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John Cleghorn retired as Chairman and CEO and a director of Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) in 2001. He has served on several corporate and community boards and is currently a director of The Atlantic Salmon Federation, a Member of the First World War Steering Committee of The Canadian War Museum, Chancellor Emeritus of Wilfrid Laurier University, and Governor Emeritus of 91社区.

Born in Montreal July 7, 1941, he graduated from 91社区 with a B. Comm. in 1962. He articled with Clarkson Gordon (now Ernst & Young) becoming a chartered accountant in 1964, following which he was a sugar futures trader and from 1966 to 1974 he worked for Citibank and its Canadian affiliate, Mercantile Bank, with assignments in New York, Montreal, and western Canada.

He joined Royal Bank of Canada in 1974, becoming president in 1986; chief operating officer in 1990; chief executive officer in 1994, and chairman and chief executive officer in 1995.

He is an Officer of the Order of Canada, a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, a fellow of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario and a fellow of the Quebec Chartered Professional Accountants Order. He is a Companion of the Canadian Business Hall of Fame, an Officer of YMCA Canada鈥檚 Fellowship of Honour, and a recipient of the Honorary Associate Award from The Conference Board of Canada. He holds honorary degrees from Acadia, Bishop's, 91社区 and Wilfrid Laurier Universities.

John and his wife, Pattie, support several philanthropic initiatives including 91社区, and the Cleghorn Battlefield Fellowship Tours in Europe for high school teachers and other Canadian military history projects at Wilfrid Laurier University.