Janice Fukakusa

Ms. Fukakusa is The Chancellor of Toronto Metropolitan University and a corporate director. She was the Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Royal Bank of Canada, until she retired in January 2017 following a distinguished 31-year career. Ms. Fukakusa currently serves on the boards of a number of corporate and not-for-profit organizations. She was inducted into Canada’s Most Powerful Women Hall of Fame and previously selected as Canada’s CFO of the Year by Financial Executives Canada, PwC and Robert Half. In 2016, she was named one of the 25 Most Powerful Women in Banking by American Banker magazine for the fourth consecutive year and in 2021 was appointed to the Order of Canada. Ms. Fukakusa holds the professional designation of Fellow Chartered Professional Accountant (FCPA and CPA). She obtained a Master of Business Administration from Schulich School of Business, and in 2016 was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from York University.