Downe (March 2007 — October 2017) was preceded out of the corner office by TD Bank's
Ed Clark (December 2002 — October 2014), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) boss Gerry McCaughey (August 2005 — September 2014), Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) CEO Gord Nixon (August 2001 — July 2014), and Bank of Nova Scotia (Scotiabank)
supremo Rick Waugh (December 2003 — November 2013).