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Chair of the Board, CIBC (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
Experience
Ms. Stevenson has been Chair of the Board of CIBC since 2021. She has extensive business and corporate governance experience, having served on numerous public company and not-for-profit boards in Canada and the U.S. over the past two decades, where she has consistently assumed leadership roles. Previously, Ms. Stevenson was a financial executive in the telecommunications and banking sectors. Ms. Stevenson is a director of CIBC Bancorp USA Inc., CIBC Bank USA and a member of the Board of Directors of Unity Health Toronto. Ms. Stevenson has been named one of the Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada and is a recipient of the 2025 ICD Fellowship Award — the highest distinction for corporate directors in Canada.
Education
Ms. Stevenson holds a Bachelor of Arts degree (Magna Cum Laude) from Harvard University and is a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors with the designation ICD.D. Ms. Stevenson was awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa from Carleton University.
Other public company board directorships during last five years
Current committee memberships
Open Text Corporation — since 2008
Capital Power Corporation — 2017 to 2023
