John Alan MacNaughton, CM (March 6, 1945 – February 15, 2013) was a Canadian investment banker. He was the chairman of the Business Development Bank of Canada and was the founding president and CEO of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.[1]
John MacNaughton | |
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| Born | March 6, 1945 |
| Died | February 15, 2013 (aged 67) Toronto, Ontario |
Biography
editMacNaughton was born and raised in Exeter, Ontario, until he left to study at the University of Western Ontario.[2] MacNaughton was the chairman of the Business Development Bank of Canada and of the CNSX stock exchange. He was a director of Nortel Networks Corporation and Nortel Networks Limited. He was the chair of the Independent Nominating Committee of the new Canada Employment Insurance Financing Board.[3]
He served as president and CEO of Burns Fry from 1989 to 1994 and president of Nesbitt Burns from 1994 to 1999. MacNaughton was also a director for TransCanada Corp.[4]
He was the founding president and CEO of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board from 1999 to 2005.
He was also a member of the Trilateral Commission[5]
In 2004, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada for his "outstanding leadership in the financial services industry as well as in the voluntary and public sectors".[6]
Death
editMacNaughton died on February 15, 2013, at the age of 67 after a lengthy battle with cancer.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Canadian investment banker and visionary John MacNaughton dies at 67". Toronto Star. February 17, 2013.
- ^ "Exeter native John A. MacNaughton remembered". SouthWesternOntario.ca. 2013-03-06. Archived from the original on 2019-10-19. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
- ^ Forbes https://web.archive.org/web/20081103121901/http://people.forbes.com/profile/john-alan-macnaughton/58153. Archived from the original on November 3, 2008.
{{cite news}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Exeter native John A. MacNaughton remembered". SouthWesternOntario.ca. 2013-03-06. Archived from the original on 2019-10-19. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
- ^ www.trilateral.org https://web.archive.org/web/20120526112706/http://www.trilateral.org/download/file/TC_%20list_5-12%20%282%29.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-05-26.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Order of Canada citation
- ^ "Exeter native John A. MacNaughton remembered". SouthWesternOntario.ca. 2013-03-06. Archived from the original on 2019-10-19. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
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