Gillian Riley — Executive Vice-President of Canadian Commercial Banking at Bank of Nova Scotia

Ms. Gillian Riley has been Executive Vice-President of Canadian Commercial Banking at The Bank of Nova Scotia since December 1, 2015. Ms. Riley began her career with Scotiabank in 1994 in Commercial Banking and has held progressively senior positions in the Canadian Bank with Retail Mortgages, Retail Deposits & Payments, Dundee Bank and most recently, Commercial Banking. She is also Chair of Roynat Capital's Board of Directors and sits on the Board of the Canadian Club of Toronto. Ms. Riley served as a Director of Interac, Inc. She holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Hartford Business School and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Western Ontario (Western University).