Neil McKinnon

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Bornn January 17, 1911
Ontario, Canada
DiedAugust 4, 1975 (Age 64)
NationalityCanadian
ReligionPresbyterian
Canadian financier

Neil J. McKinnon was a Canadian banker.

Career

He joined the Canadian Bank of Commerce in 1925, and worked his way up to assistant general manager 1945-1952, general manager, 1952-1954, vice president, 1954-1956, president, 1956-1961, and chairman, 1959-1961.[1]

He was President, chief Executive officer of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (which was a merger of Canadian Bank of Commerce and Imperial Bank of Canada in 1961), 1961-1963, chairman chief Executive officer, 1963-1965, and chairman, 1965-1973.[1]

Ousted

The Globe and Mail wrote: Ever since the bank's imperial leader Neil McKinnon was ousted in a boardroom coup in 1961, the arrival of a new chief at CIBC has become synonymous with wrenching transitions and painful executive cleansings. Indeed, it was Mr. McKinnon who set the dramatic tone of the bank's long-running executive soap opera when he famously confronted the bank's directors for the last time with the parting remark: "I just wanted to see what a room full of bastards looks like."[2]

Board positions

As chairman of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce McKinnon holds directorates in some of the biggest US-owned corporations such as Ford Motor Company of Canada, Trans-Canada Pipelines (Murchison interests of Texas), Campbell Soup, Honeywell, International Nickel, Falconbridge Nickel Mines, along with directorships in many Canadian corporate giants.[1][3]


 

Event Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Bilderberg/19652 April 19654 April 1965Italy
Villa d'Este
The 14th Bilderberg meeting, held in Italy
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