Jon Hountalas is Vice-Chair, North American Banking, covering Retail, Commercial Banking and Wealth Management.
Mr. Hountalas joined CIBC in 2010 as Executive Vice-President of Business Banking and added responsibility for Corporate Banking in 2015. In 2017, he was appointed Senior Executive Vice-President and Group Head, Commercial Banking and Wealth Management, Canada.
He was most recently Group Head, Canadian Banking, responsible for leading our Personal and Business Banking and Commercial Banking and Wealth Management businesses in Canada.
Before joining CIBC, Mr. Hountalas spent 25 years in client-facing and executive roles at HSBC Canada.
Mr. Hountalas is actively involved with the Loran Scholars Foundation. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce and MBA from McGill University.