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N. Friis Chief Risk Officer |
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As chief risk officer, Mr. Friis oversees the strategic management
of risk on an enterprise-wide basis. He is a member of RBC's
Group Executive, which sets the overall strategic direction
of RBC.
Mr. Friis joined RBC in 1979 and was appointed chief risk
officer in 2004. Prior to this position, Mr. Friis was executive
vice-president and chief credit officer for RBC. Mr. Friis
joined RBC's Group Risk Management in 1997 as a senior vice-president
with primary responsibility for credit and counterparty risk
issues.
Mr. Friis is on the board of the Harvard Business School
Club of Toronto and Tafelmusik. He is also on the advisory
board for the Centre for Research and Education on Women and
Work at Carleton University.
Mr. Friis has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from
Queen's University and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.
Mr. Friis and his wife, Janice, have two children.