Colleen Johnston is currently Group Head, Finance, and Chief Financial Officer of TD Bank Group. Colleen joined TD in March 2004 as Executive Vice President, Finance Operations, after spending 15 years with Scotiabank in various senior positions. She began her career in 1982 with Price Waterhouse. Colleen graduated from York University in Toronto in 1982 with a bachelor of business administration. She received her chartered accountant designation in 1984 and in 2006 was elected a Fellow Chartered Accountant (FCA), the highest designation conferred by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario, recognizing her outstanding career achievements and dedication to community activities. In the fall of 2006, for the third year in the row, Colleen’s achievements were recognized by the Women’s Executive Network, which named her one of Canada’s Most Powerful Women in its annual Top 100 awards. In 2007, she was inducted into the Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Hall of Fame. Colleen was named “Best Chief Financial Officer” in October 2009 by Canadian Business magazine in its annual All Star Awards. She was chosen to win the award by a panel of experts who shortlisted top-performing companies and then selected the “best managers in five categories” from those organizations. In 2011, for the third year in a row, Colleen was named one of the 25 Most Powerful Women in Banking by American Banker, reflecting the instrumental role she played in integrating Canadian and U.S. financial operations at TD and overseeing broad expense management efforts across the enterprise, as well as for the role she played in TD’s acquisitions. Colleen is currently the past chair and president and current chair of the Board Development Committee of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario. She is also the past chair of the ShareLife Corporate Campaign and a member of the Campaign Steering Committee of Bridgepoint Health, where she had previously been a board member, serving as chair for three years. Colleen is a member of the Dean’s Advisory Council at the Schulich School of Business at York University. She is also a member of the Canadian Board Diversity Council. Born in Vancouver, Colleen currently resides in Toronto with her husband and two daughters. She enjoys travelling, reading and cottage life. | 
