Gordon M. "Gord" Nixon (born 1957) is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Royal Bank of Canada. He also serves on the company's board of directors. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... The Royal Bank of Canada (TSX: RY, NYSE: RY) is Canadas largest company. ...

Born in Montreal, Quebec, and educated at Lower Canada College, Nixon received a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Queen's University in 1979, where he also played varsity rugby. Upon graduation, he became an investment banker with Dominion Securities, which included a stint running their Tokyo office in 1986, at the height of Japan's economic boom. Nixon remaining with the firm when it was acquired by Royal Bank. This article needs cleanup. ... Lower Canada College (LCC) of Montreal is an elementary and secondary level private school. ... A Bachelor of Commerce, often abbreviated as BCom, B.Com or BComm , is an undergraduate academic degree in business management. ... Queens University, generally referred to simply as Queens, is a coeducational, non-sectarian public university located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. ...

In 2000, at the age of 41, he became chief executive officer of RBC Dominion Securities, since then renamed as RBC Capital Markets, succeeding long-time head Anthony Fell. Anthony S. Fell is a Canadian businessman and chairman of RBC Capital Markets. ...

He was appointed president and chief executive officer of RBC on April 1, 2001, after John Cleghorn retired, making him one of the youngest bank CEOs of Canada in the 20th century. The title of chairman of the board was handed to a non-executive director. John Edward Cleghorn (born July 7, 1941) is a Canadian businessman and former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Royal Bank of Canada from 1994 until 2001. ...

Initially, with RBC's stock price stagnating, Nixon received some criticism for being unwilling to change the status quo and because of RBC Centura's lackluster performance. However in late 2004, he initiated a major reorganization and management shakeup known as "Client First", and RBC delivered one of the best shareholder returns among the Big Five banks. For his efforts, Nixon was named CEO of the year by the Financial Post Business Magazine in 2007. Upon receiving that accolade at the age of only 50, Nixon was already one of the longest tenured CEOs in the industry, considering that his Big Five peers were named CEO when they were in their 50s. In Canada, the term Big Five Banks is frequently used to refer to the five biggest banks that dominate the banking industry in Canada. ... The National Post is a large Canadian English language national newspaper based in Toronto. ...

In 2007, he was awarded the Order of Ontario.^[1] The Order of Ontario is an award given in the Canadian province of Ontario. ...

He is married to Janet Nixon and has three children.

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