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Gay Mitchell
Executive Vice President,
Strategic Business Development
BIOGRAPHY
As Executive Vice President, Strategic Business Development
and Vice Chair, Royal Trust Corporation, Ms Mitchell is responsible
for building RBC Financial Group's customer and market profile
within Canada's top enterprises and families as well as cultural
markets, on a national basis.
Prior to her present position she was Regional President,
Ontario, responsible for the overall management of RBC Financial
Group's retail, investment and commercial businesses and markets
in the province of Ontario. She also acted as Executive Vice-President,
Products, Personal & Commercial Banking, following a term
as Executive Vice-President, Personal Financial Services,
responsible for the bank's deposit, residential mortgages,
investment, lending, marketing and sales activities, nationally.
Ms Mitchell moved into these line roles following her assignment
as Head of Human Resources, responsible for RBC Financial
Group's Human Resource function worldwide. In 2003 and 2004,
Ms Mitchell was recognised as one of Canada's Top 100 most
powerful women in Canada.
Ms Mitchell has spent much of her career working directly
with the bank's customers in a variety of roles. She was also
closely involved with the financing and growth of our knowledge-based
industry market segment. Since joining RBC in 1974, Ms Mitchell
has held a variety of increasingly responsible positions servicing
our customers and communities in numerous locations. In addition,
she occupied a number of Head Office roles such as Risk Management,
Special Loans Group, and Human Resources.
Ms Mitchell's present directorships and memberships include:
Capital Campaign Chair, Trillium Health Centre Foundation
and Director, Trillium Health Centre Foundation; University
of Alberta Business Advisory Council; Member of the Board
of Directors, Toronto Board of Trade; Board of Directors of
The Canadian Club of Toronto; Director, Canada China Business
Council; Board of Governors of Junior Achievement for Toronto
and York Region. She also works closely with the United Way,
Greater Toronto Area, including having served on the Board
of Governors and on the Cabinet. Contributions to supporting
public-private partnering has also occupied her interests
since 1990's, through a variety of appointments including:
Ontario Government project called "Removing the Barriers
to Doing Business in Ontario"; Director and Chair of
Ontario Centre's of Excellence; Chair, Advisory Committee
on the Centres of Excellence; Vice-Chair, Toronto Board of
Trade City Governance Task Force.
Ms Mitchell holds an MBA from the University of Alberta and
also has a BA in Economics from Queen's University. Ms Mitchell
and her husband have two children.
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