Glenn R. Rourke
Chair of the Board and Chair Audit Committee
Pharmaceuticals
Ceapro
Canada
Biography
Mr. Rourke is a bilingual native of Quebec City with degrees from Queen’s University and a MBA from the University of Western Ontario. In 2006, he completed the Director’s Education Program (DEP) of the Institute for Corporate Directors (ICD) and subsequently received the ICD.D certification. Retired since January 2006, Mr. Rourke worked with BMO Financial Group from 1970. He has lived and worked in Tokyo, Singapore, and Hong Kong, involved in many aspects of International Banking, culminating with overall responsibility for the Bank’s business in Hong Kong and The People’s Republic of China. In 1981, he moved to Toronto as Vice President World Corporate Banking, and then in 1985 was relocated to Montreal as a Senior Vice President and Head of Corporate Banking for Eastern Canada. Subsequent to the merger of Bank of Montreal Corporate Banking and Nesbitt Burns Investment Banking, he also assumed direct responsibility for a number of major Quebec-based banking relationships, with overall responsibility for corporate lending and coordination of a wide array of banking products for clients and perspective clients. Past and Current Directorships include: The Canadian Bankers Association Quebec Committee – Chair; Montreal YMCA Foundation – Member of the Executive Committee; ICICI Bank Canada – Member of the Audit Committee, Member of the Risk Committee and Chair of the Conduct Review Committee; Royal Victoria Hospital Foundation – Chair of the Board and Chair of the Investment Committee; McGill University Health Centre – Director and Chair of the Governance and Ethics Committee; The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre – Director; McGill University Health Centre Foundation – Treasurer, Member of the Executive Committee and past Chair of the Audit Committee; Imperial Tobacco Pension Funds – Member of the Investment Committee; Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec – Member of the Corporate Debt Evaluation Committee; and, Royal Montreal Golf Club – President.
Research Interest
Business and Management
