Gerald T. McCaughey

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Gerald T. McCaughey (born 1956, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) is the president and CEO of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. He received a bachelor of commerce degree from Concordia University.

McCaughey started at Merrill Lynch Canada as an account executive in 1981 and joined CIBC when private client operations of Merrill Lynch was acquired by then CIBC Wood Gundy in 1990.

Since joining CIBC, McCaughey has risen up the ranks within the bank:

1994-1999 President of Wood Gundy Private Client Investments
1999-2002 Senior Executive Vice-President (Wealth Management)
2002-2004 Vice Chair, CIBC
2004-2005 Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CIBC World Markets
2004-2005 President and Chief Operating Officer, CIBC

McCaughey has been CEO since 2005, replacing former CEO and chair John Hunkin.

Outside of banking, McCaughey serves various other boards:

Chair of the Advisory Board for the Canada Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Director of the Frontier College Foundation
Member of The Learning Partnership's Corporate Advisory Board
Member of the U.S. Council on Foreign Relations