David P. O'Brien is a Canadian businessman, currently as chairman of Royal Bank of Canada.

Education

O'Brien obtained a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Economics from Concordia University and a Bachelor of Civil Law (1965) from

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. At McGill he was selected as the Articles Editor for the ''

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''.

Career

In addition to his current role as chairman of Royal Bank of Canada, O'Brien is a board member at Enerplus, Range Royalty, and Spur Resources and has previously served as a

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TransCanada Corporation TC Energy Corporation (formerly TransCanada Corporation) is a major North American energy company, based in the TC Energy Tower building in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, that develops and operates energy infrastructure in Canada, the United States, ...

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, Inco Limited and the C. D. Howe Institute. From 1995 to 2002, he was President and CEO of Canadian Pacific Railways Limited. In May 2004, O’Brien was inducted into the

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. In 2005, he endowed the O'Brien Fellowships in the Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism at McGill University's Faculty of Law. He also served as the chancellor of Concordia University in

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, from January 1, 2006 to December 31, 2010. In January 2009, O'Brien was named an officer of the

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"for his contributions as a respected corporate leader, and his support for post-secondary education across Canada".

Personal life

He currently resides in Calgary,

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Obrien, David P. Businesspeople from Calgary Businesspeople from Montreal Officers of the Order of Canada Directors of Royal Bank of Canada Chancellors of Concordia University Anglophone Quebec people Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Canadian chairpersons of corporations McGill University Faculty of Law alumni