COVID-19.CPPIB said it had accepted Machin’s resignation and appointed John Graham as chief executive officer. Head of Canada Pension Plan board received COVID-19 vaccine in Dubai: reports Canada’s Ministry of Finance on Thursday called a media report about Machin traveling to the Middle East and receiving a COVID-19 vaccination “very troubling”.Machin was not immediately available for comment.
Machin, 54, received Pfizer’s vaccine shot after arriving in the UAE with his partner this month, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.Machin was named president and CEO in June 2016, according to the pension fund’s website.(Reporting by Noor Zainab Hussain in Bengaluru; Editing by Anil D’Silva).