Manish Bhandari

Manish Bhandari is Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of RBC Capital Markets. In his role, Manish leads the Finance teams for Capital Markets globally and has responsibility for providing strategic counsel to the business and its senior executive team, promoting a robust financial controls and management culture, and enabling long-term value creation. He also has oversight for financial and performance management frameworks and policies for Capital Markets. Manish is a member of both the Capital Markets and CFO Group Operating Committees.

Manish has more than 20 years of deep institutional and consumer banking experience with cross-functional leadership across lines of business, risk and finance. Prior to joining RBC, he was Chief Financial Officer of MUFG Americas with responsibility for finance and strategy for the Americas Wholesale Business across Banking, Markets and Transactional Banking, overseeing multiple legal entities, regulatory jurisdictions as well as operational process improvements. Prior to this, Manish held progressively senior roles with Citigroup, including as Chief Financial Officer of its Global Corporate and Investment Bank, where he applied a client centric mindset across financial controls, strategy, innovation and regulatory policies.

Manish earned his Bachelor of Science in Petrochemical Engineering from the University of Pune in India, and his MBA from Thunderbird, the American Graduate School of International Management.