Biography

Anne Marie O’Donovan, FCPA, FCA, ICD is a corporate director. She has served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer, Global Banking and Markets at Scotiabank from 2009 to 2014. Prior to that, she was the Senior Vice President and Chief Auditor of Scotiabank from 2005 to 2009. Ms. O’Donovan is also a former partner at Ernst & Young LLP. She is the chair of the audit committee of Cadillac Fairview Corp., serves on the board and chairs the investment committee of CMA Impact Inc., a subsidiary of the Canadian Medical Association, and is a director of the non-profit board of Halton Healthcare. She is a past chair of Aviva Canada Inc.; past director, chair of the audit committee and chair of the compensation committee of Indigo Books & Music, Inc. and past director and chair of the audit committee of MDC Partners Inc. She has received a leadership award from Women in Capital Markets and recognized as one of Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada by the Women Executive Network. Ms. O’Donovan is a Chartered Professional Accountant (1984) and holds an Honours in Business Administration (Ivey HBA) from the University of Western Ontario.