David G. Leith

Deputy Chairman and Head of Investment, Corporate and Merchant Banking, CIBC World Markets

David Leith is Deputy Chairman and Managing Director of CIBC World Markets, and Head of CIBC World Markets Investment, Corporate and Merchant Banking activities.

Prior to assuming this position in November 2007, Mr. Leith was Managing Director and Head of Canadian Corporate and Investment Banking, where he was responsible for the firm's origination, corporate banking and merchant banking activities in Canada.

With more than 25 years of experience at CIBC World Markets, Mr. Leith has extensive equity, government finance and M&A experience. He joined the investing banking department of Wood Gundy in London, England in 1983. He became a Vice-President of the firm in 1986, and Vice-President and Director in 1988. In 1992, he moved to Toronto as Head of Government Finance, and in 1999 was appointed Head of Debt Origination in Debt Capital Markets. In that role, Mr. Leith was responsible for the domestic and international debt origination and syndication businesses, as well as for the origination of our North American interest rate, foreign exchange and credit derivatives activities.

Mr. Leith is a member of the CIBC World Markets management committee.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toronto and a Masters of Arts from Cambridge University.