Leadership

Anthony R. Graham

Anthony R. Graham

ll.d.

Director since 2001 and Lead Director

Mr. Graham is Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Sumarria Inc., an investment management company, since 1983. He is also Chairman of Graymont Limited, of which he served on the Board since 1987. He was Vice-Chairman from 2014 to 2019 and President from 2000 to 2014 of Wittington Investments, Limited, the principal holding company of the Weston-Loblaw Group. Prior thereto, he held senior positions in Canada and the United Kingdom with National Bank Financial Inc. (formerly Lévesque Beaubien Geoffrion Inc.), a Montréal-based investment dealer.

Mr. Graham also serves on the boards of Bombardier Inc., since 2019, and Grupo Calidra, S.A. de C.V. since 2003. He formerly served on the boards of Power Financial from 2001 to February 2020, George Weston Limited from 1996 to 2016, Loblaw Companies Limited from 1999 to 2015, of President’s Choice Bank, for which he served as Chairman from 1999 to 2014, and Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust, for which he served as Chairman from 2017 to 2020.

Mr. Graham is Chairman of the Ontario Arts Foundation and of the Shaw Festival Theatre Endowment Foundation, and is Vice-Chair of the Business/Arts. He also serves on the boards of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research and Luminato Festival Toronto. He is also a Trustee Emeriti of the Art Gallery of Ontario Inc.

In June 2007, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Laws Degree from Brock University. 

Mr. Graham is a member of the following committees:

Human Resources Committee Governance and Sustainability Committee