Philip Mather named senior vice president and CFO at The Economical

Economical Mutual Insurance Company has appointed Philip Mather as senior vice president and chief financial officer, effective Oct. 1, 2011.
Mather is currently a partner in the audit and assurance group of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, specializing in the financial services practice.
Mather has more than 16 years of financial consulting experience. He has provided audit and assurance services to a wide range of global insurers, Canadian listed companies and Canadian federally regulated banks and insurance companies.
He has also worked on numerous assurance and advisory engagements with a variety of financial services clients, focusing on the areas of Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, accounting advice, risk management and governance.
“Phil Mather has been outstanding in the role of interim chief financial officer over the past seven months,” Karen Gavan, president and CEO of The Economical, said in a press release announcing the appointment. “He is a significant addition to our senior management team, and we all look forward to working together to meet the challenges and opportunities ahead.”
Prior to joining the Toronto office of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Mather worked for PwC in the United Kingdom, where he focused on the provision of audit and assurance services to clients in a wide range of industries.