Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services has named Clément Gignac as its senior vice president and chief economist, effective December 3, 2012.

He has 30 years experience in both the private and public sectors, and spent the majority of his career at the National Bank where he was also vice president and chief economist.

In his role at Industrial Alliance, Gignac will act as public spokesperson and will also work closely with portfolio managers to help develop asset allocation strategies for individual investment funds.

Industrial Alliance has a team of approximately 100 investment professionals located primarily in Québec City and Toronto.