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Royal Bank of Canada

Official record Companies House · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 80

  1. Thomas Andrew Renyi 2013-2018 Director View profile
  2. David Francis Denison 2012-2023 Director View profile
  3. Richard George 2012-2017 Director View profile
  4. Bridget Van Kralingen 2011-2024 Director View profile
  5. Heather Munroe-Blum 2011-2021 Director View profile
  6. Edward Sonshine 2008-2017 Director View profile
  7. Timothy James Hearn 2006-2015 Director View profile
  8. Michael Harrison Mccain 2005-2021 Director View profile
  9. Alice D Laberge 2005-2021 Director View profile
  10. Jacques Lamarre 2003-2014 Director View profile
  11. Kathleen Patricia Taylor 2001-2023 Director View profile
  12. Brandt Channing Louie 2001-2014 Director View profile
  13. Sewell, JR, Cecil Whitaker 2001-2007 Director View profile
  14. William Geoffrey Beattie 2001-2017 Director View profile
  15. Gordon Melbourne Nixon 2001-2014 Director View profile
  16. Charlotte R Otto 2000-2004 Director View profile
  17. Douglas T. Elix 2000-2011 Director View profile
  18. Joao Pedro Reinhard 2000-2016 Director View profile
  19. David Peter O'Brien 1996-2014 Director View profile
  20. Margerat Sheelagh Dillon Whitaker 1993-2001 Director View profile
  21. George Neldon (Mel) Cooper 1992-2002 Director View profile
  22. Theodore Mynott Allen 1992-2000 Director View profile
  23. Robert Byron Peterson 1992-2008 Director View profile
  24. Louis Yves Fortier 1992-2005 Director View profile
  25. Jacques Bougie 1991-1999 Director View profile
  26. Ronald Walter Osborne 1991-1995 Director View profile
  27. Hon Marie Gilberte Paule Gauthier 1991-2014 Director View profile
  28. Victor Leyland Young 1991-2016 Director View profile
  29. Joseph Armand Guy Saint-Pierre 1990-2004 Director View profile
  30. Professor Sir James Ball 1990-1998 Director View profile
  31. John Thomas Ferguson 1990-2012 Director View profile
  32. George A Cohon 1988-2008 Director View profile
  33. Robert T Stewart 1988-2002 Director View profile
  34. John Edward Cleghorn 1987-2001 Director View profile
  35. Ronald Laird Cliff 1987-1999 Director View profile
  36. George Wallace Ferguson Mccain 1986-2000 Director View profile
  37. Robert M Chipman 1986-1997 Director View profile
  38. Kenneth Cecil Rowe 1985-2003 Director View profile
  39. Arden Ramon Haynes 1985-1997 Director View profile
  40. Longhead, Edgar Peter, Hon 1985-1998 Director View profile
  41. Reuben John Moores 1984-1988 Director View profile
  42. William Price Wilder 1984-1993 Director View profile
  43. James Edward Newall 1984-2005 Director View profile
  44. Ralph A Pfeiffer 1984-1996 Director View profile
  45. Evans, John Robert, Doctor 1984-1999 Director View profile
  46. Robert William Campbell 1984-2003 Director View profile
  47. Walter Frederick Light 1978-1994 Director View profile
  48. Camille Arther Dagenais 1978-1991 Director View profile
  49. Mitzi Steinberg Dobrin 1976-1997 Director View profile
  50. Gorden Campbell Eaton 1976-1991 Director View profile
  51. Clifford Swindell Malone 1975-1996 Director View profile
  52. Frank Breadon Common Jr 1974-1991 Director View profile
  53. Pierre Albert Nadeau 1973-1987 Director View profile
  54. Roland Cardwell Frazee 1973-1992 Director View profile
  55. Ian Andrew Barclay 1973-1992 Director View profile
  56. Floyd D Hall 1972-1983 Director View profile
  57. Paul Pare 1972-1986 Director View profile
  58. Charles Irwin Rathgeb 1972-1992 Director View profile
  59. Joseph Paul Monge 1971-1983 Director View profile
  60. Percie Ritchie Sandwell 1971-1983 Director View profile
  61. John Arnold Tory 1971-2000 Director View profile
  62. Ian David Sinclair 1970-1984 Director View profile
  63. William Earle Mclaughlin 1970-1999 Director View profile
  64. Arther Bell Christopher 1970-1979 Director View profile
  65. Edward Cabell Wood 1970-1975 Director View profile
  66. Herbert Charles Pinder 1970-1994 Director View profile
  67. Raymond Depuis 1970-1970 Director View profile
  68. John Hewson Coleman 1970-1983 Director View profile
  69. Jock Kinghorn Finlayson 1970-1992 Director View profile
  70. Claude Pratte 1970-1991 Director View profile
  71. Frank Murray Mcmahon 1970-1975 Director View profile
  72. Donald Sutherland Anderson 1970-1984 Director View profile
  73. George Henry Blumenauer 1970-1992 Director View profile
  74. Frank Manning Covert 1970-1983 Director View profile
  75. Frederick Charles Mannix 1970-1984 Director View profile
  76. Kathleen Elizabeth Mccarthy 2014-2025 Secretary View profile
  77. Carol J Macnamara 2004-2014 Secretary View profile
  78. Pierre Des Marais 1990-1996 Secretary View profile
  79. Jane Elizabeth Lawson 1988-2004 Secretary View profile
  80. Dawn Rue'Ann Campbell Mckeag 1978-1998 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
01/01/1910

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Royal Bank of Canada on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

37 other companies in this group

Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Board analysis for researchers

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

13 directors on the board

7.6y median 7y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (8)

Portfolio (5)

0
also govern a charity
0
left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Finance 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving directors could step down together
  • No director brings board experience from anywhere else
  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; a director with board experience elsewhere.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
FC000981
Status
Active
Type
Other company type
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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