Partners in Excellence

Mike Hamilton

Chief Distribution Officer, Sales & Marketing

As Chief Distribution Officer, Sales & Marketing, Mike Hamilton is responsible for leading the RBC Insurance Sales and Distribution team across Canada and across multiple channels. This includes more than 1,400 employees who serve our personal and business clients spanning our various life, health, wealth, home, auto, travel and group insurance solutions. The RBC Insurance distribution network includes over 30 stores, an advice centre, online channels, advisors who are focused on small business clients as well as high net worth clients, and teams that provide relationship management for our third-party broker network. In addition, Mike leads the enablement of more than 20,000 Banking advisors who help Canadians protect against the ‘what ifs’ by offering a suite of bank-authorized creditor insurance solutions to RBC Royal Bank clients.

Mike also leads the national office Sales and Distribution team, consisting of sales enablement and sales support professionals who help drive productivity, revenue growth and improve the advisor and client experience.

Mike joined RBC in February 2013, and has more than 25 years of experience from various senior roles in North American financial services companies. He has extensive knowledge of the insurance industry, having held senior positions at a number of blue-chip insurance companies. Mike has a strong track record of leading and developing top-performing sales teams and creating an exceptional client experience.

Mike is one of the proud creators of RBC Salute, an RBC Employee Resource Group whose vision it is to connect with service men and women within RBC, support their families and become an ally through a sense of pride and service.

Mike holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Norwich University, Military College of Vermont and an MBA from Western New England College in Springfield, Massachusetts. Early in his career, Mike spent ten years serving in the U.S. Army.

Mike is married and has three daughters. In his spare time, he enjoys playing golf, volleyball and skiing. Mike gives back to the community by being involved in Military Veteran Affairs.

Adam Mamdani

Vice President and Head of Third-Party and Bank Distribution

As Vice President and Head of Third-Party and Bank Distribution, Adam leads more than 250 sales and service professionals in our individual and group brokerage channels and our Creditor Distribution team.

Our individual and group brokerage channels deliver best-in-class advice in the third party marketplace through the distribution of individual living benefits, life insurance, wealth solutions and group benefit plans. Our national creditor distribution team supports our RBC mortgage specialists, banking advisors and leaders across Canada with licensed creditor insurance products, delivering on the RBC promise while driving profitable growth and increased market share.

Adam has extensive sales and leadership experience. He has led very successful high-performance sales teams and has provided strategic and tactical leadership in the recruitment of high-quality talent. Prior to joining RBC in 2017, he spent over nine years with a large Canadian insurance company as a Senior Associate Partner.

Adam holds a Master’s in Business, Entrepreneurship & Technology (MBET) from the University of Waterloo and an Honours Bachelor of Business Administration (HBBA) from Wilfrid Laurier University School of Business & Economics. He also holds his Certified Financial Planning Designation (CFP) and several licenses and designations including IFIC licence/CSC Accreditation, LSIF, Branch Managers Designation, Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU), and LLQP.

A first generation Canadian, Adam’s family immigrated to Canada from East Africa in the early 1970s. Adam strongly believes in giving back to the community and has a passion for international development. Adam served as a City of Toronto Board Member for low-income community centres managing governance and finance and is a member of the Ascend Leadership Team where he hosts various presentations for Pan Asian leaders across the country. Adam is also Vice Chair for the non-profit organization, First Book Canada, transforming the lives of children in need by providing equal access to quality education and opportunities in school and life.

Dennis Craig

VP, Brokerage Distribution, MGA/National Account Relationships

Dennis entered the insurance business in 1979. Since that time he has held a number of senior management positions with both domestic and foreign insurance companies and has worked with career, brokerage, and direct distribution systems. His experience has included marketing, underwriting/new business, operations, and distribution management.

Dennis joined a subsidiary of RBC Insurance, and has held several senior positions. In his current role with RBC Insurance he is responsible for the MGA, National Account, and Intercorporate relationships in the brokerage channel.

Dennis has participated in a number of industry associations’ committees’ including serving on the Board of the Canadian Reinsurance Conference (CRC) and the CLIEDIS (Canadian Life Insurance EDI Standards Association) board for 14 years, including two terms as co-chair.

He has also sat on numerous CLHIA (Canadian Life & Health Insurance Industry Association) sections over the years and is currently the Chair of the CLHIA FTC (Fair Treatment of Customer) Committee. In addition, he is a member of the FRSA (Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario) Advisory Committee and sits on the APEXA Strategic Advisory Committee.

Caitlin Curran-Blaney

VP, Digital

Caitlin Curran-Blaney is a seasoned leader in customer experience and digital strategy, with a career grounded in creativity and driven by purpose. She began her professional journey in physical product design (designing sneakers!), an early chapter that sparked her passion for user-centered thinking and led her to pursue an MBA to bridge design and business.

Over the years, Caitlin has built a strong track record of designing human-centered, digital experiences that drive business growth. Her focus has always been on putting the customer at the core – creating experiences that are not only functional, but delightful.

Since joining RBC in 2018, Caitlin has brought this mindset to life across a range of innovation initiatives. She joined RBC Insurance just over two years ago, where she’s energized by the opportunity to disrupt and raise the bar on experience design.

Caitlin is passionate about transforming complex industries through thoughtful, impactful design – and believes the best experiences are the ones that truly understand and serve the people they are built for.

Maria Winslow

SVP, Individual & Group, Products and Pricing

As Senior Vice President, Individual & Group, Products and Pricing, Maria Winslow leads the strategic direction and execution of RBC Insurance’s product and pricing portfolio. She is responsible for the overall product strategy, ensuring alignment with both client needs and overall business objectives.

Maria oversees the full product lifecycle, from vision development to delivery and management. She guides her team to create solutions that are adaptable to market needs, fosters cross-collaboration to ensure alignment on goals, and prioritizes innovation based on customer feedback and market insights.

With over 25 years of insurance industry experience across product management, creditor, sales, operations, marketing and actuarial roles, Maria uses a holistic view to find synergies across the organization to create efficiencies, increase accountability and accelerate decision making to drive our business forward. She was the driving force behind creating a new participating whole life product suite and simplified life and disability portfolio for RBC Insurance, which took an innovative approach to designing insurance products with the end consumer in mind.

Recognized for her ability to drive efficiencies and differentiated service across teams, Maria inspires her colleagues to embrace an empowering, customer-focused mindset. In her previous role, she led a team to significantly reduce the average cycle time by as much as 50% for new business, underwriting, contracting, compensation and client services.

In addition to leading a high-performing team, Maria also plays a critical role in RBC’s culture where she is the Executive Sponsor to the Insurance Diversity and Inclusion Leadership Council. She is also an Executive Sponsor for the Stronger Together Employee Resource Group which empowers women across the organization.

Maria holds a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Concordia University and enjoys yoga, pottery, and spending time with her family.