Colleen Johnston is Group Head Finance and Chief Financial Officer, TD Bank Financial Group. Colleen has primary responsibility for all aspects of external and regulatory financial reporting, performance measurement and optimization including capital allocation, investor and rating agency relations, interest and liquidity risk management, and tax management. Colleen is also responsible for Corporate Services, which includes Strategic Sourcing and Corporate Real Estate. The Audit function also reports to her on an administrative basis.

Colleen joined TD in March 2004 as Executive Vice President, Finance Operations, and in November 2005 she became Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, TD Bank Financial Group.

Prior to joining TD Colleen spent 15 years with Scotiabank, where she served as Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer for Scotia Capital; Vice President, Domestic Comptroller for Scotiabank; and Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer for Scotiatrust. She began her career in 1982 with Price Waterhouse.

Colleen graduated from York University in 1982 with a bachelor of business administration degree and received her chartered accountant designation in 1984.

Her community volunteer and leadership activities include her role as chair of the ShareLife Corporate Campaign and a member of the Mission Committee for the Heart and Stroke Foundation. Colleen remains on the board of Bridgepoint Health, where she was previously chair for three years. She is actively involved in promoting diversity in the workplace as chair of TD’s Women in Leadership Committee.

Colleen was recently elected as a Fellow Chartered Accountant (FCA), the highest designation conferred by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario, recognizing outstanding career achievements and dedication to community activities.

Colleen currently resides in Toronto with her husband and two teenage daughters. She enjoys travel, reading and cottage life.