International Directory of Business Biographies


Gordon M. Nixon Biography

President and CEO, Royal Bank of Canada

Nationality: Canadian.

Born: June 25, 1957, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Education: Queen's University, Bachelor of Commerce, 1979.

Family: Son of Melbourne Nixon and Elizabeth (maiden name unknown); married Janet (maiden name unknown); children: three.

Career: Dominion Securities, 1979–1986, Fixed Income and Corporate and Government Finance; RBC Dominion Securities, 1986–1989, Global Markets and Investment Banking (Tokyo); 1989–1995, managing director of Investment Banking; 1995–1998, head of Global Investment Banking; 1998–2001, head of Global Banking Division; Royal Bank...

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