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Maryann Turcke is chief operating officer of the National Football League (NFL). Before joining the NFL in 2017 as president, NFL Network, Ms. Turcke held progressively more senior leadership roles over 12 years at [Bell Canada](/org/bell-canada), most recently as president, Bell Media. Previous to this, Ms. Turcke served as group president, Media Sales, Local TV and Radio, Bell Media and as executive vice president, Field Operations, [Bell Canada](/org/bell-canada).

She is chair of the advisory board of the Smith School of Business at Queen’s University.

Ms. Turcke holds an M.B.A. and a Bachelor in Civil Engineering from Queen’s University and a Master of Engineering from the University of Toronto.

Maryann Turcke

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Derek Neldner is CEO and Group Head of [RBC Capital Markets](/org/rbc-capital-markets) and is a member of RBC’s Group Executive. Derek has global oversight of the firm and together with the Capital Markets Operating Committee, he sets the overall strategy for RBC’s Corporate & Investment Banking and Global Markets activities conducted by its employees worldwide.

Prior to his current role, Derek was Global Head of Investment Banking. He has been with RBC since 1995 and has worked across all aspects of investment banking, including leading RBC’s energy investment banking practice for several years.

He is a board member of The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) Foundation and is a member of the Major Individual Giving campaign cabinet for the United Way of Toronto & York Region.

Derek holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Finance from the [University of Alberta](/org/university-of-alberta) and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.


Derek Neldner

Jeffery Yabuki is chairman and chief executive officer of Fiserv, Inc. (a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions). Until his appointment in July 2019, he was president and chief executive officer since 2005. Prior to that he was executive vice-president and chief operating officer of H&R Block, Inc., and he has served in leadership roles with an emphasis on financial services for more than 25 years.

He is a member of the board of directors of Ixonia Bancshares Inc., a financial services holding company. He also serves on the board of trustees of the Milwaukee Art Museum.

Mr. Yabuki holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Accounting from California State University and was previously licensed as a certified public accountant.

Jeffery W. Yabuki

Heather Munroe-Blum is chairperson of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. She is emerita principal and vice-chancellor of [McGill University](/org/mcgill-university), having served as principal and vice-chancellor from 2003 until 2013. Prior to this, she was vice-president of Research and International Relations at the University of Toronto.

She is chair of the Canada Gairdner Foundation, co-chair of the Leaders’ Council of [McGill University](/org/mcgill-university)’s Tanenbaum Open Science Institute and a director of the board of [Stanford University](/org/stanford)’s Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. She is a member of the Trilateral Commission.

Dr. Munroe-Blum received a Ph.D. in Epidemiology from the [University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill](/org/university-of-north-carolina-at-chapel-hill). She earned a Master of Social Work from [Wilfrid Laurier University](/org/wilfrid-laurier-university) and bachelor degrees of Arts and Social Work from [McMaster University](/org/mcmaster-university).

She is an officer of the Order of Canada, an officer of l’Ordre national du Québec and a specially elected fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
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Heather Munroe-Blum

Michael McCain is president and chief executive officer and director of Maple Leaf Foods Inc. (a food processing company).

He is a director of McCain Capital Inc., and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Foundation. He is a member of the Business Council of Canada, serves as honorary chairman of the Maple Leaf Centre for Action on Food Security and is on the advisory board of the Richard Ivey School of Business at [Western University](/org/western-university).

Mr. McCain holds a Bachelor of Business Administration (Honours) from [Western University](/org/western-university).

Michael H. McCain

Jacynthe Côté is chair of the board of [Hydro-Québec](/org/hydro-quebec) (an electricity service provider). She was president and chief executive officer of Rio Tinto Alcan (a metals and mining company) from 2009 to 2014 and served in an advisory role until her retirement in 2014.

Prior to that, she served as president and chief executive officer of Rio Tinto Alcan’s Primary Metal business group. Ms. Côté joined Alcan Inc. in 1988 and served in a variety of progressively senior leadership roles during her 26-year career.

Ms. Côté is a director of Transcontinental Inc. and Finning International Inc. She is also chair of the board of Sainte-Justine UHC Foundation and Alloprof.

She holds a Bachelor of Chemistry from Laval University.

Jacynthe Côté

Thierry Vandal is president of Axium Infrastructure US Inc. (an investment management firm). He was president and chief executive officer of [Hydro-Québec](/org/hydro-quebec) from 2005 until his retirement in 2015.

He is a director of TC Energy Corporation. He also serves on the international advisory board of [HEC Montréal](/org/hec-montreal). He is a governor emeritus and a member of the principal’s international advisory board of [McGill University](/org/mcgill-university). He is also a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering.

Mr. Vandal holds an M.B.A. in Finance from [HEC Montréal](/org/hec-montreal) and an engineering degree from École Polytechnique de Montréal.

Thierry Vandal

As Chief Risk Officer, Graeme oversees the strategic management of risk on an enterprise-wide basis. He is a member of Group Executive, which sets the overall strategic direction of RBC. He was appointed Chief Risk Officer in 2018.

Graeme joined RBC in 1997 as an analyst in Group Risk Management, focusing on foreign exchange products. In 2001, he took on the role of Vice President for GRM's Portfolio Management team focused on loan portfolio risk analysis, economic capital and policy. Graeme moved to New York in 2004 to become Head of Market Risk for the Capital Markets trading businesses in the U.S. In 2011, Graeme moved to London to take on the role as Chief Risk Officer for Europe & Asia.

Most recently, Graeme was EVP, Retail & Commercial Credit Risk, where he led a number of teams that provide the primary risk management support to RBC’s Insurance, Wealth Management and Personal and Commercial Banking (P&CB) businesses.

Graeme is a qualified Chartered Financial Analyst and has a Masters in Mathematics from the [University of Waterloo](/org/university-of-waterloo).


Graeme Hepworth

As Group Head, RBC Wealth Management, RBC Insurance and RBC Investor & Treasury Services, Doug Guzman leads RBC’s businesses that serve the wealth management needs of affluent and high net worth clients globally, and teams that provide asset management and trust products. He also oversees RBC Insurance, which provides a wide range of insurance, wealth and reinsurance solutions to individual, business and group clients. In addition, along with other members of Group Executive, Mr. Guzman is responsible for setting the overall strategic direction of RBC.

Prior to this appointment, Mr. Guzman was Managing Director and Head of Global Investment Banking, [RBC Capital Markets](/org/rbc-capital-markets), responsible for the firm's Investment Banking teams globally, as well as U.S. Municipal Finance. He had senior client coverage responsibility for a number of [RBC Capital Markets](/org/rbc-capital-markets)' most important clients and was a member of the firm's Operating Committee and Loan Commitments Committee.

Before joining RBC in 2005, he was a Managing Director at [Goldman Sachs](/org/goldman-sachs) in New York and Toronto, where he had co-head responsibility for each of the Global Metals and Mining and the Canadian Investment Banking businesses.

He is a member of the Board of Directors of St. Michael's Hospital and the Advisory Board of [Ivey Business School](/org/ivey) at Western University.
Mr. Guzman has an HBA from Ivey and an MBA with high distinction (Baker Scholar) from [Harvard Business School](/org/harvard-business-school). He is married with two children and lives in Toronto, Canada.


Doug Guzman

David McKay is president and chief executive officer of [Royal Bank of Canada](/org/royal-bank-of-canada). Prior to his appointment in 2014, he was group head, Personal & Commercial Banking from 2012 to 2014 and group head, Canadian Banking from 2008 to 2012. Mr. McKay started his career at RBC in 1988 and has held progressively more senior roles since then.

He serves on the Board of Trustees for the Hospital for Sick Children and is a member of the Catalyst Canada advisory board and the Business Council of Canada. He is also industry co-chair of the Business / Higher Learning Roundtable.

Mr. McKay holds an M.B.A. from the Richard Ivey School of Business at [Western University](/org/western-university) and a Bachelor of Mathematics from the [University of Waterloo](/org/university-of-waterloo).

David I. McKay

Uzma Yaqoob

As RBC’s Chief Administrative and Strategy Officer Christoph Knoess has responsibility for Brand, Marketing, Citizenship and Communications, Global Procurement, and Corporate Real Estate functions globally. Additionally, he provides leadership and oversight on strategic and transformational initiatives across RBC to modernize and scale important enterprise capabilities designed to position RBC for the future including data and analytics and productivity and efficiency. Along with other members of RBC’s Group Executive, Christoph is responsible for setting the overall strategic direction of RBC.

Christoph is a seasoned executive with more than twenty years of experience advising leading financial institutions in the execution of digital strategies and transformations, operating model design, technology modernization, and enterprise-wide cost and operations improvement. Prior to joining RBC, Christoph was a Partner at McKinsey where he led the Core Tech Transformation and Agile Transformation teams and a Partner at [Oliver Wyman](/org/oliver-wyman) where he led the Digital, Technology and Analytics practices globally. A dynamic leader, Christoph has also worked in interim executive roles in Digital, Software Development, Technology Transformation, and Operations for a number financial institutions including RBC.

Christoph has been recognized for his work in innovation management and value-chain partnerships, and is a supporter of Parent Child+, a not-for-profit organization fostering early childhood literacy for families living in underserved communities.

Over the course of his career, Christoph has worked with organizations across Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, and Australia. He holds a joint MBA / MS equivalent degree from the University of Darmstadt in Germany. Christoph is married with one child.

Christoph Knoess

Mr. Bibic is President and Chief Executive Officer of BCE Inc. and Bell Canada (a communications and media company) since January 2020. Since joining BCE Inc. in 2004, he has served in a variety of leadership positions, including Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President, Corporate Development, and Chief Legal and Regulatory Officer.

In addition to serving on the board of BCE Inc. and Bell Canada, Mr. Bibic is also a member of the boards of directors of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd. and the Business Council of Canada. In 2017, he was named Canadian General Counsel of the year by the National Post and ZSA Legal Recruitment.

Mr. Bibic holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from McGill University and a Law degree from the University of Toronto.

Mirko Bibic

Kelly Pereira, RBC’s Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), has global responsibility for Human Resources – extending to over 86,000 employees in 29 countries. Kelly is part of RBC's ten-member Group Executive which is responsible for setting the overall strategic direction of RBC.

Before becoming CHRO in 2022, Kelly was Senior Vice President, Talent Strategy & Solutions, leading the development and execution of enterprise-wide strategy and programs for Leadership, Learning & Performance, Future of Work and Culture, Diversity & Inclusion and Organizational Effectiveness. Kelly co-led the first phase of a multi-year transformation designed to create a more agile, future-ready and digitally-enabled HR function.

Kelly began her career with RBC in 1995, holding increasingly senior roles in Personal & Commercial Banking and in Human Resources. In her more than 25 years in financial services, she has become known as a dynamic leader with deep expertise in building and executing strategies that unlock the potential of people, enable innovation and drive business growth. She has led many programs that have strengthened RBC’s inclusive culture, advanced the strategic impact of the HR function, and elevated RBC’s reputation as an employer of choice.

Kelly holds a Master of Arts degree in Leadership from the [University of Guelph](/org/university-of-guelph).

Kelly Pereira

As Chief Financial Officer, Nadine Ahn is responsible for Finance, Taxation, Performance Management, Investor Relations, Corporate Treasury, and Corporate Development. Together with other members of Group Executive, she is responsible for setting the overall strategic direction of RBC. [In addition, Nadine chairs RBC’s Asset-Liability Committee.]

Nadine joined RBC more than 20 years ago and has help progressively senior positions within Corporate Treasury and Finance. Prior to her current role, Nadine was Senior Vice President, Wholesale Finance and Investor Relations with global accountability for financial governance, control, valuations and performance management for RBC Capital Markets and articulating RBC’s shareholder value proposition to the international investment community. She also served on both the CFO Group and Capital Markets Operating Committees.

A champion of RBC’s Purpose and Values, Nadine serves on the enterprise Diversity Leadership Council and is the Executive Sponsor of the CFO Group’s Diversity Leadership Council. She is also recognized within the financial services industry for her leadership and vision. In 2019, she was honoured by Women in Capital Markets as a Champion of Change, an award which recognizes leaders who push the boundaries for the advancement of women.

Nadine is a CPA and holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Toronto.

Nadine Ahn

Maria E. Douvas is Chief Legal Officer and a member of RBC’s Group Executive. In this role, she has oversight of the bank’s global legal team.

Maria joined RBC in 2016 and has held progressively senior positions over this time, including Executive Vice President & General Counsel, U.S. General Counsel and Global Head of Litigation, and has served on the Operating Committees for both the CFO Group and RBC Capital Markets U.S. She has successfully led RBC’s efforts on a broad range of litigation and regulatory matters, and provides strategic counsel to senior leaders across RBC’s businesses and functions globally.

Prior to joining RBC, Maria was a partner at a leading international law firm, and a federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. She earned her J.D. in 1998 cum laude, Order of the Coif, from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, and her B.A. in 1995 from Columbia University.

An active member of the community, Maria serves on the board of directors of Pro Bono Ontario, a registered charity that provides free legal services to vulnerable Ontarians. She is also a founding donor to the When There Are Nine Scholarship Project, an organization dedicated to advancing equity and diversity within the legal profession.

Maria Douvas

Mackenzie Drohan

Roberta Jamieson is a corporate director. She was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Indspire (a Canadian Indigenous charity that invests in the education of First Nations, Inuit and Métis people) from 2004 to 2020. Prior to that, she was elected Chief of the Six Nations of the Grand River Territory from 2001 to 2004. She served as the Ombudsman of Ontario from 1989 to 1999 and as Commissioner of the Indian Commission of Ontario between 1986 and 1989.

Ms. Jamieson is co-chair of the Indigenous advisory council of the Canadian National Railway Company and a member of the board of directors of Deloitte Canada.

Ms. Jamieson holds a Bachelor of Laws from Western University. She is the first First Nations woman having earned a law degree in Canada, and she was awarded the Indigenous Peoples’ Counsel designation by the Indigenous Bar Association. She is an officer of the Order of Canada.

Roberta L. Jamieson

Andrew Chisholm is a corporate director. He was senior strategy officer at [Goldman Sachs](/org/goldman-sachs) &Co. (a global investment bank) in New York from 2012 to 2014 and subsequently served as an advisory director of the firm until his retirement in April 2016. His 30-year career at [Goldman Sachs](/org/goldman-sachs) included a variety of progressively senior leadership positions, including head of the Global Financial Institutions Group from 2002 to 2012 and co-chair of the firm-wide commitments committee from 2011 to 2015.

Mr. Chisholm is a director of RBC US Group Holdings LLC. He is chairman of the advisory board of the Richard Ivey School of Business at [Western University](/org/western-university) and advisor to the school’s sustainability initiative. He is also a member of the advisory board of the Institute for Sustainable Finance of the Smith School of Business at Queen’s University, a director of Evergreen and an advisor to [ArcTern Ventures](/org/arctern-ventures), riskthinking.AI and Receptiviti Inc.

He holds an M.B.A. from the Richard Ivey School of Business and a Bachelor of Commerce from Queen’s University.

Andrew A. Chisholm

Alice Laberge is a corporate director. She was president and chief executive officer of Fincentric Corporation until 2005 and was previously chief financial officer and senior vice-president of Finance for MacMillan Bloedel Limited.

Ms. Laberge is a director of Nutrien Ltd. and Russel Metals Inc. She is also a director of the BC Cancer Foundation and the Canadian Public Accountability Board.

She holds an M.B.A. from the [University of British Columbia](/org/university-of-british-columbia) and a Bachelor of Science from the [University of Alberta](/org/university-of-alberta).

Alice D. Laberge

Wayne Jones

Frank Vettese was managing partner and chief executive officer of [Deloitte Canada](/org/deloitte-canada) from 2012 and a member of [Deloitte](/org/deloitte)’s Global Executive from 2007 until his retirement in June 2019. Over a 14-year career with [Deloitte](/org/deloitte), Mr. Vettese served in a number of senior positions, including chair of the Americas Executive and global managing partner, Financial Advisory. He also served as [Deloitte Canada](/org/deloitte-canada)’s chief inclusion officer between 2016 and 2019.

He is a member of the board of trustees of the Hospital for Sick Children, the board of directors of the David Cornfield Melanoma Fund, the board of directors of the Rideau Hall Foundation and the dean’s advisory board of the Schulich School of Business at [York University](/org/york-university).

Mr. Vettese holds an M.B.A. and a Bachelor of Business Administration from the Schulich School of Business at [York University](/org/york-university).

Frank M. Vettese

Bridget van Kralingen is senior vice-president of Global Industries, Platforms and Blockchain at IBM Corporation (an information technology company). Since joining IBM in 2004 she has served in a variety of leadership positions including senior-vice president of IBM Global Business Services and general manager of IBM North America. Prior to joining IBM, she was managing partner, Financial Services with Deloitte Consulting, US.

She is a member of the boards of the New York Historical Society and the Partnership for New York City.

Ms. van Kralingen holds a Master of Commerce in Industrial and Organisational Psychology from the University of South Africa, a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, and an honours degree in commerce from the [University of Johannesburg](/org/university-of-johannesburg).

Bridget A. van Kralingen

Toos Daruvala is co-chief executive officer of MIO Partners, Inc. (the in-house asset management arm of [McKinsey & Company](/org/mckinsey-company)). In 2016, following his retirement in 2015, he served as senior advisor and director emeritus for [McKinsey & Company](/org/mckinsey-company). During his 33-year career at McKinsey he advised financial institutions on a broad range of strategic and operational matters and led McKinsey’s risk management and banking and securities practices (both in the Americas).

He is a member of the advisory board of the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan and is on the board of directors of the New York Philharmonic. He is an executive in residence at Columbia Business School.

Mr. Daruvala holds an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan and a Bachelor of Technology in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology.

Toos N. Daruvala

David Denison is chair of the board of Element Fleet Management Corp. (a global fleet management solutions company). He served as president and chief executive officer of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board from 2005 to 2012. Prior to that, he was president of Fidelity Investments Canada Limited .

He is a director of BCE Inc. and [Bell Canada](/org/bell-canada). He is chancellor of the Canadian Business Hall of Fame. He is also a member of the Investment Strategies Committee, Investment Board and the International Advisory Committee of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation, and a member of the International Advisory Council of the China Investment Corporation.

Mr. Denison earned bachelor degrees in mathematics and education from the University of Toronto. He is a chartered professional accountant and a fellow of the [Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario](/org/chartered-professional-accountants-of-ontario). He is an officer of the Order of Canada.

David F. Denison

Kathleen Taylor is chair of the board of [Royal Bank of Canada](/org/royal-bank-of-canada). She is the former president and chief executive officer of Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, where she served in a variety of senior leadership roles from 1989 to 2013. She is also the chair of Altas Partners LLP and a director of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.

She is chair of the board of SickKids Foundation as well as a member of the board of trustees of the Hospital for Sick Children, the principal’s international advisory board of [McGill University](/org/mcgill-university) and the dean’s advisory council of the Schulich School of Business at [York University](/org/york-university).

Ms. Taylor holds an M.B.A. from the Schulich School of Business, a law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from the University of Toronto. Ms. Taylor is a member of the Order of Canada.

Kathleen Taylor

As Group Head, Technology & Operations, RBC, Bruce Ross is responsible for the strategy and overall management of global technology and operations for RBC, which includes applications development, infrastructure and enterprise operations. In addition, as a member of Group Executive, he is one of nine executives responsible for setting the overall strategic direction of RBC.

Bruce is a seasoned executive with more than 28 years of technology and business experience. Prior to joining RBC, he was the General Manager, Global Technology Services, North America at IBM. He was a member of IBM's Performance Team setting the operational direction of the corporation. He was also a member of IBM's Strategy Team which set the long term direction for the business including its investments in emerging markets, Cloud, and Analytics. His prior roles included General Manager, Global Technology Services, Europe for IBM, General Manager and President, IBM Canada, General Manager, Global Technology Services UK, Ireland, and South Africa. Bruce's areas of responsibility have included providing thought leadership and services to financial institutions globally.

Bruce is active in a number of business and community organizations in Canada, serving as a Board Member for both the International Board of Advisors as well as the University of Western Ontario. He is also a member of the 2017 Toronto & York Region United Way Campaign Cabinet. In recent years, he served as the Chair of the Ontario Brain Institute Liaison Council. He also sat on the Board of Directors of the Conference Board of Canada, and was a member of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives.

Bruce is a professional engineer and a graduate of the University of Western Ontario. He is married with two children and lives in Toronto, Canada

Bruce Ross

As Group Head, Personal & Commercial Banking, Neil McLaughlin is responsible for RBC’s banking businesses in Canada and the Caribbean, including personal and commercial financial services, credit cards and payments, digital solutions, as well as RBC’s sales and branch distribution, operations and advice centres. Together with other members of Group Executive, Mr. McLaughlin is responsible for setting the overall strategic direction of RBC.

Immediately prior to this position, as Executive Vice President, Business Financial Services for RBC’s Canadian Banking division, Neil was responsible for setting the strategic direction and leading all lines of business that serve small business and commercial clients through an extensive business banking network.

Neil joined RBC in 1998 and has held a wide range of senior management and executive positions within Canadian Banking, including roles in the Credit Card and Personal Lending lines of businesses and distribution and operations. As well, Neil was Senior Vice President Marketing & Channel Strategy, responsible for leading Brand, Marketing, Advertising and Sponsorship, with direct accountability for digital channels, the physical distribution network, client knowledge and insights and the client information management team.  He also served as Senior Vice President, Risk Operations within Canadian Banking Operations, responsible for credit adjudication, fraud, collections, operational risk and the Commercial Advisory Group.

In 2020, Neil was appointed Chair of the Canadian Bankers Association’s Executive Council and currently serves on the board of the Children’s Wish Foundation, Ontario Chapter. He holds a Bachelors of Commerce degree and an MBA and lives in Toronto with his wife and their two children.

Neil McLaughlin


As Chief Strategy and Corporate Development Officer, Mike is responsible for working with RBC’s Group Executive to develop RBC’s overall strategic plan as well as providing leadership for mergers and acquisitions. Mike also heads RBC Ventures, a group focused on creating solutions that go beyond banking to build and deepen relationships with Canadians in new and innovative ways.

Mike chairs RBC’s Innovation Council that, in addition to overseeing investments in strategic partnerships, has responsibility for coordinating RBC’s Innovation Labs that focus on research and the development of advanced capabilities in the areas of data, security and client experience. Mike is also Chairman of RBC Bank U.S. and a director of [City National Bank](/org/city-national-bank).

As a member of Group Executive, Mike is one of nine executives responsible for setting the overall strategic direction of RBC.

Prior to this position, Mike served as Executive Vice President of Personal Financing Products, RBC’s largest banking segment. In addition, he had responsibility for U.S. strategy where he led both the acquisition and integration of [City National Bank](/org/city-national-bank) – RBC’s largest ever acquisition.

Mike joined RBC in 2010 from [Capital One](/org/capital-one) in the U.S. where he served as Executive Vice President, Consumer Banking Segment. Mike also held executive positions with Charter One Bank and Citibank during his 25 year career. Mike is a graduate of the [University of Delaware](/org/university-of-delaware).

Mike and his family are active supporters and fundraisers for Right to Play and other local charities. Mike also sits on the board of directors for Futurpreneur Canada. Mike, his wife Nikki and their two sons live in Toronto.

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