Major Individual Giving Cabinet

Damon Williams

Chair, Major Individual Giving Cabinet
Chief Executive Officer
RBC Global Asset Management

Damon Williams is CEO of RBC Global Asset Management (RBC GAM), the asset management division of Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) and sits on the Boards of Directors for RBC GAM’s legal entities in Canada, the UK and the US. He is also a member of RBC’s Wealth Management & Insurance Operating Committee. RBC GAM invests over $500 billion for individuals and institutions, primarily from offices in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and Asia.

Damon joined Phillips, Hager & North Investment Management (PH&N IM) in 2005 as an institutional portfolio manager specialized in fixed income. PH&I IM became part of RBC GAM after being acquired by RBC in 2008. Damon then served as head of the institutional business globally and as President of PH&N IM (the institutional asset management business in Canada), before becoming CEO of the global business in 2015. His previous experience includes leading the global and Canadian investment consulting practices at a large multinational insurance, risk management, and human capital consulting firm.

Damon is a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries (FCIA), a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA) and a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder.

Damon is also a member of the Strategic Development Subcommittee of the United Way of Greater Toronto, and on the Board of Directors of CIFAR.

Dave Leonard

Chair, Community Campaign Cabinet
Partner & Chief Executive Officer
McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Dave Leonard is the Chief Executive Officer of McCarthy Tétrault, one of Canada’s leading national law firms with more than 700 lawyers in Toronto, Montréal, Calgary, Vancouver, Quebec City, New York and London (UK). Leonard has over 20 years of experience as a litigator. He received his LLB from the University of Western Ontario in 1992 and was called to the Ontario bar in 1994. Dave practised in McCarthy Tétrault’s litigation group, representing a wide range of clients, and in 2012, he was appointed National Practice Group Leader for litigation before assuming the role of CEO in 2016.

Leonard has been recognized for his leadership and support of D&I initiatives and was named Senior Executive of the Year (Eastern Region) by the Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion in 2019. The firm also founded its Inclusion Now program under his leadership, which is dedicated to diversity, inclusion and corporate social responsibility. The first-of-its-kind in the Canadian legal profession, the program has achieved tremendous results and industry recognition, earning back-to-back Diversity Initiative of the Year honours at the Canadian Law Awards, including one for its Anti-Racism Strategy in 2021.

Christopher Abe

RBC Capital Markets

Jamie Anderson

Corporate Director

Nitin Babbar

RBC Capital Markets

Dominique Barker

Lithium Royalty Corp.

Dany Beauchemin

Scotiabank

Paul Belanger

Blakes

Geoff Bertram

TD Bank Group

Bradley Black

CIBC

Wayne Bossert

RBC

Adam Burke

Deloitte

Norie Campbell

Thomson Reuters

Nick Chan

BMO Financial Group

Jordy Chilcott

Manulife Investment Management

Chris Dale

National Bank

Andre de Haan

Sonal Doshi

TD Bank Group

Anton Erdody

CIBC

John Ferren 

CIBC

Michael Flux

Connor, Clark & Lunn Private Capital

Michael Foulkes

Corporate Director

Conni Gibson

Interac Corp.

Valerie Gillis

TD Bank Group

Jessica Goldberg

Deloitte

John Graham

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board

Tanya Hanrahan

RBC

Kim Harle

Blakes

Helen Hayes

BlackRock

Christian Hensley

Corporate Director

Barbara Hooper

TD Bank Group

Sumant Inamdar

BMO Financial Group

Alison James

CIBC

Emily Jelich

TD Bank Group

Monique Jilesen

Lenczner Slaght

Donald K. Johnson O.C.

BMO Capital Markets

Deland Kamanga

BMO Financial Group

Josh Kay

CIBC

Stuart Kedwell

RBC

Erin Keleher

National Bank

Chint Kulkarni

CIBC

Brian Lang

Real Matters

Mistine Lauzon

CIBC

Charles Lesaux

RBC Capital Markets

George Lewis

Corporate Director

Jeffrey R. Lloyd

Blakes

John Macfarlane

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

William MacKinnon

Corporate Director

Vineet Malhotra

Corporate Director

Massimo Marinelli

EY

Troy Maxwell

RBC Capital Markets

Ryan McNally

TD Bank Group

Jamsheed Mehta

BMO Financial Group

Eric Métivier

CIBC

Mike Miller

CIBC

Christine Morris

TD Bank Group

Lara Nathans

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Jenn Ocampo-King

TD Bank Group

Brad Owen

KPMG

Nilesh Patel

TD Bank Group

Dave Pelletier

Corporate Director

Rose Porter

Scotiabank

Andy Pringle

RPIA

Farah Qasemi

EY

Gayle Ramsay

BMO Financial Group

Laura Reinholz

BMO Financial Group

Debra Renaud

BMO Financial Group

Shara Roy

EY

Paul Sabourin

Polar Asset Management Partners

Godyne Sibay 

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Tanya Sinha 

Crawford & Company

Mary Sullivan

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board

Deborah Templer

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Eric Tripp

Corporate Director

James Wetmore

RBC Capital Markets

Robert Yeung

Corporate Director