John A. MacNaughton

For other people named John MacNaughton, see John MacNaughton (disambiguation).

John Alan MacNaughton CM (6 March 1945 – 15 February 2013) was a Canadian investment dealer. 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.^[1]

John A. MacNaughton
Born	(1945-03-06)6 March 1945 Exeter, Ontario
Died	15 February 2013(2013-02-15) (aged 67) Toronto, Ontario
Education	University of Western Ontario (BA 1967)
Spouse	Gail McKinnon ​ (m. 1973)​

Biography

MacNaughton was born in Exeter, Ontario to Charles Steel MacNaughton (1911–1987) and Adeline Myrtle Willard Fulcher (1913–1997).

He left to study at the University of Western Ontario.^[2] 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.^[3]

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.^[4]

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^[5]

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".^[6]

Death

MacNaughton died on February 15, 2013, at the age of 67 after a lengthy battle with cancer.^[7]