M. GEORGE LEWIS
Group Head, Wealth Management; Chairman and Portfolio Manager, RBC Asset Management
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As Group Head, Wealth Management, George leads the RBC businesses that serve the wealth management needs of affluent clients globally, and units that provide asset management and trust products. These include RBC Dominion Securities, Canada's leader in wealth management for affluent and high-net-worth investors; RBC Phillips, Hager & North Investment Counsel, Canada's leading discretionary investment-counseling business; RBC Estate and Trust Services; RBC Wealth Management, U.S., the sixth-largest full-service brokerage firm in the U.S.; RBC Wealth Management, International, which provides wealth-management services in 22 countries; and RBC Global Asset Management, which is Canada's largest private-sector asset manager and mutual-fund company, and includes Phillips, Hager & North in Canada and Voyageur Asset Management in the U.S. George is also Chairman of RBC Asset Management Inc., and co-manages the RBC Global Dividend Growth Fund. As a member of the RBC Group Executive since February 2007, George is one of eight executives responsible for setting the overall strategic direction of Royal Bank of Canada, the parent of the RBC companies.
From July 2000 to May 2008, George was Chief Executive Officer of RBC Asset Management, which under his leadership became Canada's largest single mutual-fund family (RBC Funds) and one of Canada's largest asset-management firms. He previously served as Head of Wealth Management for the Canadian Personal and Business segment and, from 2003 to 2005, was head of products for RBC Banking and RBC Investments. From 1998 to 2000, George was Managing Director, Head of Institutional Equity with RBC Capital Markets, responsible for global institutional-equity sales, trading and research. He was previously a top-rated analyst and Director of Research with RBC Capital Markets.
George earned a Master of Business Administration degree with distinction from Harvard University. He obtained the professional designation of Chartered Accountant while working with Arthur Andersen & Co. and a Bachelor of Commerce degree with high distinction from Trinity College at the University of Toronto. George is a CFA charterholder and is certified by the Institute of Corporate Directors.
