Paul Riccardi — Senior Vice President of Compliance, Global Banking and Markets at Bank of Nova Scotia

Mr. Paul Riccardi serves as Senior Vice President of Compliance, Global Banking and Markets at The Bank of Nova Scotia. Mr. Riccardi is responsible for providing oversight and leadership to the GBM Compliance teams and compliance support to GBM businesses. He has spent most of his career in various aspects of compliance and regulation in the financial services industry. He joined Scotiabank from the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) where he was Senior Vice-President of Member Regulation. Mr. Riccardi served as the Institutional Chief Compliance Officer for two major bank-owned dealers. Before transitioning into these compliance/regulatory roles, he spent five years working on and ultimately managing the corporate bond underwriting desk for a major investment dealer. Mr. Riccardi holds an MBA from the University of Toronto, as well as a BA and LLB from the University of Manitoba.