John A. MacNaughton


John Alan MacNaughton, was a Canadian investment banker. He was the chairman of the Business Development Bank of Canada and was the founding president and CEO of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.

Biography

MacNaughton was born and raised in Exeter, Ontario until he left to study at the University of Western Ontario. MacNaughton was the chairman of the Business Development Bank of Canada and of the CNSX stock exchange. He was a director of Nortel Networks Corporation and Nortel Networks Limited. He was the chair of the Independent Nominating Committee of the new Canada Employment Insurance Financing Board.
He served as president and CEO of Burns Fry from 1989 to 1994 and president of Nesbitt Burns from 1994 to 1999. MacNaughton was also a director for TransCanada Corp.
He was the founding president and CEO of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board from 1999 to 2005.
He was also a member of the Trilateral Commission
In 2004, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada for his "outstanding leadership in the financial services industry as well as in the voluntary and public sectors".

Death

MacNaughton died on February 15th, 2013 at the age of 67 after a lengthly battle with cancer.