- Gerald T. McCaughey
Gerald T. McCaughey (born 1956,
Winnipeg, Manitoba ,Canada ) is the president andCEO of theCanadian Imperial Bank of Commerce . He received a bachelor of commerce degree fromConcordia University .McCaughey started at
Merrill Lynch Canada as an account executive in 1981 and joinedCIBC when private client operations of Merrill Lynch was acquired by thenCIBC Wood Gundy in 1990.Since joining CIBC, McCaughey has risen up the ranks within the bank:
* 1994-1999 President of
Wood Gundy Private Client Investments
* 1999-2002 Senior Executive Vice-President (Wealth Management)
* 2002-2004 Vice Chair, CIBC
* 2004-2005 Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CIBC World Markets
* 2004-2005 President and Chief Operating Officer, CIBCMcCaughey has been CEO since 2005, replacing former CEO and chair
John Hunkin .Outside of banking, McCaughey serves various other boards:
* Chair of the Advisory Board for the Canada Institute of the
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
* Director of theFrontier College Foundation
* Member ofThe Learning Partnership 's Corporate Advisory Board
* Member of the U.S. Council on Foreign RelationsExternal links
* [http://www.cibc.com/ca/inside-cibc/executive-teams/mccaughey.html CIBC biography]
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