Massey Henry Seeking Chief People and Culture Officer for Kindred Credit Union
January 23, 2026 – Toronto-based executive search firm Massey Henry has been retained by Kindred Credit Union to lead in its search for a new chief people and culture officer. Reporting to the CEO and serving as a key member of the senior leadership team, the chief people and culture officer provides strategic leadership and oversight of Kindred’s human resources and organizational development.
This executive ensures that corporate strategy elevates organizational culture and core values, while aligning people-centric initiatives with strategic goals. They will guide cross-functional collaboration with other senior leaders to shape culture; improve organizational effectiveness, agility, and innovation; and grow a future-ready workforce that is engaged, high-performing, accountable, and sustainable.
Bringing 15+ years of progressive HR and organizational leadership experience, the ideal candidate will be a strategic, values-driven leader with deep expertise in HR strategy, organizational development, and culture leadership. The ideal person brings experience applying strong systems thinking and data fluency to design scalable, effective operating models that enable performance and informed decision-making.
A proven change leader, those applying will have led complex organizational design initiatives and enterprise-wide transformation, aligning structure, roles, and capabilities to evolving business strategy. With experience overseeing multidisciplinary teams, they must foster collaboration and clarity while embedding values into day-to-day business operations. Candidates must have 15+ years of progressive HR or organizational leadership, ideally in financial services as well as experience leading complex organizational change and cultural transformation.
Kindred Credit Union is a member-owned financial cooperative based in Southwestern Ontario. It offers a complete range of banking, borrowing, and investing products and services through eight branches and online. Members benefit from access to over 43,000 surcharge-free ATMs through THE EXCHANGE Network in Canada and the Allpoint Network in the U.S. Kindred has grown to $2.6B in assets under administration and provides everyday banking services to over 30,000 members.
Launched in 2021, Massey Henry is an executive search and board advisory firm specializing in financial services and the public sector. Michael Henry is the founder and managing partner of the firm. He said the firm’s aim was to set a new standard for executive recruiting with a streamlined, collaborative approach that enables organizations to recruit diverse top talent for urgent, transformational roles.
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Mr. Henry specializes in leadership recruitment for financial institutions, asset management, insurance, financial and risk management, and securities and non-securities regulation organizations across Canada. In addition to his core executive search work, Mr. Henry serves as an advisor to boards of directors on their overall composition, capabilities, and succession planning strategies at public sector and financial services institutions.
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Using artificial intelligence technology combined with sector expertise, Massey Henry provides candidate research and a diverse candidate pool, while using custom criteria to assess each candidate for fit. Clients have 24/7 access to their search process which is designed to enhance decision-making and reduce timelines by half.
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The firm is backed by an experienced advisory board of top leaders, including George Cooke, board chair of OMERS; Bill Hatanaka, board chair of Ontario Health; Johanne Brossard, board director and former president and CEO of ING Direct Canada; Eric Wetlaufer, board director of Investment Management Corporation of Ontario and the TMX Group; Lynne Kilpatrick, board director and senior retail banking executive; and Sharon Pel, past chair and current member of the OPTrust board of trustees. She also currently serves as a board member with ATS Corporation, where she is chair of the corporate governance and nominating committee.
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Contributed by Scott A. Scanlon, Editor-in-Chief and Dale M. Zupsansky, Executive Editor – Hunt Scanlon Media
