Mike Pedersen
Corporate Director and Former Bank CEO
Mike Pedersen is a Corporate Director. He serves on the boards of CGI, AtkinsRéalis, EQB, and Clean Prosperity. He is also Chair of the Advisory Committee of the Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation at the University of Waterloo and a member of the Global Risk Institute’s Sustainable Finance Advisory Committee.
Mike was Chair of the Board of the Business Development Bank of Canada from 2018 to 2023. Prior to that he was President and CEO of TD Bank, America’s Most Convenient Bank, a top ten bank in the United States. He held senior leadership roles in financial services around the world and is former Chair of the Canadian Bankers Association and the Nature Conservancy of Canada.
Mike has a long and ongoing involvement with charitable organizations focused on nature, the environment, and social services.
He graduated from University of British Columbia with a Bachelor of Commerce degree and from University of Toronto with a Master of Industrial Relations degree.
Mike lives in Toronto with his wife Martha. They have three adult children.
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