A roundup of current CEOs at Canada’s biggest banks
Posted Apr 7, 2013 06:00:03 AM.
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TORONTO – A roundup of current CEOs at Canada’s biggest banks:
Name: Gord Nixon
Bank: Royal Bank of Canada (TSX:RY)
Age: 56
Title: President and CEO, RBC
Held positions since: 2001
Previous title: Chief executive officer of RBC Capital Markets
Joined company: In 1979 at Dominion Securities before it was acquired by Royal Bank in 1987
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Name: Gerald McCaughey
Bank: Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (TSX:CM)
Age: 56
Title: President and CEO, CIBC
Held position since: August 2005
Previous title: Chairman and chief executive officer of CIBC World Markets
Joined company: In 1990 when CIBC acquired private client operations of Merrill Lynch Canada
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Name: Rick Waugh
Bank: Bank of Nova Scotia (TSX:BNS)
Age: 65
Title: CEO, Scotiabank
Held position since: December 2003
Previous title: President of Scotiabank. Served as both president and CEO until Oct. 2012. Prior to that, he was appointed vice-Chairman of corporate banking in 1995
Joined company: In 1970 as a branch employee in Winnipeg
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Name: William Downe
Bank: Bank of Montreal (TSX:BMO)
Age: 61
Title: President and CEO, BMO Financial Group
Held position since: March 2007
Previous title: Chief operating officer, BMO Financial Group
Joined company: In May 1983 from Security Pacific National Bank
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Name: Ed Clark
Age: 65
Bank: Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSX:TD)
Title: President and CEO, TD Bank Group
Held position since: December 2002
Previous title: President and chief operating officer
Joined company: In July 2000 when TD Bank acquired Canada Trust Financial Services
