Executive Profiles - John S. Montalbano

John S. Montalbano, CFA

Chief Executive Officer
RBC Asset Management Inc.
Head, RBC Global Asset Management

John Montalbano is Head of RBC Global Asset Management, a position he has held since May 1, 2008. He is also CEO of RBC Asset Management Inc., CEO of Phillips, Hager & North Investment Management Ltd. (PH&N) and is responsible for RBC Global Asset Management (U.S.) Inc. in the U.S. John reports to George Lewis, Group Head of RBC Wealth Management. John joined PH&N in 1987 as an equity analyst. Beginning in 1989, he took on responsibility for institutional client portfolio management, and later had overall responsibility for the distribution arm of the firm; in this role he was responsible for all client relationships, including the Private Client, Non-profit Client and Institutional Portfolio Management departments. He was appointed President of PH&N in April 2005.

John holds a Chartered Financial Analyst designation as well as a Bachelor of Commerce, with Honours, from the University of British Columbia. He is a Leslie Wong Fellow at the UBC Portfolio Management Foundation.

John is a trustee of the Killam Trusts, which is largely devoted to scholarships at the graduate and postgraduate levels in Canada. John also serves on the board of the Take a Hike Youth at Risk Foundation, and the board of the Phillips, Hager & North Centre for Financial Research and Bureau of Asset Management at the University of British Columbia.