JMSB alumnus among most influential leaders
Alumnus Gerry McCaughey has come a long way since graduating from Concordia’s John Molson School of Business. Now president and chief executive officer at the CIBC group of companies, he was recently named among the 50 most influential leaders in the world by Bloomberg Markets magazine.
McCaughey is the first ever Canadian named to Bloomberg's annual ranking. He was selected in the bankers category. Other categories are corporate power brokers, money managers, policy makers and thinkers.
McCaughey is in powerful company, since the 2012 Most Influential 50 also includes Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.; Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook Inc.; Tim Cook, CEO of Apple Inc.; Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve; Timothy Geithner, Secretary of the U.S. Treasury; Paul Ryan, Chair of the U.S. House Finance Committee; and Zhou Xiaochuan, Governor of the People's Bank of China.
Bloomberg Markets magazine recently named CIBC the strongest bank in Canada and North America and the third strongest bank in the world, under McCaughey’s watch.
A strong supporter of literacy and public education, McCaughey is a member of the Learning Partnership's Corporate Advisory Board. He is also chair of the advisory board for the Canada Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and is a member of the U.S. Council on Foreign Relations.
Related links:
• Bloomberg Markets magazine
• Gerry McCaughey biography
• Concordia’s John Molson School of Business