As Group Head Wealth Management and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, TD Waterhouse, Bill is responsible for leading TDBFG’s integrated Wealth Management business in North America and the UK.

Bill joined TD Bank Financial Group in January 2003 as Executive Vice President, Wealth Management. He has 29 years of experience in the financial services industry. Prior to joining TDBFG, he was the Chief Operating Officer of the Global Wealth Management Organization of the Royal Bank of Canada. Bill also previously held senior executive positions at Brokerage firms Richardson Greenshields and Midland Walwyn Capital. He started his career as an Investment Advisor and over the years has gained considerable experience as a leader of various businesses including Discount Brokerage, Financial Planning and Full Service Brokerage, Private Banking and Trust, Global Operations and Asset Management.

Prior to being in the financial services industry, Bill played professional football in the Canadian Football League, and was a member of the 1976 Ottawa Rough Riders Grey Cup Championship Team.

Bill is Chairman of TDBFG Diversity Leadership Council, which works with the businesses units and support groups to embed diversity into their business plans, and to drive enterprise-wide diversity initiatives.

Bill serves on the Board of TD Ameritrade and is the former Chairman of the Board for the Investment Industry Association of Canada. Bill is also a Board member of the York University Foundation currently co-chairing the University Capital Campaign.

Originally from Bathurst, New Brunswick, Bill graduated from York University in 1977 with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Sociology and Economics. In 1994, he successfully completed the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School.

Bill and his wife Jan reside in Toronto. They have four children.