CEO since July 2023. Holbrook previously served as CEO of Connect First Credit Union and as chief operating officer from 2020 to 2022. He has also held senior leadership roles at ATB Financial and the Business Development Bank of Canada.
Vancity is Canada’s largest credit union and serves over 560,000 member-owners across 50+ branches, holding around CAD 34 billion ($25 billion) in assets.