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M. GEORGE
LEWIS CA, CFA, ICD.D
Group Head, Wealth Management;
Chairman and Portfolio Manager,
RBC Asset Management
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As group head, Wealth Management, George Lewis leads the
RBC businesses that serve the wealth management needs of affluent
clients globally, and units that provide asset management
and trust products. These include RBC Dominion Securities,
Canada's leader in wealth management for affluent and high
net worth investors; RBC Phillips, Hager & North Investment
Counsel, Canada's leading discretionary investment counselling
business; RBC Estate and Trust Services; RBC Wealth Management,
U.S., the sixth largest full-service brokerage firm in the
U.S.; RBC Wealth Management, International, which provides
wealth management services in 22 countries; and RBC Global
Asset Management, which is Canada's largest private-sector
asset manager and mutual fund company and includes Phillips,
Hager & North in Canada and Voyageur Asset Management
in the U.S. Mr. Lewis is also chairman of RBC Asset Management
Inc., and co-manages the RBC Global Dividend Growth Fund.
As a member of the RBC group executive since February 2007,
Mr. Lewis is one of eight executives responsible for setting
the overall strategic direction of RBC.
From July 2000 to May 2008, Mr. Lewis was chief executive
officer of RBC Asset Management, which under his leadership
became Canada's largest single mutual fund family (RBC Funds)
and one of Canada's largest asset management firms. He previously
served as head of Wealth Management for the Canadian Personal
and Business segment and head of products for RBC Banking
and RBC Investments. From 1998 to 2000, Mr. Lewis was managing
director, head of Institutional Equity with RBC Capital Markets,
responsible for global institutional equity sales, trading
and research. He was previously a top-rated analyst and director
of Research with RBC Capital Markets.
Mr. Lewis earned a Master of Business Administration degree
with distinction from Harvard University. He obtained the
professional designation of chartered accountant while working
with Arthur Andersen & Co. and a Bachelor of Commerce
degree with high distinction from Trinity College at the University
of Toronto. Mr. Lewis is a CFA charterholder and certified
by the Institute of Corporate Directors.
Mr. Lewis currently serves on the Board of Directors of the
Toronto Symphony Orchestra and Bloorview Kids Foundation.
He is a member and a past-chair of the Bishop's Company of
the Anglican Diocese of Toronto, and is a member of the Cabinet
of the United Way of Greater Toronto. He is also a member
of the Board of Directors and Chair of the Audit and Risk
Committee of Ontario Power Generation Inc.
Mr. Lewis lives in Toronto with his wife and two children.
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