Frank McKenna

Frank McKenna was appointed Deputy Chair of TD Bank Financial Group in 2006. He is responsible for supporting the Bank in its customer acquisition strategy, and is representing TDBFG as it works to expand its North American presence.

For a decade (1987–1997), McKenna was Premier of New Brunswick, earning three consecutive majority governments. While Premier, McKenna played a role on the national stage, becoming a lead advocate for the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement. In 2005, McKenna became Canadian Ambassador to the United States for a year.

McKenna sits on the boards of Canadian Natural Resources and is a lead director at Brookfield Asset Management. He has also been Chair of the Board of CanWest Global, and lead director at Bank of Montreal, Noranda, Shoppers Drug Mart and General Motors. In addition, he has served on a number of advisory boards including the Carlyle Group, AMEC, UPS and Duke Energy Transmission.

McKenna is the 2007 Chair of the Laureate Selection Committee of the Canadian Business Hall of Fame, and has served as National Head of Career Edge and as member of the National Adult Literacy Database. He has also been involved in the Saucier Committee on Corporate Governance, C.D. Howe Institute and the Canadian Security Intelligence Review Committee, as well as raised funds for the National Ballet School and two major universities.

A graduate of St. Francis Xavier University, McKenna completed his postgraduate degree in political science at Queen’s University and the University of New Brunswick Law School. He is the recipient of eight honourary doctorates.