The Investment Industry Organization of Canada Wednesday announced the appointment of Doug McGregor, RBC Capital Markets chairman and co-CEO, as the chairman of the IIROC board.

McGregor, who is also a member of the group executive of RBC and co-group head of capital markets, is responsible for driving client relationships and managing the firm’s investment banking, equity agency trading and credit businesses. He also heads the North American real estate brokerage, financing, capital markets and advisory business.

McGregor began his investment banking career in 1979 with Pitfield MacKay Ross Limited. In 1982 he joined Marcil Trust which was acquired by RBC in 1990. He holds an Honours BA (Business) and an MBA from the University of Western Ontario.

At the IIROC annual general meeting held in Toronto on September 23, member firms approved the appointment/reappointment of the following individuals as members of the IIROC board of directors:

• Kerry Adams, investment consultant;
• Roger Casgrain, executive vice president, Casgrain & Co.;
• Jill Denham, consultant;
• Mike Gagné, controller, Radium Hot Springs, B.C.;
• Michelle Khalili, managing director, equity capital markets, CIBC World Markets;
• Tom Kloet, CEO, TMX Group;
• Daniel Leclair, corporate director;
• Robert LeSourd, CEO, J. F. Mackie & Co. Ltd.;
• Ronald S. Lloyd, chairman & CEO, Credit Suisse Securities (Canada) Inc.;
• Doug McGregor, chairman and co-CEO, RBC Capital Markets;
• Daniel Muzyka, Dean & Professor, University of British Columbia;
• Gerry Rocchi, CEO, Green Power Action Inc.;
• Wendy Rudd, CEO, TriAct Canada Marketplace LP; and
• Grant Vingoe, partner, Arnold & Porter LLP

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