Former Loblaw vice president of legal, Carole Dagher, has joined HomeEquity Bank as chief sustainability officer, chief administration officer, and general counsel.
According to the bank’s LinkedIn post, Dagher will manage legal, corporate governance, strategic project management, corporate planning, resiliency, and business continuity. She will help shape the bank’s sustainability strategy.
Dagher is dual-qualified to practise in New York and Ontario. As a legal executive, she has gained over 20 years of experience in the financial and retail sectors.
“We are excited about the impact Carole will make at HomeEquity Bank, and we look forward to the vision and leadership she brings to our team,” the bank wrote in its post.
Dagher became interested in law from a young age. She initially considered human rights law but eventually went into “the type of law that would better guarantee financial security,” drawing from her experiences with poverty.
On obtaining her degree from York University’s Osgoode Hall Law School, she was admitted to the bar in New York and worked in Shearman & Sterling’s Canadian office, where she tackled cross-border debt and equity financings. Subsequently, she was admitted to the Ontario Bar and took up an in-house legal position at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.
Dagher transitioned to a role at Scotiabank before joining Loblaw as an in-house lawyer managing the retail division’s legal concerns.
She is a champion for ESG and social purpose and has advocated for work environments that cultivate “authenticity, kindness, and growth,” HomeEquity Bank said. She has also advocated for mental health support in light of her struggles with depression, anxiety, and trauma; she co-edited the book “The Right Not to Remain Silent: The Truth About Mental Health in the Legal Profession,” which was published in April 2024.
Dagher received the Law Society of Ontario’s Law Society Medal last year.