Sean St. John
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| 🏳️ Nationality | Canadian |
| 🎓 Alma mater | York University |
| 💼 Occupation | Executive Vice President and Managing Director at National Bank |
Sean St. John is a Canadian banking executive and philanthropist from Toronto, Ontario. He is of mixed European and Mohawk First Nation ancestry.[1][2] He currently serves as an Executive Vice President and Managing Director at National Bank of Canada.
Education[edit]
St. John grew up in Ottawa. He graduated with honors in 1990 from York University with a degree in business administration.[3]
Banking career[edit]
St. John’s first two positions in his career was working as a Junior Bond Trader at Burns Fry and a Corporate Bond Trader at Richardson Greenshields. In 1996, St. John moved to National Bank.[4] He began at National Bank as a Vice President of Fixed Income.[3] In 2009, St. John became the Co-Head of Fixed Income and in 2012, he was brought in as a member of the Financial Markets Management Committee. He was eventually named as sole head of Fixed Income, Debt & Equity Capital Markets in 2015. In 2016, National Bank was named the top adviser on Canadian debt issues for corporations and governments.[5] In 2018, St. John moved to serving as Executive Vice President and Co-Head of Fixed Income, Currencies & Commodities, a position he currently holds.[6]
Community involvement[edit]
St. John is well known for his philanthropic work, including co-chairing the 2018 Right To Play Heroes Gala[7], which raised the highest amount among charities in Toronto for that year.[8][9] St. John has also been involved with The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation and has served on the Board of Governors of Road Hockey to Conquer Cancer, which supports the foundation.[10] He is on the Canadian Advisory Board for Right To Play. In June 2019, he was a part of the Right To Play Youth Leadership Symposium.[11]
In March 2019, St. John participated in a Tech4Good tournament, along with Bryan Trottier and other NHL pro hockey players, to support Connected North, a program using video technology to deliver education to students in remote northern communities in Canada.[12] St. John also sits on the board of the Children’s Aid Foundation.[13]
In 2020, he co-founded with Thi Be Nguyen the Social Impact Film and Arts Festival, a unique international festival in Canada aiming to highlight film and art projects that creates awareness on social issues around the world.
Personal life[edit]
St. John lives and works in Toronto.
References[edit]
- ↑ "Connected North Champion Profile Sean St. John". Connected North. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
- ↑ "Sean St. John hopes to raise another $2-million through Right to Play Heroes Gala". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "At Work with Sean St. John of National Bank – Talking Leadership and Values". finsmes.com. Retrieved August 21, 2019.
- ↑ "CEO Spotlight: Sean St. John, Toronto Executive, National Bank VP". Born2Invest. 2019-02-21. Retrieved 2020-02-17. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "National Bank tops Canadian debt advisory in 2016". BNN Bloomberg. Retrieved August 21, 2019.
- ↑ "FP Dealmakers 2020: Bay Street pulls off record $329B first half — working from the basement". Financial Post. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
- ↑ "Supporters Like Sean St. John Ensure Right To Play's The Heroes Gala Successful in 2019". www.newswire.ca. 2019-01-23. Retrieved 2020-02-17. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Right To Play's The Heroes Gala raises a record sum of $2.825 million to help children rise above their challenges". Retrieved August 29, 2019.
- ↑ "Benefits Toronto 2019". Retrieved August 29, 2019.
- ↑ "By The Slice - Featuring Sean St. John". Scotiabank Road Hockey to Conquer Cancer. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
- ↑ "National Bank donates $300,000 to Right To Play in support of Indigenous youth". Yahoo Finance. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
- ↑ "Sean St. John and Bryan Trottier hit ice to promote Connected North program". canoe.com. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
- ↑ "Children's Aid Foundation of Canada". Retrieved August 22, 2019.
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