Richard Nesbitt
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, CIBC World Markets Inc.
Richard Nesbitt is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CIBC World Markets Inc., responsible for the global operations of the investment and corporate banking, capital markets, merchant banking and real estate finance businesses of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.
Mr. Nesbitt has more than 20 years of experience in the securities industry. From 2004 to 2008 he was Chief Executive Officer of TSX Group, having joined TSX as President of TSX Markets in 2001. Prior to the TSX, Mr. Nesbitt served as President and Chief Operating Officer of BayStreetDirect Inc., an Internet-based investment dealer. He earlier served as President and Chief Executive Officer of HSBC Securities Canada for three years, after spending 10 years with CIBC Wood Gundy. He also previously lectured for two years at the University of Western Ontario’s School of Business and later worked with Mobil Oil Canada Ltd. for five years.
Mr. Nesbitt holds an M.Sc. in Accounting and Finance from the London School of Economics and Political Science, an MBA from the University of Toronto and a BA (Honours) in Business Administration from The University of Western Ontario.
Mr. Nesbitt is a member of the Board of Directors of Frontier College Foundation and the London School of Economics, North American Advisory Board.