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RBC CEO and QSB Advisory Board member Gord Nixon (BCom’79, LLD’03) was invested in the Order of Canada on Sept. 3 for his contributions to banking in Canada, voluntarism and philanthropy. Gord is also a member of the Order of Ontario. After graduation, he joined Dominion Securities in Toronto. He worked his way up through investment banking and has been the CEO of Canada’s largest bank since August 2001. His community involvement has included service as chair of MaRS (a vibrant innovation hub in Toronto), cochair of the Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council, chair of Queen’s recent Capital Campaign, and member of the boards of Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children and the International Monetary Conference.