Ron Lalonde

Senior Executive Vice-President, Technology and Operations, CIBC

Ron Lalonde joined CIBC in 1987 as an equities research analyst and was subsequently promoted to Director of Global Research. In 1991 he was appointed Senior Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer, Investment Bank, CIBC. Mr. Lalonde was promoted to Executive Vice-President, and Chief Operations Officer, Investment and Corporate Bank in 1993. He was reassigned as Managing Director, Europe, CIBC Wood Gundy plc in 1994 and was resident in London, England until 1998.

Mr. Lalonde returned to Canada in 1998 to become Chief Administrative Officer for CIBC World Markets, responsible for all global technology, operations and other infrastructure functions. In September 1998 he was appointed Executive Vice-President, CIBC/TD Integration Office with responsibility for leading the proposed merger of CIBC and Toronto-Dominion Bank. Mr. Lalonde was appointed Chief Administrative Officer and became a member of the CIBC Executive Team in 1999. He has led the Technology and Operations groups since 2006.

Mr. Lalonde is a member of the Major Gifts cabinet of the United Way in Toronto. In addition, he sits on the executive committees of the boards of the Canadian Stage Company and the Foundation Fighting Blindness.

Mr. Lalonde has a BA degree from the University of Western Ontario and an MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business Administration.