The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, commonly referred to as CIBC, is one of the "Big Five" banks in Canada.

Finance

CIBC

Shawn Beber leads CIBC’s U.S. Region, which includes middle market commercial banking, wealth management, private banking and retail and digital banking, as well as oversight for all Capital Markets activities in the United States. He leads a team expanding our U.S. franchise as part of our strong North American platform.

Shawn joined CIBC in 2002 and most recently served as Chief Risk Officer. He has held senior roles including General Counsel, head of Strategy and Corporate Development and head of U.S. Capital Markets. He was also instrumental in a number of U.S. acquisitions, including the acquisition of The PrivateBank, and he played a lead role in building the growth platform we have today. Prior to joining CIBC, he began his career practicing corporate law at a leading Toronto law firm.

Shawn is a graduate of the combined Master of Business Administration and Bachelor of Laws (JD/MBA) program from the University of Toronto and holds a BA from the University of Western Ontario. He’s a member of the Law Society of Ontario. He is based in Chicago.

Shawn Beber

Frank Guse leads CIBC’s global Risk Management function, which encompasses all areas of strategic, market, credit, operational, liquidity and reputational risk, as well as compliance and anti-money laundering.

Previously, Frank was Executive Vice-President, Strategy and Transformation, responsible for Personal and Business Banking’s strategic planning, sales effectiveness, frontline enablement and business controls functions. Prior to that, he led CIBC’s Risk Analytics, Reporting, and Credit Decisioning. Prior to joining CIBC in 2014, Frank began his career at McKinsey & Company’s risk management practice in Germany, where he consulted for clients across Asia, Europe and North America.

He has a PhD in Quantitative Finance and a Business Administration degree from WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, an Economics degree from FernUniversität Hagen and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).

Frank Guse

Luc Desjardins is the current director at [CIBC](/org/cibc). Luc has also previously worked as the chairman of the board at the Canadian Public Accountability Board from April 2007 to February 2019. Prior to that, they were the superintendent at the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada from September 2001 to September 2006.

Luc Desjardins completed a Bachelors of Economics at [Carleton University](/org/carleton-university) and then went on to complete a Masters of Economics at the University of Toronto.

Luc Desjardins

Christine E. Larsen is the Director at [CIBC](/org/cibc). Prior to their current role, they were with [M1 Finance](/org/m1-finance) as well as Alloy. Christine has also held positions at [Paya](/org/paya) and [CIBC](/org/cibc). Christine began their career in 1984 as a Manager at Andersen Consulting and then became a Senior Consultant at [Goldman Sachs](/org/goldman-sachs) in 1990. In 1994, they joined Citi Group as Managing Director and stayed there until 2006 when they became Executive Vice President - COO Treasury and Securities Services at JPMorgan Chase & Co. In 2013, they were named Chief Operations Officer at First Data Corporation where they worked until 2018. Most recently, in 2019, they served as Senior Advisor to the CEO at First Data Corporation.

Christine E. Larsen has a Master's degree in Information Management from [Syracuse University](/org/syracuse-university) and a B.A. in English from Cornell College.

Christine E. Larsen

Nicholas D. Le Pan is the current Director at [CIBC](/org/cibc). Nicholas has previously worked as the Chairman of the Board at the Canadian Public Accountability Board from April 2007 to February 2019. Nicholas also served as Superintendent at the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada from September 2001 to September 2006.

Nicholas D. Le Pan received their Masters in Economics from the University of Toronto and their Bachelors in Economics from [Carleton University](/org/carleton-university).

Nicholas D. Le Pan

Hratch Panossian has overall responsibility for corporate strategy; financial planning and analysis; financial, management and regulatory reporting; maintenance of accounting records; tax planning and compliance; treasury and balance sheet management; and investor relations.  

Mr. Panossian was most recently Global Controller, and before that, he held leadership roles in areas including Strategy and Corporate Development, and Treasury where he oversaw balance sheet management activities across capital management, asset liability management, and oversight of the bank’s investment portfolios.  

Before joining [CIBC](/org/cibc), Mr. Panossian held strategy and corporate development roles at a large North American bank. He was also a management consultant with [Oliver Wyman](/org/oliver-wyman)’s Finance practice where he focused on corporate finance, strategy, treasury, capital markets and risk management. He began his career in Silicon Valley, holding technical and business roles in a successful fintech venture.

Hratch Panossian

Sandy Sharman leads Human Resources and Communications, which is focused on creating a diverse, inclusive and engaged team that is enabling [CIBC](/org/cibc) to build a strong, innovative, relationship-oriented bank.

Her areas of accountabilities include compensation and benefits, employee relations, policy and governance, talent management, and all aspects of internal and external communications and public affairs. Sandy and her team are also responsible for developing and implementing the Human Capital Strategy across the bank.

Sandy began her career in financial services as a branch manager. She has more than 25 years of progressively more senior roles and experience in financial services and human resources, both at [CIBC](/org/cibc) and at other major financial institutions. She assumed the leadership of Human Resources at [CIBC](/org/cibc) in 2014.

Sandy Sharman

Jon Hountalas leads our Commercial Banking and Wealth Management teams in Canada. Under his leadership, these teams focus on making our business, high-net-worth and institutional clients’ ambitions a reality. This includes [CIBC](/org/cibc) Commercial Banking, [CIBC](/org/cibc) Innovation Banking, [CIBC](/org/cibc) Wood Gundy, [CIBC](/org/cibc) Private Wealth Management and [CIBC](/org/cibc) Asset Management.

Mr. Hountalas joined [CIBC](/org/cibc) in 2010 as Executive Vice-President of Business Banking and added responsibility for Corporate Banking in 2015. In 2017, he was appointed to his current role where he leads our Commercial Banking and Wealth Management teams in Canada. Before joining [CIBC](/org/cibc), Mr. Hountalas spent 25 years in client-facing and executive roles at [HSBC Canada](/org/hsbc-canada).

Jon Hountalas

Victor Dodig was named President and CEO of the [CIBC](/org/cibc) group of companies, one of North America's leading financial services institutions, in September 2014.

During his tenure, Victor has helped usher in a new era for the bank, positioning [CIBC](/org/cibc) as a relationship-oriented bank for a modern world. In 2016, he led the acquisition of The PrivateBank, establishing a strong North American platform for [CIBC](/org/cibc) to serve clients and deliver future growth.

Victor brings more than 25 years of extensive business and banking experience, having led [CIBC](/org/cibc)'s Wealth Management, Asset Management, and Retail Banking businesses. He also led several businesses with UBS and Merrill Lynch in Canada and internationally, and was a management consultant with [McKinsey & Company](/org/mckinsey-company).

Victor G. Dodig

Ms. Maher was Canadian Managing Partner, Quality and Risk, [KPMG Canada](/org/kpmg-canada) from 2017 to February 2021. She was also Global Head of Inclusion and Diversity [KPMG](/org/kpmg) International for the same period. Ms. Maher has been with [KPMG](/org/kpmg) since 1983, in various executive and governance roles including Chief Financial Officer and Chief Human Resources Officer. She is a member of the [World Economic Forum](/org/world-economic-forum) focused on Human Rights - the business perspective, the Alzheimer’s Society of Toronto, and has served on other not-for-profit boards including as Chair of Women’s College Hospital and member of the CPA Ontario Council. Ms. Maher created [KPMG Canada](/org/kpmg-canada)’s first ever [National Diversity Council](/org/national-diversity-council) and was the executive sponsor of pride@kpmg. Ms. Maher received the Wayne C. Fox Distinguished Alumni Award from [McMaster University](/org/mcmaster-university) in recognition of her work on inclusion and diversity, was inducted into the Hall of Fame for the WXN 100 Top Most Powerful Women in Canada, received a Lifetime Achievement Award from Out on Bay Street (Proud Strong), and the Senior Leadership Award for Diversity from the Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion.



Mary Lou Maher

Salar Faiz

Mr. Aljoundi has been President of Agnico Eagle Mines Limited since 2015. He previously served as Agnico's Senior Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer and has over 20 years of experience in finance and business strategy. Mr. Aljoundi also has extensive experience in mining, capital markets and banking. Prior to 2015 he served in various senior financial roles at [Barrick Gold Corporation](/org/barrick), including Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice-President of Capital Allocation and Business Strategy and Senior Vice-President of Finance. He also held senior roles at Barrick South America, including Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Aljoundi was also Vice-President Structured Finance at Citibank, Canada.



Ammar Aljoundi

Ms. Stevenson brings extensive business and corporate governance experience, having served on numerous public company and not-for-profit boards in Canada and the US over the past two decades, where she has consistently assumed leadership roles. Previously, Ms. Stevenson was a financial executive in the telecommunications and banking sectors. In addition to the public company directorships listed below, Ms. Stevenson is a director of CIBC Bancorp USA Inc. and CIBC Bank USA and a member of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of St. Michael’s Hospital Foundation. Ms. Stevenson was named one of the 2018 Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada.



Katharine B. Stevenson

Harry Culham is responsible for [CIBC](/org/cibc) Capital Markets, which provides integrated credit and capital markets products, investment banking advisory services, corporate lending, and top-ranked research to corporate, government and institutional clients around the world. In this role, Mr. Culham is Chair and CEO of [CIBC](/org/cibc) World Markets Inc., and is a member of [CIBC](/org/cibc)’s Executive Committee.

Prior to joining [CIBC](/org/cibc) in May 2008, Mr. Culham has held senior roles in capital markets with global banks in Europe and Asia. He started his career with [CIBC](/org/cibc) in the graduate training program.

Mr. Culham chairs the [CIBC](/org/cibc) Children’s Foundation, is a member of the Faculty Advisory Board for the Sauder School of Business and a member of the Women in Capital Markets Advisory Council. He is also on the boards of Mount Sinai Hospital and Branksome Hall. He graduated from the University of British Columbia, Sauder School of Business, and is a Portfolio Management Foundation (PMF) alumnus and Leslie Wong Fellow.

Harry Culham

Christina Kramer is responsible for technology, infrastructure and innovation for [CIBC](/org/cibc) worldwide. Her team enables the efficient, reliable running of the bank, protects [CIBC](/org/cibc) from risk and builds out capabilities to differentiate it from peers. She leads a talented team and nurtures a culture focused on a shared purpose to help make clients’ ambitions a reality.

Since joining [CIBC](/org/cibc) in 1987, Christina has held progressively more senior executive roles within [CIBC](/org/cibc)'s Retail, Business Banking and Human Resources groups. Most recently, she was Senior Executive Vice-President and Group Head, Personal and Small Business Banking.

A director on the board of The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation, she’s also [CIBC](/org/cibc)’s Executive Sponsor of the Canadian Cancer Society [CIBC](/org/cibc) Run for the Cure, where she led Team [CIBC](/org/cibc) to raise $54 million over the past 23 years.

Christina is the recipient of the Sovereign’s Medal for Volunteers. She has also been inducted into the WXN "Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada" Hall of Fame.

Christina Kramer

Kikelomo Lawal is the global leader for CIBC’s Legal, Corporate Secretary, Ombudsman and Privacy Office functions, and related policies and programs.

Kikelomo has 25 years of progressive leadership experience, including legal expertise as both a trial lawyer and a transactional lawyer. Prior to joining CIBC, Kikelomo was Chief Legal Officer, Ombudsman and Corporate Secretary at Interac Corporation, and, prior to that, she practiced law at firms on Bay Street in Toronto and Wall Street in New York City.

A mentor to many, Kikelomo contributes her time as a Board member and advisor to various organizations. She was shortlisted for the National Post General Counsel of the Year Award in 2018, and named one of the 25 Most Influential Women in Payments for 2019.

Kikelomo is a graduate of Harvard Law School and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Politics from New York University. She is a member of the New York State Bar and Law Society of Upper Canada. She resides in the Greater Toronto Area with her husband and three children.

Kikelomo Lawal

Nanci E. Caldwell

Michelle L. Collins is the current Director at [CIBC](/org/cibc). Michelle has also previously served on the board of [Ulta Beauty](/org/ulta-beauty), Integrys Group, Inc., and [CIBC](/org/cibc) Bank US. Additionally, they were the President of Cambium LLC and a Board Member of Molex, Inc.

Michelle L. Collins received their MBA in finance from [Harvard Business School](/org/harvard-business-school) and their B.A. in economics from [Yale University](/org/yale-university). Michelle also attended high school at the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools.

Michelle L. Collins

Linda S. Hasenfratz

Kevin J. Kelly

Jane L. Peverett

Martine Turcotte

Barry L. Zubrow

Laura Dottori-Attanasio leads Personal and Business Banking. This includes the teams that provide advice, services and products to best meet the needs of clients through their preferred channels as [CIBC](/org/cibc) seeks to help make their ambitions a reality.

Prior to her current role, Laura oversaw [CIBC](/org/cibc)’s risk management activities as Chief Risk Officer. Previous to that, she was Global Head of Corporate Credit Products responsible for Corporate and Global Banking, including all credit activities for [CIBC](/org/cibc)'s Capital Markets.

Laura is a strong proponent for improving communities and creating brighter possibilities for everyone. She’s on the Board of Trustees of Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, an active member of Space at the Table and the Children’s Aid Foundation. 

She has been recognized by the Association of Fundraising Professionals with the Outstanding Volunteer Award and received the King Clancy Award from the Canadian Foundation for Physically Disabled Persons.

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