Kathleen Taylor

Canadian national, born 1957. Kathleen Taylor has been a member (non-executive) of the Board of Directors and a member of the Audit Committee since April 2015, and since April 2017 Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors and a member of the Compensation Committee, the Governance and Nomination Committee, and of the Digital Committee since April 2019 (except from April 2021 until April 2022). Her one-year term of office ends on the day of the next Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.

Kathleen Taylor obtained a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Schulich School of Business, a law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree from the University of Toronto, all in Canada.

Kathleen Taylor is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Canada, where she served in a variety of senior leadership roles from 1989 to 2013.

Other mandates: Kathleen Taylor has been a member of the Board of the Royal Bank of Canada¹ since November 2001, and its Chair since January 2014. She will be retiring from the RBC Board in April 2023. She has also been a director of CPP Investments since October 2013 and her term on the board will be completed in 2023. Kathleen Taylor has served as the Chair of Altas Partners, Canada, since April 2019, has been a director of Air Canada¹ since May 2016 and is a member of the Board of Mattamy Asset Management, all in Canada. She is also Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Hospital for Sick Children and a member of the SickKids Foundation, Canada.

Kathleen Taylor is Chancellor of York University and a member of the Dean’s Global Advisory Council at the Schulich School of Business, York University, all in Canada. She is a member of the National Council of the C.D. Howe Institute, Canada, and the Co-Chair of its Human Capital Policy Council.