Gordon Nixon
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Gordon M. "Gord" Nixon (born 1957) is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Royal Bank of Canada. He also serves on the company's board of directors.
His grandfather had been a director of Royal Bank. Born in Montreal, Quebec, and educated at Lower Canada College he received a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Queen's University in 1979. Upon graduate, he became an investment banker with Dominion Securities, remaining with the firm when it became part of Royal Bank.
In 2000, at the age of 41, he became chief executive officer of RBC Dominion Securities, now RBC Capital Markets, succeeding long-time head Anthony Fell.
He was appointed president and chief executive officer of RBC on April 1, 2001 after John Cleghorn retired, making him one of the youngest bank CEO's of Canada in the 20th century.
He is married to Janet Nixon and has three children, Jackie, Trish and Tim.
He likes hockey. He also likes golfing in St Andrews, and having Scottish visitors such as Kim Mclean.
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Chief Executive Officer: Gordon Nixon | FY 2006 Statistics: Net income: $4.7 billion CAD ( |
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| Master: RBC | Financial group: RBC Financial Group | Canadian banking: RBC Royal Bank | U.S. banking: RBC Centura | International banking: Royal Bank of Canada Global Private Banking | Canadian mutual funds: RBC Funds | U.S. mutual funds: Tamarack Funds | Canadian brokerage: RBC Direct Investing and RBC Dominion Securities | U.S. brokerage: RBC Dain Rauscher | Canadian insurance: RBC Insurance | U.S. insurance: RBC Insurance | Capital markets: RBC Capital Markets | Custodial: RBC Dexia |
