George Lewis, CA, CFA, ICD.D
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
RBC Asset Management Inc.
Executive Vice-President, Wealth Management
RBC Canadian Personal & Business
Funds Co-Managed:
As Chairman and CEO of RBC Asset Management Inc., George Lewis has responsibility for Canada's largest mutual fund family (RBC Funds) and one of Canada’s largest asset firms with over $63 billion under management.
Under his leadership, RBC Asset Management achieved more than $6 Billion in long-term net sales for the first time in its history in 2005. As head of RBC’s Wealth Management business in Canada, George also oversees the Canadian full-service brokerage business of RBC Dominion Securities, RBC’s self-directed brokerage business (RBC Direct Investing™) and personal trust services business (Royal Trust).
Prior to joining RBC Asset Management in 2000, George was managing director, head of institutional equity with RBC Capital Markets, responsible for institutional equity sales, trading and research activities. His responsibilities included the management of the firm's client businesses within the global equity division. These businesses comprised over 200 individuals globally with more than 50 per cent of equity sales and trading personnel located outside of Canada.
George’s career with RBC began in the investment banking division of RBC Capital Markets in 1986. He worked on some of the firm's largest merger and acquisition, and underwriting assignments. Between 1990 and 1996, George was a top-rated analyst in the research department of RBC Capital Markets. He covered telecoms, pipelines and gas and electric utilities. He was Canada's top-ranked analyst for three consecutive years from 1994 to 1996. In 1995, George was appointed director of research of RBC Capital Markets, overseeing a period of growth that resulted in the firm having the largest number of "all-star" analysts and top-ranked research in surveys of Canadian institutional investors.
He joined RBC after earning a Master of Business Administration degree with distinction from Harvard University. He acquired his chartered accountancy while working with Arthur Andersen & Co. and a Bachelor of Commerce degree with high distinction from Trinity College at the University of Toronto. While working with RBC, George earned the chartered financial analyst designation, as well as being certified by the Institute of Corporate Directors.
Born in Pembrooke, Ontario, George and his wife Leanne now live in Toronto and have two children. He is an active community member serving on the Board of Directors of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Foundation and the Board of Ontario Power Generation Inc. as well as the Major Individual Gift Cabinet of the United Way of Greater Toronto. George also served on the Board of Operation Springboard and is a current Patron of that organization.
