George Lewis enjoyed a thirty-year career as a professional and executive leader with RBC, Canada’s largest publicly traded company and one of the ten largest financial institutions globally, before retiring in 2016 to focus on serving as a corporate director.

George serves on the board of James Richardson & Sons Ltd.; Southbow Corp. (Chair of Governance & Risk Committee); Legal & General Group plc (Chair of Risk Committee) and the AOG Group (Chair of Audit Committee). His previous board experience includes the Canadian Film Centre, Cenovus Energy, Enbridge Income Fund Holdings, Ontario Power Generation, Operation Springboard, the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), The Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the Anglican Diocese of Toronto Foundation and the Holland Bloorview Foundation.

George earned an MBA degree with distinction from Harvard University and a Bachelor of Commerce degree with high distinction from Trinity College at the University of Toronto. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (FCA), a CFA charter-holder and is certified by the Institute of Corporate Directors.