The Canadian Club of Toronto and the Empire Club of Canada are pleased to present this special event jointly.
John was appointed to his position in September 1999. As the president and CEO of the CPP Investment Board, John is responsible for leading the organization and its investment activities.
Prior to joining the CPP Investment Board, John spent 31 years in the investment business with Nesbitt Burns and predecessor companies. During his years as an investment banker he focused on providing merger and acquisition advisory services to corporations and governments in Canada and internationally. He was president of Burns Fry and then Nesbitt Burns from 1989 until his retirement in the spring of 1999.
John is a Trustee of the University Health Network which operates three teaching and research hospitals: Princess Margaret, Toronto General and Toronto Western. He is a North American member of The Trilateral Commission.
He has served previously as Chairman of the Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation; Chairman of the Investment Dealers Association of Canada; President, The Empire Club of Canada; National Secretary, Progressive Conservative Association of Canada; Vice President and Director, The Canadian Stage Company; and Governor, Ryerson Polytechnical Institute (now University).
John graduated from the University of Western Ontario with a BA (economics) in 1967.
Tickets must be ordered through the Empire Club:
By phone: 416-364-2878
By fax: 416-364-7271
By e-mail: [email protected]
On the web: www.empireclub.org
