John Cleghorn
| John Cleghorn | |
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| Born |
John Edward Cleghorn July 7, 1941 Montreal, Quebec |
| Awards | Order of Canada |
John Edward Cleghorn, FCA, OC (born July 7, 1941) is a Canadian business executive and a former university leader. Cleghorn was former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Royal Bank of Canada from 1994 until 2001. He is a former Chairman of the Board of Canadian Pacific Railway.
Born in Montreal, Quebec, he graduated from Westmount High School and received a B.Com from the McGill University Desautels Faculty of Management in 1962. While at McGill, he was a defensive lineman for the McGill Redmen football team that won the national championship. He was also a brother in Psi Upsilon. In 1964, he became a Chartered Accountant and subsequently a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario and Quebec.
He joined Royal Bank in 1974, becoming President in 1986, Chief Operating Officer in 1990, Chief Executive Officer in 1994, and Chairman in 1995. A champion of corporate restraint, he sold off the corporate jet, closed the executive dining rooms, and ended the use of the executive limousines. He frequently rode the subway or flew economy class in order to interact with customers. He also took part in merger talks with Matthew Barrett, Chairman and CEO of the Bank of Montreal, though Finance Minister Paul Martin later blocked the proposed arrangement. He retired as Chairman and CEO in 2001, and was succeeded as CEO by Gordon Nixon and as board chairman by Guy St. Pierre.
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